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256 articles"Update request failed" when using a treeview filter
It may be that your treeview contains a large number of nodes; if so, the size of the request when filtering may exceed the default limits set. To increase the limit, make a change to bindings.config, found in the web installation folder for DataPA Enterprise (normally…
Read article →Developers › DevelopmentUpgrading .NET based app using DataPA Reports Control to V6.5
In order to upgrade applications developed with OpenEdge Developer studio that use the DataPA Report control in OpenAnalytics V6.5, you need to follow the steps below: There will be two broken references under the Referenced Assemblies in the project. You can see these in the Project Explorer in…
Read article →Administration › Server AdministrationVersion 6.5 and Openedge SSL
Appliation With Version 6.50.0029 DataPA has introduced SSL TLSv1.2. When connecting to an Openedge Appserver the AppServer has to be 11.2 (SP4 ) or later . Earlier Versions of Openedge result in an Object Reference Error due to a discrepancy in the SSL protocal and ciphers used,
Read article →Administration › Server AdministrationWe are creating a new system, and have a message (No structure available), also at the bottom of the screen an error message appears "AppStruct.p" was not found (293) (7211). What does this mean pleas
See When DataPA tries to connect to an AppServer, I get the error “Illegal AppServer Connection”. If I look at the details of the error, it reads “4GL ERROR condition: ** "ServerEnvVar.p" was not found. (293) (7211)”
Read article →Administration › Server AdministrationWe are experiencing the following error when running a query. Communication layer message: Client Communications Failure - Connection reset by peer (8409).(7175)What causes this error and how can we f
Applicable Versions: All Versions The error message occurs when the AppServer disconnects unexpectedly without returning any data. There are two possible causes:- Default TCP Limit This can occur with a long running query that could be hitting the the default TCP limit then disconnecting. The…
Read article →Administration › Server AdministrationWe have a query which exports successfully when we manually start it in the scheduler with the option "Run task now". When we schedule the task and let it start automatically the export fails
Applicable Versions: All There can be several causes for a user being able to 'Run a Task now' successfully, but the same task does not complete when scheduled. The first step would be to enable Verbose Logging so that as much information is displayed in the log file. The scheduler and the…
Read article →Administration › Server AdministrationWhat application settings can be used with DataPA Enterprise?
Applicable Versions: 3.00.0073 - 4.00.XXXX Below is a table that lists the complete set of application settings that can be used with the DataPA Web Application. Application Setting Description DataFileFormat Sets whether the DataPA Web application looks for setup data in dat or xml format. (see…
Read article →Administration › Server AdministrationWhat AppServer operating modes does DataPA support?
Applicable Versions: All DataPA version 3.01.0192 onwards support all Progress AppServer operating modes. Prior to this version, DataPA will connect to AppServers running in in the following operating modes: Stateless State-Aware State-Reset DataPA recomends AppServers are configured as…
Read article →Administration › Server AdministrationWhat are DataPA Enterprise Agents, and how many do I need?
Applicable Versions: 4.05.0000 Onwards DataPA Enterprise is licensed by machine, with each instance of DataPA Enterprise having a certain number of licensed agents. The base DataPA Enterprise license comes with a single agent. Each agent is effectively a single worker process, that can process a…
Read article →End Users › GeneralWhat are intelligent alerts and how do I add alerts to my dashboards?
Applicable Versions: 5.50.0040 onwards Alerts are designed to allow the dashboard designer to highlight and/or notify users when a specific situation occurs. Alerts can be defined against any chart or grid object, gauge object or pivot table. Each alert consists of a set of conditions that…
Read article →Administration › InstallationWhat are the minimum requirements for installing DataPA OpenAnalytics?
Applicable Versions: 6.00.0001 Onwards A complete install of DataPA OpenAnalytics requires 390MB of free disk space. If your machine does not already have Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2 or above installed, a further 4.5GB will be required to install this framework. DataPA OpenAnalytics requires…
Read article →Administration › SetupWhat are the performance implications of using multi-queries to link subjects?
Applicable Versions: 3.05 Onwards The advantage of the multi level level (or complex) queries is that they provide extra flexibility by allowing users to combine subjects together in their queries. The downsides of them are a) that they may be too complex for business users to use as it requires…
Read article →Administration › SetupWhat data sources can I connect to with DataPA OpenAnalytics?
Applicable Versions: 6.00.0001 and above DataPA OpenAnalytics supports many different connection types to enable you to extract and blend data from across your organisation. ODBC and Openedge Application Server connectivity allows you to extract data from most common relational databases,…
Read article →End Users › GeneralWhat does the Collaboration warning regarding secure content mean?
Applicable Versions: 5.50 and above When Collaborating, the users with whom you are sharing content may not have the same security permissions as you. Some dashboard objects are filtered by user and group. When you share a dashboard that you both have permission to view, the dashboard objects…
Read article →End Users › GeneralWhat does the message "When signed in during Collaboration, you may be sharing some of your secure content with the users you are collaborating with" mean?
See What does the Collaboration warning regarding secure content mean?
Read article →Administration › InstallationWhat features of IIS need to be installed for DataPA Enterprise?
Make sure the following Windows Features are installed, there will be other options checked but these will need to be checked on. Open the Server Manager and select Local Server. Scroll down to the Roles and Features section and select the Task ""Add Roles and Features"", Step through the…
Read article →Administration › InstallationWhat features of IIS need to be installed for DataPA Enterprise on a Windows 7 machine?
See Update Request Failed is displayed in DataPA Enterprise when a query is refreshed on a Windows 7 and 8 machine.
Read article →Administration › InstallationWhat is the minimum I need to install on a client that will run an application with the DataPA Reports and/or DataPA Dashboard embedded?
Applicable Versions: 4.00.0173 and above To deploy DataPA to a client machine that will only run DataPA Reports or DataPA Dashboards embedded in a 3rd party application, it is often the case that you want to install the bare minimum. The installation is organised into features, which are groups…
Read article →Administration › SetupWhat is wrong when I get a Permission Denied message when trying to save in the DataPA Setup screen.
This message indicates that you do not have permission to save to the folder that has been designated as your Data Location. To resolve this problem you need to change the permissions on the folder that has been designated as your Data Location to allow your user write access.
Read article →End Users › GeneralWhen attempting to publish queries to the category Public (Default). It appears I can only publish 3. When I do the 4th, one that is already published disappears and the 4th one is added.
Applicable Versions: Version 5 and Later Within each DataPA Dashboard/Query/Report there is a UID value. This is used within the Enterprise Product/Service and has to be unique. When something is published a check is done to see if the item ( references by its UID) and replaces one if it already…
Read article →End Users › GeneralWhen Connecting to MS SQL The Report Designer the login prompt is displayed repeatedly.
Applicable Versions: 6.00 Onwards In the situation that the connection to SQL is using an ODBC connection like "DSN=HostAdv14". Then you need to set up 2 identically named ODBC DSN's using the Windows ODBC tool. One being a 64 bit, the other 32 bit. The Analytics Engine and Dashboard designer…
Read article →Administration › SetupWhen creating a business logic subject, all labels I have entered for the fields returned are unique, but the subject wizard always says "Incomplete data, You cannot have more than one field with the
Applicable Versions: 2.01.0152 and above Field labels must be unique for each parameter and field in a business logic subject. If you give a parameter the same label as a field, you will not be able to proceed past the last screen in the subject wizard (see the screenshots below). To resolve…
Read article →Administration › InstallationWhen DataPA OpenAnalytics is installed on a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine, the dashboard and the report designer fails to open with the error ""80070002 - System.ServiceModel can not be found"".
Applicable Versions: 4.00.0001 - 4.05.0066 The DataPA OpenAnalytics requires .NET Framework 3.5 or above. This is not installed by default on a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine and prior to version 4.05.0066 was not installed by the installer as it is a feature of the operating system. To resolve…
Read article →Administration › Server AdministrationWhen DataPA tries to connect to an AppServer, I get the error “Illegal AppServer Connection”. If I look at the details of the error, it reads “4GL ERROR condition: ** "ServerEnvVar.p" was not found. (
Applicable Versions: All This error is caused because the DataPA procedure library is not correctly available on the server. Click here for details on how to distribute the procedure library to the server. A number of common causes for this error are: The procedure library has not been…
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