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SAP Data ServicesDocument Version: 4.2 Support Package 1 (14.2.1.0) - 2013-11-16 Release Notes Table of Contents 1 About SAP Data Services 4.2 Support Package 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.1 SAP information resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 2 Compatibility update. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 3 Restrictions update. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 4 Product dependencies update. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5 Deprecated functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 6 Upgrade considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 7 Known issues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 8 Fixed issues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 2 © 2013 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Release Notes Table of Contents follow the instructions in your Installation Guide for Windows or Installation Guide for UNIX. With SAP Data Services. data quality. Documentation To obtain the latest version of documentation including the most up-to-date version of these Release Notes. Useful addresses at a glance: Release Notes About SAP Data Services 4.1 About SAP Data Services 4.2 SP 1. visit the SAP Help Portal at (http://help.sap. read this entire document. data connectivity layer.2 Support Package 1 © 2013 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. run-time environment. and text data processing that allows you to integrate. IT organizations can maximize operational efficiency with a single solution to improve data quality and gain access to heterogeneous sources and applications. and consulting to ensure maximum information management benefit to your business.2 Support Package 1 Welcome to SAP Data Services 4. Related Information Upgrade considerations [page 14] 1.com/bods42/) and follow the appropriate product guide links. All rights reserved.1 SAP information resources A global network of SAP technology experts provides customer support. For a new or update installation. pertaining to the Data Services 4. You can also access the latest information. data profiling. It contains important information about this product release including installation notes. and deliver trusted data to critical business processes. details regarding known issues.2 SP1 release by reading SAP Note 1530081 on the SAP Service Marketplace. transform. Before you install Before installing the software. metadata repository. improve. SAP Data Services delivers a single enterprise-class solution for data integration. including additional installation and configuration troubleshooting. It provides development user interfaces (Designer and Workbench). and important information for existing customers. education. and management console— enabling IT organizations to lower total cost of ownership and accelerate time to value. 3 . Blueprints for you to download and modify to fit your needs. and online forums. All content is to and from the community.com/bods/ Supported Platforms (Product Availability Matrix) https://service. http://service. https://portal.com/community/data-services Blueprints http://scn. the central repository for defining and standardizing the use of specialist terms.com/PAM Get information about supported platforms for SAP Data Services. sample data. so feel free to join in and contact us if you have a submission. Education services can provide information about training options and modules. and Education services Information about SAP support programs.com/docs/DOC-8820 SAPTerm Get online and timely information about SAP Data Services. samples. SAP can offer a training package to suit your learning needs and preferred learning style.sap. data flows. and custom functions to run the data flows in your environment with only a few modifications. All rights reserved. additional downloads. From traditional classroom learning to targeted e-learning seminars. Consulting.com/ Product documentation SAP product documentation. Use the search function to search for Data Services. SAP Data Services Community Network http://scn. jobs. tips and tricks.Address Content Customer Support.sap. Release Notes About SAP Data Services 4. http://help. SAP’s terminology database.sap. as well as links to technical articles. including forums.sap. file formats.sap.corp/go/sapterm 4 © 2013 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company.2 Support Package 1 . downloads. Each blueprint contains the necessary SAP Data Services project.sap.wdf. template tables. Click the link for the version of Data Services you are searching for. Consulting services can provide you with information about how SAP can help maximize your information management investment. and much more. All rights reserved. see SAP Note 1740516 For the latest updates in other product compatibility. scalability. For the latest information regarding Data Services and BI platform/IPS compatability. we also recommended that you install SAP Business Intelligence Information platform services (IPS) with Data Services on a separate environment to provide flexibility to upgrade Data Services and Information Steward independently from BI platform. 5 . ● SAP BusinessObjects Information Platform Services (IPS) 4. © 2013 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. These products provide platform services such as security.com/PAM Release Notes Compatibility update . see the Product Availability Matrix document located in the SAP Service Marketplace: https://service.sap. Note The minimum version that you must install is 4.1 SP2 if you also want to use Business Intelligence clients such as Web Intelligence documents or Crystal Reports Note If you are currently using SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform (BI platform). you must first install one of the following products. and high availability for Data Services and Information Steward.1 SP2 if you only want to use features of Data Services or Information Steward.2 Compatibility update In the typical SAP Data Services landscape. ● SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform (BI platform) 4.1 Support Package 2. then click Back. Environment Data Services 4. then click Next. Data Services does not support named pipes if the Job Server and Sybase database are not on the same computer. then choose Modify.2.x.0. If you proceed with the incorrect selections. and then click Next. Re-launch the maintenance installation. See Also Other troubleshooting tips can be found in the knowledge base article 1530081 Other restrictions ● Support for SAP Master Data Services as an SAP Data Services datastore for source or target relies on the availability of the first generally available SAP Master Data Services release. Release Notes Restrictions update . This functionality is available from the 32-bit Data Services Designer only. ● The installation path of Data Services cannot contain multi-byte characters. all unselected features (if previously installed) will be uninstalled and only the current features shown as selected will be kept or installed. if you choose Repair first.0.3 Restrictions update The following restrictions apply to SAP Data Services version 14. Symptom In the maintenance installation window. All rights reserved. Installation restrictions The SAP Data Services installer is available in English only. ● The functionality to create BusinessObjects Universes from datastores is not available from the Windows 64bit Data Services Designer. installed features are incorrectly displayed as unchecked (not installed). select Modify. SAP Master Data Services is a new solution built on SAP HANA and will provide the capability to consolidate and enrich Customer master data. This refreshes the feature tree selections and correctly displays the installed features as checked. and click Next. 6 © 2013 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. the feature tree selections are incorrect: No feature is shown as already installed. ● For Sybase IQ versions prior to 15. Modify installation restriction During a "Modify" installation.x Resolution Exit the current maintenance installation window by clicking Cancel and then clicking Exit Setup. You can now proceed by adding or removing features as needed for a "Modify" install. ● The Text Data Processing Entity Extraction transform assumes that the format of an input document is consistent. and file paths. Data Profiler. All rights reserved. the lookup_ext function. a binary object embedded in an HTML e-mail message) is not supported. ● Bulk loading data to DB2 databases running on z/OS or iSeries systems is not supported. This functionality is available for the 32-bit Data Services Designer only. column names. Source/Target Multi-byte metadata Data Profiler Lookup_ext View Data Adapter Yes No No No Attunity connector for mainframe databases No Yes Yes Yes BusinessObjects Enterprise Yes n/a n/a n/a COBOL Copybook Yes No No Yes DB2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Flat File Yes Yes Yes Yes SAP HANA Yes Yes Yes Yes HP NeoView Yes Yes Yes Yes Informix Yes Yes Yes Yes JD Edwards No No Yes No Memory Datastore Yes Yes Yes No Release Notes Restrictions update © 2013 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company.● The functionality to read from and write to Data Federator data sources is not available on the Windows 64-bit Data Services Designer and Job Server due to unavailability of 64-bit ODBC driver for Data Federator. which is not enough to correctly represent a timestamp value. all Data Services features are available except the following: ○ Bulk loading ○ Imported functions (imports metadata for tables only) ○ Template tables (creating tables) ○ Datetime data type supports up to 2 sub-seconds only ○ Loading timestamp data into a timestamp column in a table. processing a Simplified Chinese document using the English language) can result in incorrect results or longer processing times. Processing content using the wrong Text Data Processing language (for example. 7 . because Attunity truncates varchar data to 8 characters. file names. and technologies with which Data Services interoperates. ● The Text Data Processing Entity Extraction transform assumes that the language of an input document has been selected correctly. Support for multi-byte metadata depends on comparable support in the applications. Processing mixed-format input (for example. Note Data Services supports multi-byte metadata for table names. ● The following table describes the Data Services support for multi-byte metadata. databases. and View Data. ● When you use an Attunity Connector datastore. © 2013 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. ○ Because an Excel column can contain mixed data types.Source/Target Multi-byte metadata Data Profiler Lookup_ext View Data Microsoft Excel Yes No No Yes Microsoft SQL Server Yes Yes Yes Yes MySQL Yes Yes Yes Yes Netezza No Yes Yes Yes ODBC Yes Yes Yes Yes Oracle Yes Yes Yes Yes Oracle E-Business Suite No Yes Yes Yes People Tools No Yes Yes Yes Persistent Cache Yes No Yes Yes Salesforce. For example.com Yes No No No Extractor No No No Yes Hierarchy No No No Yes IDoc No No No No Table No Yes No Yes IDoc No No No No OpenHub No No No No Table No Yes No Yes SAP BW Target No No No No SAP Sybase SQL Anywhere Yes Yes Yes Yes Siebel Yes Yes Yes Yes Sybase ASE Yes Yes Yes Yes Sybase IQ Yes Yes Yes Yes Teradata Yes Yes Yes Yes XML Yes No No Yes SAP Business Suite SAP BW Source ● 8 When using Microsoft Excel as a data source. some data type conversions may produce unexpected results. Release Notes Restrictions update . Remove the filter before importing the workbook. View Data will not display if the file is currently open in Excel. ○ Workbooks with AutoFilter applied are not supported. for example. ○ Workbooks with hidden rows and/or columns are not supported. dates might convert to integers. the following restrictions apply: ○ Concurrent access to the same Excel file will not work. All rights reserved. 9 . ● SAP HANA SP3 version does not support NULL values for scalar INPUT parameters when calling SAP HANA stored procedures. See the Data services PAM availability of the necessary version of SLT. ● The SLT feature requires that you use a compatible version of SLT. see the Administrator Guide. You are expected to manage the NULL values in the data before invoking the SAP HANA stored procedures.● To ensure security for your Data Services environment. All rights reserved. For information about the ports required for Data Services components. Release Notes Restrictions update for the © 2013 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. use a firewall to prevent remote access to administrative functions. ● Due to a vendor limitation with Oracle 10G.0 and later versions now support extracting data from the SAP Business Suite applications through the business content extractors. In order to fully benefit from this feature.1 or higher. and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and above. extractors can still be used. the Oracle Client version must be 10. In addition to the support package. All rights reserved.4 ● Product dependencies update In order to use the Teradata interface on a Windows 64-bit platform. For older versions of your SAP Business Suite (pre-ECC6) or when the required support package is not installed. Release Notes Product dependencies update .0.2 and above. there are some minimum support package requirements for your NetWeaver environment. ○ Data Services 4.1. you must set the following environment variable on the Windows job server machine: LIB_32BIT_TERADATA=<Teradata 32-bit client location> This step is necessary due to the unavailability of Teradata client utilities on Windows 64-bit platforms. ○ Microsoft SQL Server 2000.0 (version 14. ● The Data Services log-based changed-data capture (CDC) works with the following database versions: . As a pre-requisite. These dependencies are documented in SAP Note 1522554 . For the latest information about Open Hub. ● For the latest information about Data Services SAP extractor support. ○ Oracle version 9. but with limited functionality.2. Special care must be taken when installing Data Services on a machine with a Microsoft Office version lower than 2010. an additional SAP Note needs to be applied to your NetWeaver environment to release the extractors and make them visible for Data Services. Resolves table import issues. This includes: 10 ○ No support for delta queues ○ Supported extractor types: Transaction and Attribute © 2013 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. ● The Data Services XI 4.0.2 and above compatible versions for synchronous CDC and Oracle version 10G and above compatible version for asynchronous CDC.01 patch level 003 and above. the following SAP Notes must be implemented before using this feature: ○ :SAP Note 1294774 SAP Note1270828 ○ SAP Note 1330568 version 3: Resolves table reading issues. see SAP Note 1558737 ● Support for the Allow Merge option for auto correct load is provided for the following targets: Oracle 9i and above. IBM DB2 8. ● The Microsoft Excel interface has software dependencies in SAP Data Services 4.1 and above. refer to SAP Note 1343606 in the SAP Service Marketplace. ○ Attunity for mainframe sources using Attunity Connect version 5. and 2008. For details.0 and above) Open Hub feature is supported in SAP BW 7. see the Installation Guide. 2005. while running Data Services on UNIX using Oracle Client on UNIX and Oracle Server on Windows. 2 SP1 The following functionality. in place of SNMP. is no longer available: ● ● Text Data Processing: ○ Support for subentities in German and English.2 The following functionality. is no longer available: ● Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) SAP Solution Manager can provide you with a solution.2 The following functionality. dates and currencies appear as they were found in the source text. which had been available with Data Services 4. is no longer available: ● DB2 Load method for bulkloading.1. SAP BusinessObjects Metadata Integrator Release Notes Deprecated functionality © 2013 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. which had been available with Data Services 4.0.2 The following functionality. Data Services 4. Data Services 4.5 Deprecated functionality Data Services 4. Data Services 4. ○ The Entity Extraction transform no longer normalizes extraction output. We recommend using either the CLI load or import utility for bulkloading. in place of SNMP. All rights reserved. For example. Data Services 4. which had been available with Data Services 4. which had been available with Data Services 4.1.1. 11 . is no longer available: ● Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) SAP Solution Manager can provide you with a solution. is no longer available: ● Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) SAP Solution Manager can provide you with a solution. in place of SNMP. which had been available with Data Services XI 4.1 The following functionality.2. ● Data Cleanse dictionary functionality (moved to the Cleansing Package Builder module of Information Steward). Data Services XI 3. including: ● ○ Creating and deleting dictionaries ○ Adding. Disregard mentions of HP-UX in any documentation that may contain references to this platform and refer to the PAM for information on all supported platforms. ● CaShowL Data Integrator XI Release 2 Accelerated (11. and deleting entries. editing.0 or later releases. is no longer available: ● HP-UX has been removed as a supported platform. z/OS. which had been available with Data Services XI 3.0 The following functionality.x. IMS/DB.7) The following functionality. is no longer available in SAP Data Services: ● Web Services: . Release Notes Deprecated functionality .Data Services XI 4. which was available with Data Quality XI Release 2.x.Net Deployment ● Compound transforms ● Shared options ● Unique ID Record Stem support in Candidate Selector 12 © 2013 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. which had been available with Data Services XI 3. is no longer available: ● HP-UX has been removed as a supported platform. and IBM VSAM.2 version 12. All rights reserved.2. which had been available with Data Integrator XI Release 2 Accelerated (11.0.7). is no longer available: ● Log-based changed-data capture (CDC) with IBM DB2 UDB for Windows. outputs. Table views of the data are still available. Data Quality XI Release 2 The following functionality. and classifications ○ Searching Data Cleanse tab in a target table's View Data feature ○ Add Firm Standards ○ Add to Dictionary ● BWA/TREX datastore database type and its related functions ● Index Designer ● Graph tabs that depict Gantt charts in the Performance Monitor and Operational Dashboard are not available in the SAP Data Services XI 3.x The following functionality. 13 . All rights reserved.● Pre/Post SQL Operations in Reader transform ● Per Dataflow Mode in User-Defined transform (use workflow and scripts instead) ● Enabling and disabling transforms in a dataflow ● Thread and watermark settings on a per-transform basis ● Observer transform ● Progress Service transform ● Integrated batch API ● Admin methods in Message Client API ● JIS_Encoding. UTF-32 for flat files ● Python methods for User-Defined transform ● Generic Per Collection Mode Sort in Sorter transform ● DBASE3 file formats Release Notes Deprecated functionality © 2013 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. Install Data Services 4. 1.2 SP1. 14 © 2013 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. Installation sequence Before starting the update procedure.2 SP1”: Helps you upgrade from previous versions (Data Services 3.2 SP1 Before you upgrade. See the Data Services 4.6 Upgrade considerations Upgrading to Data Services 4. DSConfig.0. If you are upgrading from Data Services 3.2 Data Services Upgrade Guide . If you have an existing installation of Business Intelligence platform or Information platform services (IPS).0 or 4.1 SP2 (patch or full version). During the installation of Data Services 4.7. refer to the “Restrictions update” section of these Release Notes for important installation information about upgrading from previous versions of (XI 3. Refer to the “Backing Up and Restoring” topic in the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform Administrator Guide before uninstalling it. 4. you need to uninstall that version first.x. 2. Release Notes Upgrade considerations .1 before upgrading to Data Services 4.sap. 4. 4.x. Also.1 and Data Integrator 11.0.2 SP1 over versions 4. Upgrading from Data Quality XI If you are upgrading from Data Quality XI. All Guides Start Programs SAP Data Services 4.1 SP2 (patch or full version) or Information platform services (IPS) 4.1. 3. make a backup of your Data Services configuration files (for example.2 SP1. Upgrade Guide See the Upgrade Guide. You can also check http://help. you can choose to reuse an existing configuration and repository from a previous Data Services installation. you must upgrade to Business Intelligence platform (BIP) 4. ● “Data Services Behavior Changes”: Describes behavior changes associated with all versions of Data Services and Data Integrator 11. you must first upgrade to Data Services 4. be sure you review the Data Services Upgrade Guide for upgrade scenarios and paths.7). which is available at Documentation updates.1. and Data Integrator 11.0 and later.2. 4.com/bods for documentation The Upgrade Guide includes two sections: ● “Upgrading to SAP Data Services 4.7) to SAP Data Services 4.2. All rights reserved.1 SP1 Upgrade Guide for more information.txt). ADAPT01692105 There are several known Sybase Replication CDC issues: 1. You can reference the issue ID when searching for the issue on our knowledge base or when speaking to SAP Business User Support."rs_get_textptr". see the SAP Data Services Customer Issues Fixed document.-10427 Conversion of character parameter (2) failed with return code 2 The SAP HANA team is working on a fix and we expect the fix to be available in the next HANA release.1 and DB2 9. ADAPT01705341 Bulk loading failed when using the Load option in DB2 10.0" extension. you may experience missing data. the Power Designer is not generating corresponding rs_get_textptr function strings for all BLOB columns. enable" in the Replication Agent's Administration console for all the Oracle source tables that are consumed by Data Services Replication Server CDC readers. the following error might occur even though no conversion in parameter is required: General error.0. 15 . This prevents the Sybase Replication Agent to replicate all columns for UPDATE records."<BLOB COLUMN in SOURCE TABLE>" for rs_sqlserver_function_class Release Notes Known issues © 2013 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. If Publication Article's has more than one BLOB column.7 Known issues This section lists known issues in descending order by internal issue identification tracking number. For a list of resolved issues. Power Designer does not generate "ra_set_autocorrection tablename. We also use these numbers in the release notes that accompany our support packages and patches. you need to execute "ra_set_autocorrection tablename.7. You can use the following template to do this: /* Function String: "rs_get_textptr" */ create function string "<REPLICATION DEFINTION NAME>". even if replication definition clause "replicate all columns" is added by "SAP Data Services CDC 1. All rights reserved. This occurs in both the Management Console and when utilizing the Export Data Quality Reports option when executing a job. When possible. enable" for Oracle as primary database. workarounds are provided to help you resolve these issues. It only generates rs_get_textptr for the last BLOB column in schema. Issue ID Description ADAPT01710495 A mixed case table name in SAP HANA cannot be used as a comparison table when using a Table Comparison transform. you need to create rs_get_textptr function strings manually for all the BLOB columns and then execute in the Replication Server. To resolve this issue. ADAPT01709411 Data Quality report export fails when password encryption is enabled for a Sybase repository. To workaround this issue. To resolve this issue. The Load option for bulk loading in DB2 has been deprecated in this release. ADAPT01706418 When reading from a HANA table that contains clob or lob columns. disable the password encryption on the Sybase repository. 2. As Data Services needs all columns in UPDATE records to correctly modify the target table. ADAPT01686554 When exporting or attempting to view the Match Duplicate Sample report from an SAP HANA repository. 16 © 2013 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. if the HDFS files contain records with a null field for which a math function would be applied. disable the automatic generation of Data Quality reports or set the Generate Reports option in the Match transform to No. Sybase ASE allows only one timestamp column. To resolve this issue."rs_get_textptr". Because of this limitation in PIG."pic" for rs_sqlserver_function_class with overwrite output language 'select PIC from SAPDS.<TABLE NAME in target DB>_SAPCDC where DS_SRCDB_ID = ?rs_origin!sys? and DS_SRCDB_ORIGIN_QID = ?rs_origin_qid!sys? and (DS_SRCDB_OP_TYPE = "I" or DS_SRCDB_OP_TYPE = "U") and <Primary Key column name in target table> = ?<Primary key name in Replication Definition>!new?)' For example. All rights reserved. Having more than one . PIG does not support calling of a math functions with a null value.AU_PIX_SAPCDC where DS_SRCDB_ID = ?rs_origin!sys? and DS_SRCDB_ORIGIN_QID = ?rs_origin_qid!sys? and (DS_SRCDB_OP_TYPE = "I" or DS_SRCDB_OP_TYPE = "U") and AU_ID = ?au_id!new?)' 3. ADAPT01687744 When doing queries of HDFS files. table name AU_PIX and Primary Key name is "AU_ID".xlsx file in each source.<TABLE Name in target DB>_SAPCDC where DS_SEQUENCE_NUMBER = (select max(DS_SEQUENCE_NUMBER) from SAPDS. then you should create rs_get_textptr as: Substitute following value in template string: <REPLICATION DEFINTION NAME> = au_pix <BLOB COLUMN in SOURCE TABLE> = pic <BLOB COLUMN name in target table> = PIC <TABLE NAME in target DB> = AU_PIX <Primary Key column name in target table> = AU_ID <Primary key name in Replication Definition> = au_id create function string "au_pix". you should open the replication definition in the Power Designer and change the name of the timestamp column remote data type to varbinary(36) and change timestamp column data type of target table in CDC database to varchar(36).xlsx source in parallel in a data flow referring to same .AU_PIX_SAPCDC where DS_SEQUENCE_NUMBER = (select max(DS_SEQUENCE_NUMBER) from SAPDS. ADAPT01688186 When an Oracle table has multiple timestamp columns and the replicate database is Sybase ASE. Release Notes Known issues . then the query will fail.Issue ID Description with overwrite output language 'select <BLOB COLUMN name in target table> from SAPDS. if the BLOB column name is "pic" and replication definition name is au_pix. an “Unexpected database connector” error is issued under certain circumstances. PIG is used to pushdown math functions. To workaround this issue. the Power Designer creates multiple Sybase ASE table timestamp columns.xlsx file will result with an error message “External table is not in the expected format”. This issue can be resolved by having different names for the . The documentation states that the returned result is 1-7 (Monday . if the child of a parent object is not owned or not allowed to be viewed or checked out by the current user who is exporting objects. if the top-level object is not authorized. ADAPT01678738 When a data flow with HANA sources optimized with CalcView. 2.2 SQL Server driver. To disable this option. with 0 being Monday and 6 being Sunday. When the day_in_week function gets push down to SAP HANA. However. 17 .” To work around either (or both) of these issues. ADAPT01679607 When calling a stored procedure (with the OUTPUT parameter) of SQL Server datastore on UNIX. source tables should use NVARCHAR datatype. substr() function on VARCHAR source columns with multibyte data fails with the error: "inserted value too large for column". for multibyte data. do the following: 1. the user will not be able to view the object in the export list page. The workaround is. the returned result is 0-6 (Monday . The workaround is to disable the Parameterized SQL option. Parameter/column (11) has a NULL/DEFAULT value. the current behavior still allows the user to export the child object. The workaround is to make sure your registered repositories are active. VARCHAR data type should not be used for multibyte data.Issue ID Description ADAPT01684839 When inserting more than one LOB column into a HANA table.0 version. ADAPT01684524 When exporting an object from a Secure Central repository.1. Set the Parameterized SQL option to False. ADAPT01656582 The function day_in_week behaves differently for SAP HANA than what is stated in the Data Services documentation. an error message appears “Unable to find servers in CMS <hostname:port> and cluster @<hostname:port> with kind pjs and service DS. the following error may display: Incorrect syntax near 'OUTPUTOUTPUT' This is due to a bug in the DataDirect ODBC 7. ● Upon log in to Data Services Management Console (or Workbench). except for the Data Quality service: 1.AdminService. 3. ADAPT01683422 If you have multiple registered repositories that are inactive. ParameterizeSQL2=FALSE.Sunday). you will need to remove and then re-add all Data Services services. you may get the following HANA ODBC error: [HDBODBC] General error:-10322 Could not insert LOB. Save the file. but doing this will impact performance. All such servers could be down or disabled by the administrator. Open <$LINK_DIR>/conf/DSConfig. For example. All rights reserved.Sunday). © 2013 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. the Data Services Management Console and CMC Data Services page might be slow to display. ADAPT01656567 There are two issues that you may encounter when upgrading from Data Services 4.txt.x that have the same workaround resolution: ● Viewing Data Services Auto Documentation fails while analyzing the lineage of a Data Services integrator source column after upgrading from an Data Services 4. Release Notes Known issues Log on to the Central Management Console as an administrator. Wait for the Server to stop.51. Wait for the Server to stop.28 and above. In other cases. and click Select Services. Right-click the EIMAdaptiveProcessingServer server.err file found within for a line similar to: 12/04/19 15:00:02 INFO mapred. Servers Enterprise Information Management Services . Remove <SIANodeName>. Right-click the EIMAdaptiveProcessingServer server. Right-click the EIMAdaptiveProcessingServer server. ADAPT01632475 If a job using Text Data Processing. 10.0\java\pjs \container\work 5. You can kill the Hadoop portion of the job by using the Hadoop utilities: hadoop job –list: Lists all hadoop jobs. You need to use R3 dataflow to take advantage of RFC streaming to overcome the memory issue. Click OK. you can do so by selecting the "Import By Name" option. Although Hive 0. Click OK. ADAPT01604091 18 Inserting to Hive Tables in Append mode: Use the Append mode when loading Hive tables carefully. the Hadoop portion of the job will continue to run to completion. 4. Wait for the Server to start. 9.EIMAdaptiveProcessingServer folder from below directory: <INSTALL_DIR>\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4. ADAPT01629085 Data Services limits browsing to only tables and views of a database that is configured in MySQL ODBC DSN for MyODBC driver 3. All rights reserved. and click Stop Server. Loading from files as source to nonpartitioned Hive tables is the only way the Append mode functions correctly. and click Start Server. Remove all Data Services services except for Data Quality service. and search the hdfsRead. and click Stop Server. is killed. a memory issue can occur. hadoop job –kill <job-id>: Kills a hadoop job with given id You can also find the Hadoop job ID by finding the Pig Script directory.8 supports INSERT INTO command syntax for appending the data. © 2013 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. and click Start Server. If you want to import tables or views that belong to other MySQL databases. Add back all Data Services services that you removed previously. which is pushed down to Hadoop. 8.Issue ID Description 2. it actually overwrites data in many cases. 12. the job ID would be job_201204131948_0015. 11. Navigate to 3. Right-click the EIMAdaptiveProcessingServer server. Please refer to Oracle bug#13914518 for detail. Wait for the Server to start. Release Notes Known issues . 7. ADAPT01632076 For a high volume of data returned by native extractor.JobClient: Running job: job_201204131948_0015 In this example. 13. 6. and click Select Services. which is output by the Data Services job. Right-click the EIMAdaptiveProcessingServer server. Right-click the EIMAdaptiveProcessingServer server. using Hive tables as source. to exactly match the data type of the SAP function input parameters. This is the limitation of Teradata ODBC driver. ADAPT01601340 Hive Table Source: While selecting from Hive table with both GROUP BY and ORDER BY. and when the reader SELECT is pushed to Hive. Release Notes Known issues © 2013 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. ADAPT01541627 Complex dataflows with a large number of columns may throw the error “ODBC data source <tdata_83_64> error message for operation <SQLExecute>: <[Teradata][ODBC Teradata Driver] SQL request exceeds maximum allowed length of 1 MB”. the Append mode actually overwrites the existing data. it is recommended that you block ORDER BY by using a Merge transform between GROUP BY and ORDER BY so that ORDER BY is not pushed down to database. This is a bug in Hive. you must connect the newly added transform to the transform that makes the SAP ABAP function call. All rights reserved. Hive returns the following error: “Error in semantic analysis: Invalid table alias or column reference”. To avoid this error. and using Hive tables as target (both partitioned and non-partitioned).Issue ID Description such as loading files as source to partitioned Hive tables. 19 . Then. ADAPT01511272 ABAP function modules cannot be called because of an SAP type conversion error within the ABAP transform due to data type mismatch. The workaround is to add a Query transform to convert all the columns that are used to map to SAP function input parameters. which also include the following releases: Data Services Release Version 4.1 repository to 14. ADAPT01708714 In Teradata TPT bulkload.0 Patch 3. ADAPT01708716 After upgrading a 14.2 Patch 0.1. ADAPT01708720 JMS Adapter would fail with error " java. Release Notes Fixed issues . The non-fatal error was changed to a 20 © 2013 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. executing a Data Services job from BW (process chain) fails. ADAPT01711073 Incorrect calculation of CDC start date by Salesforce adapter was causing CDC Job failure with "INVALID_REPLICATION__DATE" error.DocumentBuilderFactoryImpl does not implement the requested method setFeature(Ljava/lang/String. Issue ID Description ADAPT01711182 Varchar data read from a BW open hub table adds extra NULL characters when the length of data is less than its datatype size. the tenacity settings were not affective as the job failed with non-fatal error "Too Many load unload tasks".2.2 SP1 (14.jaxp. This issue has been fixed in this release. All rights reserved.1) release. get the j2ee.2.jar from Java EE 1.Z)V inherited from abstract class javax.parsers.crimson. This issue has been fixed in this release.2 4. and the data will be truncated.2 4.0.DocumentBuilderFactory ".1 4. You can reference the issue ID when searching for the issue on our knowledge base or when speaking to SAP Customer Support.3 4. to fix this error. This issue has been fixed in this release.2 Patch 0.6 and add it to the JMS Adapter classpath. This issue has been fixed in this release.1 SP2 4. This issue has been fixed in this release. ADAPT01709160 When Data Services repository is on Microsoft SQL server and uses Windows Authentication.1 Patch 1. ADAPT01709147 Insert data bigger than 4000 characters into to a SQL Server table with a varchar data type.2 SAP Note 1919256 1907193 1891740 1894523 1841516 1796018 The fixed issues are listed in descending order by an internal issue identification tracking number.8 Fixed issues This document contains a list of issues that have been fixed in the Data Services 4.jar from Java EE.6. parts of usage counts on custom functions change to 0 in Data Services. This issue has been fixed in this release.AbstractMethodError: Class org.2 Patch 0.apache. JMS Adapter requires j2ee.xml.lang. ..sh files under the schedule directory are not being removed after deactivating and activating schedules on a UNIX job server. This issue has been fixed in this release. This issue has been fixed in this release. This issue has been fixed in this release. ADAPT01708245 Reading or loading data to Salesforce using the Salesfoce Adapter intermittently fails with error "Invalid Session ID found in SessionHeader: Illegal Session. ADAPT01705821 Data Services Job metadata (column name/Table name) containing German character ‘ß’ fails with an error “PAR-010106” at the time job parsing. This issue has been fixed in this release. This issue has been fixed in this release. Without this constraint the query was returning other custom field values that may have been associated with the Rule object.>. ADAPT01708416 Added a constraint to the rule information query to restrict the custom field value for the rule dimension to include "field_name='CA.0 or lower. This issue has been fixed in this release. Release Notes Fixed issues © 2013 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. ADAPT01706380 The Salesforce Adapter would not fail in case Metadata Resilience is set to no and table metadata imported in DataServices in not in Sync with object metadata. This issue has been fixed in this release. and the values were not legitimate rule dimension names. the job attributes that should have been overridden from the web service client were ignored. ADAPT01706729 Error displaying Japanese characters in File Format and View Data. ADAPT01706389 When the WSDL end point contains "&" character in it. This issue has been fixed in this release. "Mai"(MAY in Germany) cannot be parsed when the browser is set as Germany. it may cause an error from database as <[Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Function sequence error. Session not found". ADAPT01707755 Select loader option Auto correct load = 'Yes' and Ignore columns with null = 'Yes'. This issue has been fixed in this release. ADAPT01708384 For batch Jobs published as a web service. ADAPT01708162 Using .Issue ID Description warning and allows the job to use the tenacity settings correctly. 21 . ADAPT01705833 SQL commands in Post-Load Commands are being modified unexpectedly after various sequences of actions. This issue has been fixed in this release.rule dimension'". This issue has been fixed in this release. This issue has been fixed in this release. the WebService datastore would list only first function from the WSDL for importing. ADAPT01706416 The Job Monitor Log was not getting created on execution for jobs that were upgraded from Data Services version 4. This issue has been fixed in this release. All rights reserved. ADAPT01705849 In DS Management Console. This issue has been fixed in this release.String". ADAPT01697550 Data Services supports active-failover configuration of RFC Servers that are hosted in multiple EIMAdapterProcessingServers in a CMS cluster. ADAPT01700706 Data Services job containing ltrim and/or rtrim functions returns different results each time when Row_Propagation_Threshold is not 1. 22 © 2013 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company.sforce.". This issue has been fixed in this release. string data right truncation. This issue has been fixed in this release.lang. ADAPT01705339 Loading a timestamp type of "data" to a SQL Server table may cause an error. This issue has been fixed in this release.ID cannot be cast to java. This issue has been fixed in this release.Issue ID Description ADAPT01705714 If set the commit size is greater than 5000. the character is changed to ".). This issue has been fixed in this release. This issue has been fixed in this release. All rights reserved. ADAPT01701872 The job Monitor and Error log page would fail to display the logs in Management Console from Batch Job History page in Internet Explorer with default language set to French.. This issue has been fixed in this release. This issue has been fixed in this release. ADAPT01703084 Loading mechanism for Local and Central Object Libraries has been optimized to handle big number of elements. Release Notes Fixed issues . then the job errors with ":.Thread[Thread-15.main] java. Salesforce CDC Jobs would intermittently fail with error "com. ADAPT01697556 When a job contains data whose type is Decimal. ADAPT01704601 While retrieving updated records.NullPointerException". ADAPT01703010 When OpenHub is reading jobs started from BW Scheduler. ADAPT01699013 SQL commands in Post-Load Commands are being modified unexpectedly due to various sequences of actions. This issue has been fixed in this release. and its first character is "+" or "-".soap. it may cause access violation for transaction load. ADAPT01704016 Loading or viewing a decimal data from a DB2 table may receive a conversion error for some system locale region settings.5. This issue has been fixed in this release. This issue has been fixed in this release. Data Services would fail intermittently with error "Invalid operation: Connection is closed". ADAPT01703387 If the Excel sheet contains a blank FIRST row and the 'Use First Row Values as Column Names' option is selected. This issue has been fixed in this release.lang. ADAPT01701126 TSN name of datastore type JDE One World (database type Oracle) should not include a dot (.partner. This issue has been fixed in this release. otherwise there would be problem with importing its objects. ADAPT01704146 Jobs started from a third-party scheduler would get an incorrect return code from Job Launcher. This issue has been fixed in this release. ADAPT01689128 The row count in the monitor log always shows 0 if the HANA calculate view option is used. it does not accept the repeated same number as a value. and a value of “yes” will enable preemptive authentication.Issue ID Description ADAPT01694454 Data Services job contains replace_substr() is pushed down to Oracle directly.The problem was fixed by installing the latest transport files. The fix consists of widening these fields. the loading of a target table is done inside CalcView/HANA. an error is generated about a method and type not being supported. you will encounter a keycode validation error. This problem was caused by narrow fields in the structure that was passing parameters to the ABAP program. the number of rows loaded displayed is zero. This issue has been fixed in this release. and the number of rows loaded can not be fed back to the Data Services engine. ADAPT01678648 In a Where cluse in the Query transform. ADAPT01682715 Data Services results with incorrect data if the job contains more than 2 joins. and result of the 2 joins is further left joined with another table because of incorrect where clause push down. When the data flow is fully optimized for HANA. This issue has been fixed in this release. This issue is fixed in this release. ADAPT01685515 When profiling or viewing data on an SAP Extractor. ADAPT01693909 The maximum table name length supported by the SAP is 30 characters for Sybase ASE tables. Therefore. ADAPT01682017 Nested tables with an optional flag set would fail. Release Notes Fixed issues © 2013 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. This issue has been fixed in this release. This issue has been fixed in this release. This issue has been fixed in this release. 23 . The default value is set to “no”. During spliting the reploce_substr() should be splited to ACTA seperately because Oracle doesn't support this function. This issue has been fixed in this release. ADAPT01676331 The profiling view shows incorrect numbers. ADAPT01675377 If you install Data Services on a machine with Windows and McAfee Host IPS. We hava added a new “Use Preemptive Authentication” option to the Webservice Adapter. The total records are displayed only up to 8 places in Profiler results in Designer. ADAPT01669353 The security profile setting gives an error about an invalid parameter "RFC_CONNECTION_HANDLE" was passed to the API call. ADAPT01672786 The Webservice Adapter function call fails for a web service requiring preemptive authentication. This issue has been fixed in this release. All rights reserved. ADAPT01692021 User can't define SMTP port other than default value (25) in a Windows Environment. even when the correct keycode is provided. This issue has been fixed in this release. you may not be able to import the table. This issue has been fixed in this release. If the table name exceeds 30 characters. when comparing data with a range. This issue has been fixed in this release. Previously fixed issues 24 © 2013 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. This issue has been fixed in this release. the UNIX installerincorrectly states: “Click Finish to exit this installation” (or “uninstallation”). It should state: “Press [Enter] to exit this installation”. ADAPT01601067 When performing memory intensive tasks such as "Get Latest".Issue ID Description ADAPT01623686 At the end of any mode of installation (including uninstallation). All rights reserved. This issue is fixed in this release. Release Notes Fixed issues . the memory climbs and is not released. epx for additional trademark information and notices. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. The only warranties for SAP Group products and services are those that are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP AG.sap. without representation or warranty of any kind.www. if any.sap. and SAP Group shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials.com/corporate-en/legal/copyright/ index. National product specifications may vary. 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