How To Fix RSO_RES_HCPR040 - The list of PartProviders of the CompositeProvider cannot be empty

RSO_RES_HCPR040 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: RSO_RES_HCPR - CompositeProvider

• Message number: 040

• Message text: The list of PartProviders of the CompositeProvider cannot be empty

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RSO_RES_HCPR040 - Details

• The SAP error message RSO_RES_HCPR040 indicates that the list of PartProviders for a CompositeProvider is empty. This error typically occurs when you are trying to activate or use a CompositeProvider in SAP BW/4HANA or SAP BW on HANA, and it does not have any underlying PartProviders defined.
  
  Cause:
  The primary cause of this error is that the CompositeProvider you are trying to work with does not have any PartProviders associated with it. A CompositeProvider is designed to combine data from multiple sources (PartProviders), and if none are defined, the system cannot process the request.
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you need to ensure that at least one PartProvider is defined for the CompositeProvider. Here are the steps to do this:
  
  
  Open the CompositeProvider: Go to the SAP BW Modeling Tools in Eclipse or the SAP GUI, depending on your environment.
  
  
  Edit the CompositeProvider: Locate the CompositeProvider that is causing the error and open it for editing.
  
  
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