Error while execution ABAP dataflow

dataservices job design
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We are getting the below error while executing an ABAP dataflow
5100 5152 R3C-150607 24/10/2012 4:12:29 AM Execute ABAP program <//vwmexappd001/DSCompartido/Z_ABAP_PGPB_LFA1.aba> error < Open File Error –

Our analysis is as below :
• During the transformation the .aba files get generated on the WINDOWS shared location (\vwmexappd001\DSCompartido\Z_ABAP_PGPB_LFA1.aba)
• To generate the .dat file the ABAP program reads the .aba file located on WINDOWS shared location using the UNIX path (//vwmexappd001/DSCompartido/Z_ABAP_PGPB_LFA1.aba)
o NOTE: to access the shared folder in WINDOWS the folder path should be separated using backward slash ()
• The Program fails to find the .aba using the UNIX PATH on the WINDOWS OS.
o Following is the Exact Error Message: “5100 5152 R3C-150607 24/10/2012 4:12:29 AM Execute ABAP program <//vwmexappd001/DSCompartido/Z_ABAP_PGPB_LFA1.aba> error < Open File Error –“

Please let us know what could be the issue.Waiting for a quick reply.

nkhairnar1 (BOB member since 2011-08-19)

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.abap file can be placed locally and has nothing to do with the SAP server. Just place it in a location where the job server can access the file.

Johannes Vink :netherlands: (BOB member since 2012-03-20)

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Not the most intuitive error message I have to agree…

No, the problem is a different one and not related to the aba file. It just tells what the program is that failed, not that is failed with reading the program file.

Your problem is the “working directory on SAP server” datastore setting. The ABAP starts (check the trace log, it says “ABAP dataflow started” I am sure) and when it gets to the place where it wants to store the data, it cannot open the file in that directory on the ABAP server(!).

Werner Daehn :de: (BOB member since 2004-12-17)

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Do I dare to contradict you Werner? Normally with a error on the SAP side is gives it in an RFC error message. And normally it should complain about CANNOT OPEN DATASET or something similar.

Johannes Vink :netherlands: (BOB member since 2012-03-20)

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Hmm, I have the vague feeling I am going to lose this one.

So what do you think is the problem then? the shared directory the jobserver cannot write into?

Werner Daehn :de: (BOB member since 2004-12-17)

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Well I really think that it is not an error from the SAP side.

But I am not sure if the problem is that the job can reach the location where the abap is stored. I tested a non-existing share and got the following error:

R3C-150301	10/28/2012 4:40:36 PM	Error opening file //192.168.1.2/Share/KNA1.aba>.

So that does not seem to be same error. Unless in different versions the error is different. I am on 4.0 SP2.

By the way, similar error:

Step 2 is incorrect. The .aba is never read by SAP. When there is a problem with the .dat file during runtime of the SAP job you will know.

Johannes Vink :netherlands: (BOB member since 2012-03-20)