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** Troubleshooting ** error "The underlying connection was closed..." when running Excel reports

Troubleshooting


Problem

User runs a report. After a while, user receives an error message.

Symptom

Information
Standard Error
Number: 5
Source: FrangoDirect.ExcelLinkD.FetchValues#ControllerProxyClient
Description: The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a receive.
at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ErrObject.Raise(Int32....
<....>
at Cognos.Controller.Reports.ExcelLink.RunReportEx()
[OK]

[{"Product":{"code":"SS9S6B","label":"IBM Cognos Controller"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":"Controller","Platform":[{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"}],"Version":"10.2.0;10.1.1;10.1;8.5.1;8.5;8.4;8.3","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB76","label":"Data Platform"}},{"Product":{"code":"SSMRTZ","label":"IBM Cognos Controller on Cloud"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":" ","Platform":[{"code":"","label":""}],"Version":"","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB76","label":"Data Platform"}}]

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Modified date:
08 May 2025

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