Cannot Access Network Layer

general discussion
1

This is definitlely a middleware problem. BO is trying to access the
repository. Make sure that your path in your autoexec.bat is pointing to
the right place. Also, make sure that there are no spaces at the end of
your statements. I find that the autoexec doesn’t like them so delete them.
Save and reboot. Later lister.

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2

Check your middleware installation e.g., SQL*Net.
It’s trying to find your *.DLL files. The location of these files needs to be in a path that Bus
Obj can find. I put the location in my autoexec.bat file, usually …C:\Orawin95\bin.
If your DLL’s are stored on a networked drive, I usually have to modify the Properties of the
Windows95 shortcut to “Start In:” that directory e.g., K:\Orawin95\bin.
Good luck,
Roger Poole
rpoole@nswc.navy.mil

 We have a guy here who has just installed
     1) a new PC; and
     2) Business Objects 4.1.4

 He's getting a message the he "cannot access the network layer" right
 after he puts in his BO password.

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3

One of my users recently installed Business Objects on a co-worker’s PC and
he gets the following error message when trying to log on, “cannot access
network layer.” They did install Oracle before installing BO, but when
they installed Oracle they mistakenly didn’t tell it to make the necessary
changes to the autoexec.bat. With the help guide and they edited the
autoexec.bat, but it still didn’t work. They also tried reinstalling
Oracle and BO, but it still didn’t work.

Do you have any suggestions?

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4

I ran into this problem recently.

After a few installs and uninstalls of Business Objects on a user’s Windows
95 PC, there were multiple path entries in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Some
pointed to the right place and some did not. So I trimmed out all the
incorrect and redundant path entries and restarted the PC. That fixed the
problem.

The only other caution I have is, be sure that your path is less than 128
characters long in total. If your Business Objects path entries are at the
end of a path statement that is too long, they may end up being truncated or
eliminated from memory and you would get that error.

Thanks,

Glenn R. Cameron
Senior Programmer Analyst
Roadway Express, Inc.
1077 Gorge Blvd.
Akron, OH 44310
Phone: (330) 384-9000 x3723
Fax: (330) 258-6299
E-mail: gcameron@roadway.com

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5

They are installing SQL*Net right? You need that middleware to access Oracle.

  1. The path specified in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file should be the same path as the one in your registry
    identified by ORACLE_HOME, except it will also include the \BIN subdirectory. In other words, if
    your ORACLE_HOME is C:\ORAWIN95, then your AUTOEXEC.BAT entry will say something like
    PATH=%PATH%;C:\ORAWIN95\BIN.
  2. Something else I’ve found that works covers problems when your Oracle is installed on a file
    server. If that is the case, Business Objects doesn’t seem to find it very well, even if you
    specified it during setup. I have to go into the shortcut properties and enter the Start In
    parameter to be e.g., J:\ORAWIN95\BIN.
    Good Luck,
    Roger Poole
    rpoole@nswc.navy.mil

… . . cannot access network layer. . .

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6

Have you loaded the necessary middleware to access both Oracle and Sybase databases?

George Baranowski
QuadraMed

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7

Listers

I am using BOv4.x, I have two different Universes in two different Repositories. To access them I change the BOMain key file, I can only access on of the Universes when I try to access the second one I get an error “Cannot Access Network Layer”.

Additionally information is that one Repository is in Oracle and the other is in Sybase.

Does anyone know why this is happening?

Thanks in advance.

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This error is not caused by middleware. It is caused because the machine you are running this from doesn’t have the BO/Sybase connectivity layer installed.

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