Financial Reports Error: "The Database Connection could not be found" When Running Financial Reporting Reports Against Essbase (Doc ID 1348199.1)

Last updated on MARCH 01, 2024

Applies to:

Symptoms

When you run a Financial Reporting report which uses an Essbase data source, the report fails with the error:

The Database Connection could not be found:  __DTS__<UUID of datasource>

Only reports using substitution variables are affected. The FRLogging.log file (under Oracle\Middleware\user_projects\domains\servers\FinancialReporting0\logs) shows error similar to:

[2011-08-11T11:14:42.622-04:00] [FinancialReporting0] [ERROR] [] [oracle.EPMOHPS] [tid: 27] [userId: <anonymous>] [ecid: <ecid>] [APP: FINANCIALREPORTING#11.1.2.0] Cannot get variable. Essbase Error(1051083): Substitution variable CurYr does not exist[[com.essbase.api.base.EssException: Cannot get variable. Essbase Error(1051083): Substitution variable CurYr does not exist.

Changes

Any of the possible scenarios:

• The reports were migrated into an environment where the relevant substitution variables have not yet been defined.
• The report or the substitution variables have been edited in such a way that they are no longer compatible.
• If an Essbase cluster has been deleted and re-added, this can cause substitution variables to become undefined.

Cause

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