I have a VB6 program that gets installed locally on workstations. It uses an Access database, usually over a peer to peer network. I have crystal reports embedded in the program and it accesses its .rpt files from the same folder on the "server" that the database is located in. The reports files are created with "same as report" selected as the data source path. I pass the actual database path at runtime when the report is called up.
This has worked perfectly for a very long time with only one hitch I'd like to fix. I have to pass crystal reports a mapped drive. It won't work with a network path. If I use T:\Towtrack.mdb it runs happily. If I use \SERVER\Towtrack\Towtrack.mdb it returns a "logon failed" error. Since Micrsoft has broken DAO and mapped drives produce constant database corruptions I need to get away from them.
(database(s) and .rpt files are all in the same folder on the server and the entire folder has full control permissions with an "everyone" user)
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I have a .twb file created using the excel data source that is located in some network file path.
On publishing to server I get this error.
How to resolve this?
I need to provide some access for "Run as user" in my server machine,how could I do that ?
Ensure that when the workbook is created, a connection to the Excel file is created using the full UNC path
Ensure that the Tableau Server Run As user is able to access that file using the UNC path specified in the workbook. An easy way to test this would be to open Windows Explorer as the Run As user, then paste in the UNC path. If the Excel file opens, then you're good to go.
If you still have issues, test access to the file while logged into the Tableau server to make sure there is no firewall or port blocking access from that host. Often Excel isn't installed on servers for security reasons, so the test is not whether Excel opens the file, but whether you can view the contents from the server as the Run As User, even just using the type command at the console.
If you can't get your network access fixed, an alternative is to build and publish extracts to the server. There are multiple ways to accomplish that
I have my Crystal Reports server configured against an Oracle data source, but now I need to switch it to be configured against a SQL Server data source, on a different server. This server has no way to communicate with the original server to use the import tool.
I was looking into how to import the data myself. Looking at the tables, I see that it stores binary fields in the database. Are the reports stored as binary data inside the data source, or does each RPT file has a copy somewhere on the disk? If it is on the disk where? If it's inside the data source binary field, does importing the data to a new server will still work?
The CCM (Central Configuration Manager) – not to be confused with the CMS – has the ability to migrate your database repository from one database to another, even if the database vendor differs (i.e. Oracle vs. Microsoft).
Have a look at the administrator guide, the procedure is described in chapter 11, Managing Central Management Server (CMS) Databases, section 4 Copying data from one CMS system database to another.
A small excerpt:
You can use the Central Configuration Manager (CCM) or cmsdbsetup.sh
to copy system data from one database server into another database
server. For example, if you want to replace the database with another
database because you are upgrading the database or are moving from one
database type to another, you can copy the contents of the existing
database into the new database before decommissioning the existing
database.
Regarding the reports themselves, they are not stored in the database, but in the file repository. However, you need to view the database and file repository as one: the first contains the metadata while the latter contains the actual files. However, they can not function separately.
In other words, you cannot just copy the RPT files from the file repository to another server and expect them to work, as the information that is contained in the metadata (such as authorisations) will be missing. On the other hand, if you just copy the database repository but omit the file repository, you'll end up with all the information regarding your reports, but you won't be able to open or run them.
I have created a C# service that:
- Picks up and opens a local text file
- Opens an Excel-file used as template (saved locally)
- Fills in the data from the text file in the excel file
- Saves the Excel file to a network folder.
The service runs using a domain account (I cannot give the local system account rights on the network from our network admin...). When the service tries to open the template, I get an access denied error:
Microsoft Excel cannot access the file 'C:\BloxVacation\Template\BloxTemplate.xlsm'. There are several possible reasons:
• The file name or path does not exist.
• The file is being used by another program.
• The workbook you are trying to save has the same name as a currently open workbook.
The file does exist and the path is correct.
The file is not used by another user or program.
I try to OPEN the workbook (no other workbook is open), not SAVE it.
I have received the same error using the system account. The reason for this is that, when using interopservices, the system account needs a desktop folder (bug in Windows 7: http://forums.asp.net/t/1585488.aspx).
C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\Desktop
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\Desktop
Create those 2 files and the error disappears for the system account.
I have given the domain user rights to those folders and the error disappears as well however, the service hangs on the code line where I open the excel file. When I execute the exact same code with the system account, the code execute well (Note: I save the file locally).
objXL.Workbooks.Open(BloxVacationService.ExcelTemplateFilePath)
Has anybody an idea how to solve this issue without having to rewrite the entire service in OpenXML? Thank you very much in advance.
If you have done all the things described in the question and it still doesn't work (as it was with me), the answer is pretty simple:
Make the domain user local admin on the machine that runs the service. It solved the problem.
i'm trying to run an exe from a sql job.
the db is on the server, as well as the exe file.
the exe is supposed to write stuff on a log.
even though the sql job is successful, i see no change on the log file.
i've checked the exe locally, and it does work.
The job runs on type cmdexec, and the command is :
\\ustlvint02\c\FixProjectsWhichFailedSync\FixProjectsWhichFailedSync.exe
ustlvint02 - the server's name.
the path is valid, since i tested it by running it from my computer (and there, the log isn't created as well).
i'll appreciate any help you can offer.
Hadas
The account that SQL Server Agent runs on needs to have permissions to 1.) un the exe in that location and 2.) write to the log file location.
Find out account is used by SQL Agent, then verify that this user has the proper execute and write permissions.
Look for the log file in %WINDIR%\System32 (for 32-bit version of SQL Server) or in %WINDIR%\SysWOW64 (for 64-bit version of SQL Server), where %WINDIR% is a path to the folder where Windows is installed (typically, C:\Windows). This destination does not depend on the system account specified for the SQL Agent job. All files which your executable needs to write to or read from must be either specified within an absolute path or be specified within a relative path and thus be present in the aforementioned system folder.
The context is OLAP cube development. After configuring my project though SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT, the new BIDS) I am unable to deploy the project.
Every time the deployment process is started I get an error like the one below:
File system error: The following error occurred while opening the file '\\?\D:\[...]\database\mssql\tmpdb\MDTempStore_1864_9_no8wd.tmp': Access is denied.
(The [...] denotes some part of the path I ommited for brievty)
I always get the same error, indicating that some .tmp file could not be accessed.
My environment:
OS: Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, SP1
SQL Server: SQL Server 2012 (v11.0.2100.60), running on localhost
What I tried:
I have the File System access rights for the folder in question (at some point I even tried with Admin privileges on the machine, didn't help)
I tried to deactivate the anti-virus in case it was performing on-access-scan (still didn't help)
Attempts to deploy/process individual dimensions causes the same problem
Deploying dimensions or cubes programmatically through SMO (instead of SSDT) runs into the same problem
Deploying DataSource objects as well as DataSourceView objects works fine
Maybe some of you faced similiar issues or have further suggestions/ideas?
Thanks for you help!
So, I finally figured it out.
As expected it was a permission issue, but despite the error message hinting at some missing file system permissions, the cause of the problem was the user I configured the Data Source with.
The SQL User I specified was given the roles
db_datareader
db_datawriter
db_ddladmin
on the source database but this doesn't seem to be enough. When I tried to give him the server role sysadmin it started working.
This is probably overkill, one could further fine-tune the role assignment but for now it also works that way.
Just a suggestion here - have you tried running SSDT as an administrator? That is, right-click on SSDT and click Run As Administrator. Then try to deploy your project. It definitely sounds like a permissions issue.
Exact reason is SSAS Service user does not have an access to the folders that are specified in SSAS configuration (i.e error states it is Temp Folder). I think it is not directly related with SQL Server because it is just a file access error. Error is thrown before it reaches SQL Server.
Give full permission to SSAS Service User for those folders.
Regards
Onur