Hi,
I tried out the XML-datasource in Xcelsius 2008 SP3, exported my dashboard as PDF and faced the error #2148, cannot access external data.
I already added the crossdomain.xml to my webservers ROOT-folder and added the folder of the dashboard and PDF file to my trusted folders in the advanced security settings of my PDF Reader.
Does anyone know how to fix this issue?
shaantanu (BOB member since 2013-01-15)
These problems are always something odd in your environment.
Download Fiddler, a free HTTP packet tracker. Run it, then open your dashboard. You will be able to see which server is blocking your SWF…then you will have more to work with.
Cairmor 
(BOB member since 2008-06-05)
Hi there,
I am also receiving this error message and don’t know where to start! I have a xlf file on our server which is populated by an xml file (also on the same server).
I have created the crossdomain.xml file too.
When I run the file on my local machine from within xcelsius (pointing to the xml file on the server) it runs fine, but as soon as I try to run it from BI Launchpad I get the error.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
esinclair 
(BOB member since 2006-09-12)
Have you tried Fiddler, as suggested above?
Have you logged into the BI server with the credentials the WIPS runs under and verified that you could see the XML file from there?
Lugh (BOB member since 2009-07-16)
Hi Lugh,
Thanks for the reply!
I have downloaded fiddler, but don’t really know what I should be looking for.
How would I find out the credentials that my wips is running under?
Thanks
esinclair (BOB member since 2006-09-12)
Assuming that you are on XIR3.1 or 4.x, it would be the service account that the SIA runs under.
I’m hardly an expert with Fiddler. But you will want to look through the Inspectors. That shows you the requests that your dashboard is sending out, and the responses coming back. I mostly use the XML view, because it shows the inputs and outputs of the web services.
Lugh (BOB member since 2009-07-16)