PM84633: REPORT WITH EXTERNAL DATA IN XLSX FILE STORED ON NETWORK SHARE WILL RUN INTERACTIVELY, BUT NOT IN BATCH

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When we import External Data in a package inside Cognos Report
  Studio, when we run the report in Background or on a schedule ,
  we receive the following error:  QE-DEF-0285 The logon failed.
  QE-DEF-0323 The DSN(ODBC)/ServiceName is invalid. Either the DSN
  is missing or the host is inaccessible. RQP-DEF-0068 Unable to
  connect to at least one database during a multi-database attach
  to 1 database(s) in: product_line UDA-SQL-0031 Unable to access
  the "product_line" database. Check that the connection
  parameters to the database are configured correctly. For
  example, ensure that the data source connection contains the
  signon information, such as a password, to connect to the
  database. UDA-SQL-0528 The XML parser returned the following
  message: "An exception occurred! Type:NetAccessorException,
  Message:Could not open file:
  http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd". UDA-SQL-0529 XML
  "http://servername:port/p2pd/servlet/dispatch/metadataUIService?
  pid=xml_dstream&m_..."
  is not a valid XML document.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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Problem conclusion

• Code Fix
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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

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

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  COG ADMINISTRAT

• Fixed component ID

  5724W12AD

Applicable component levels

• RA21 PSN

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