PI47320: CHANGE METHOD NOT WORKING WHEN THE PARAMETER CONTAINS GERMAN SPECIAL CHARACTER 'ß'

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• In OLE Automation for PowerPlay Client (Cognos Script) an error
  like the following is returned when the change method is used
  with a parameter containing the german special character 'ß':
  change!Main(8) - R440 "IBM Cognos PowerPlay Client: The macro
  could not find the dimension matching passed code."
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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Problem conclusion

• Code Fix
  

Temporary fix

Comments

• A fix for this APAR is targeted for IBM COGNOS 10.2.1 BI Fix
  Pack 10.
  The Fix Pack Release Schedule can be found at
  http://www.ibm.com/software/analytics/support/fixes/pbi_schedule
  .html.
  

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

  PI52674 PI52675

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  COG PWRPLAY CLI

• Fixed component ID

  5724W68PC

Applicable component levels

• RA21 PSN

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