BW reports data character set

[Former Member]

Hi!

I have problem with reports in BW.

When our users of BW try to look up reports in BW information for customers names for example isn't showing correct in Excel.

Instead names of customer which are stored in the SAP system in Bulgarian character set is showing symbols ############ ###. So we can't read information in reports about what exactly is the customer.

[Former Member]

hi ,

As an example, we show how to extract correct customer information from an MDMP R/3 system to a

Unicode BW. check out with this link. it shows in steps

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/fdbedb90-0201-0010-4483-b64...

(Page no. 10 onwards)

Thaks

VJ

[MichaelShea]

Now I do not know anything about BW, but the #### display is from Microsoft Excel. According to the Help for Microsoft Excel, the most common causes of this error are:

1. Column width is not wide enough to display the content.

To fix this:

Increase the width of the column.

Shrink the contents to fit the column.

Apply a different number format.

2. The dates or times are realized as negative numbers.

This could be a problem with the formula generating the result. You can try changing the cell format to one that accepts negative values.

Hopefully this will help you debug what the problem is.