Unable to create DataSource with using Excel Service in DashBoard Designer

01/08/2012 Leave a comment

The symptoms are when you lunch PerformancePoint DashBoard Designer and try to create a new Data Connection like
Right Click Data Connections and select “New DataSource” -> Excel Services and Click Ok. you should have get an error like
“An unexpected system error has occured.Additional details have been logged for your administrator.”

In ULS Logs you can see the fallowing error:

An unexpected error occurred.  Error 8205.  Exception details: System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException: You do not have permissions to open this file.
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.ReadResponse(SoapClientMessage message, WebResponse response, Stream responseStream, Boolean asyncCall)
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.Invoke(String methodName, Object[] parameters)
at Microsoft.PerformancePoint.Scorecards.Client.ExcelService.OpenWorkbook(String workbookPath, String uiCultureName, String dataCultureName, Status[]& status)
at Microsoft.PerformancePoint.Scorecards.DataSourceProviders.ExcelServicesDataSourceProvider.GetCubeMetaData(Boolean extendedMetadata)
at Microsoft.PerformancePoint.Scorecards.Server.PmServer.GetCubeMetaDataForDataSourceHelper(DataSource dataSource, Boolean extendedMetadata)
at Microsoft.PerformancePoint.Scorecards.Server.PmServer.GetCubeMetaDataForDataSource(DataSource dataSource)

The cause is Anonymous Authentication is not supported if you need to connect Excel Services by DashBoard Designer.

“You cannot connect to an Excel Services data source when the site or library containing the workbook you are trying to connect to is set to Anonymous Access.” http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff191193.aspx

For solution
1) Disable “Anonymous Authentication” from IIS Management Console -> Authentication -> Anonymous Authentication

2) If you still need anonymous authentication than extend the site without Anonymous Authentication.

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CBA FBA wilt LDAP problem when using connection between SUN LDAP 5.2

23/07/2012 Leave a comment

If you have a problem with between SPS2010 and CBA FBA with LDAP problem when using connection with SUN LDAP 5.2 (our  build 2007.093.1546)
You may getting fallowing error.
System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80005000): Unknown error (0x80005000)     at System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.Bind(Boolean throwIfFail)     at System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.Bind()     at System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.get_AdsObject()     at System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher.FindAll(Boolean findMoreThanOne)     at System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher.FindOne()     at Microsoft.Office.Server.Security.LDAP.FindOneObject(DirectoryEntry searchRoot, String filter, SearchScope scope, String[] propertiesToLoad, ResultPropertyCollection& entryProperties)     at Microsoft.Office.Server.Security.LdapMembershipProvider.GetUserAttributeBySearchProperty(String searchValue, String searchProperty, String returnAttribute)
04/10/2012 17:52:51.57  w3wp.exe (0x2420)                        0x3F18 SharePoint Foundation          Claims Authentication          0000 Unexpected Password check on ‘<USER>‘generated exception: ‘System.ServiceModel.FaultException`1[Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens.FailedAuthenticationException]: The security token username and password could not be validated. (Fault Detail is equal to Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens.FailedAuthenticationException: The security token username and password could not be validated.).’.
04/10/2012 17:52:51.61  w3wp.exe (0x2420)                        0x3F18 SharePoint Foundation          Claims Authentication          fo1t Monitorable SPSecurityTokenService.Issue() failed: System.ServiceModel.FaultException`1[Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens.FailedAuthenticationException]: The security token username and password could not be validated. (Fault Detail is equal to Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens.FailedAuthenticationException: The security token username and password could not be validated.).

For fixing the issue you may change your web.config files below and watch out for highlighted attributes and correct them according your envoriment.

1. In the web.config of the different part CA, Web App and STS you have:

<membership>       <providers>
<add name=”LdapConnection” type=”Microsoft.Office.Server.Security.LdapMembershipProvider, Microsoft.Office.Server, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c”
server=”Your Server IP” port=”389″ useSSL=”false”
useDNAttribute=”false”
userNameAttribute=”uid”
userContainer=”ou=MyCustomOu,o=contoso,dc=contoso,dc=ldap”
userObjectClass=”Inetorgperson”
userFilter=”(ObjectClass=Inetorgperson)”
scope=”Subtree”
otherRequiredUserAttributes=”sn,givenname,cn”
connectionUsername=”uid=postman22,ou=MyCustomOu,o=contoso,dc=contoso,dc=ldap”
connectionPassword=”blog.bugrapostaci.com” />
</providers>     </membership>

3. After those changes you have been able to logon in the site collection using FBA.

For SUN LDAP 5.2
useDNAttribute should set to false and userNameAttribute must be uid
connectionUsername attribute defines that which user account be used in binding . ( Thats not  prevents to other users logins.They can login sharepoint with their passwords)
important issue here defining the connectionUsername attribute like “uid:postman22” is not enough you may need to add full path like “uid=postman22,ou=MyCustomOu,o=contoso,dc=contoso,dc=ldap”

 

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Sharepoint 2010 DistributedCOM error in system event logs.

21/12/2011 Leave a comment

If you getting DistributedCOM errors like:


The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID
{61738644-F196-11D0-9953-00C04FD919C1} and APPID
{61738644-F196-11D0-9953-00C04FD919C1} to the user <DOMAIN\user> SID (<ID>) from address LocalHost (Using LRPC). This security permission can be modified using the Component Services administrative tool.

For solution:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/da-DK/tfsadmin/thread/883b5f1c-1718-4b9a-a6c8-bf32c5d4d6d2

 

 

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Resolving error of “is an unexpected token. The expected token is xx or xx . Line xx ,Position xx for Sharepoint 2007

11/10/2011 Leave a comment

This is a very generic error  fired by .net xml parsers System.Xml.XmlException. In our scenario this error has occured when we tried to change authentication providers for a site.

Usually this error is cuased by a missing charecter or illegal charecter usage in xml files. You know we have so many configuration file in sharepoint. Basic and first look place is that the Web.Config file. Notice that the line and position values and check your web.config file any problem on this location.

For our scenario the Problem Found on 23, 109 the double quots are not supported type for includesubfolders attribute

<PageParserPath VirtualPath=”/*” CompilationMode=”Always” AllowServerSideScript=”true” IncludeSubFolders=”true” />

So the error has fired once sharepoint try modification to web.config for update the authentication providers. So the error source is important to define which configuration file that you have to check.

 

 

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Unable to create system performance counter with error code PDH_CSTATUS_NO_MACHINE

11/08/2011 Leave a comment

One of our case we faced with annoying ULS log errors about performace counters. Multiple errors like below filling ULS logs and keep inflated rapidly.

Unable to create system performance counter ComputerName\Memory\Available Mbytes\. The following exception was thrown: System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: Unknown error (0x800007d0) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Win32.SPPdh.CheckReturnValue(PDH_STATUS status, Boolean throwOnError) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPPerformanceCounter.Initialize() at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPPerformanceCounter.NextValue(Int32 retry, Int32 retryInterval) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPPerformanceCounterMonitorInternal.UpdateValue() at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPPerformanceCounterMonitorInternal.Create(String computer, String category, String counter, String instance)
Performance Counter OS (pdh) call failed with error code PDH_CSTATUS_NO_MACHINE.

Cause:
Microsoft Sharepoint Timer Service’s account does not have the necessary permissions to access the performance counters on the server.

Resolution:
Find Microsoft Sharepoint Timer Service account and set the account as local admin on all machines in farm.

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