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Non-Unicode data handling in the Pack Stages

Troubleshooting


Problem

Stages may not extract extended ASCII characters correctly when connecting to a non-Unicode SAP system. The technote was originally intended for BAPI stage, but then extended to all stages.

Symptom

The following error message (or similar) is displayed in the job log:
BAPI_BUS_EVENTGROUP_LIST,0: Invalid character(s) ([xF6]) found converting string (code point(s): A1=Esimiesty[xF6]n ensiaskeleet) from codepage UTF-8 to Unicode, substituting. [nls\converter.C:823]

[{"Product":{"code":"SSZJPZ","label":"IBM InfoSphere Information Server"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":"Pack for SAP Applications","Platform":[{"code":"PF002","label":"AIX"},{"code":"PF010","label":"HP-UX"},{"code":"PF016","label":"Linux"},{"code":"PF027","label":"Solaris"},{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"}],"Version":"7.0;7.1;8.0","Edition":"Edition Independent","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB76","label":"Data Platform"}},{"Product":{"code":"SSZJPZ","label":"IBM InfoSphere Information Server"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":"Pack for SAP R\/3","Platform":[{"code":"PF002","label":"AIX"},{"code":"PF010","label":"HP-UX"},{"code":"PF016","label":"Linux"},{"code":"PF027","label":"Solaris"},{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"}],"Version":"6.0.1;6.5","Edition":"Edition Independent","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB76","label":"Data Platform"}}]

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Document Information

Modified date:
25 April 2025

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