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Archive for November, 2008

BW3.5 
Noticed through RSMO, the error is inside the “Transfer Rules”.  
Go to the Transfer rule tab of the infoSource, on the left side, the last column is:
Run Optional Conversion in the Transfer Rules
If it can be checked, check the box.

Delete query view in BW3.5

Posted on November 16th, 2008

There’s no way to delete a query view through Bex web.
It’s possible to “delete saved view” using Analyzer (t-code RRMX).

Random thoughts about the future

Posted on November 15th, 2008

Stock market is struggling to hold on to yet another support level.
Economy is going south.
Real Estate price is dropping.
Unemployment rate is rising.
……
It’s obvious something is happening, but people are still living in their own sweet dreams, buying 1-2 DVDs each month instead of 50, waiting for their investment to bounce back…
Will the time become difficult? Will there be [...]

SAP crash due to signal 33 (AIX)

Posted on November 15th, 2008

Work processes received Signal 33
Message server stopped, gateway errors, oracle tried to roll back whatever database was doing and failed, and in st22, we got Run-time error “SYSTEM_NO_ROLL” 
This is caused by running out paging space.
Solution:
For 64 bit systems, SAP recommends at least 20GB swap area. Increased swap, the error never happened again.
See Note 1121904 – SAP on AIX: Recommendations [...]