The following table describes the error status constants returned when an Outline API call fails. These values are defined in the Essbase Outline API Visual Basic global text file esberror.bas.
Table 21. Error Return Values
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| OTLAPI_BAD_ALIASTABLE | Illegal alias table |
| OTLAPI_BAD_CONSOL | Invalid consolidation type (+,-,etc) |
| OTLAPI_BAD_GENLEVELNAME | Invalid generation or level name |
| OTLAPI_BAD_HOUTLINE | Invalid outline handle passed to EsbOtl... function |
| OTLAPI_BAD_MBRNAME | Invalid member name |
| OTLAPI_BAD_MEMBER | Invalid member handle |
| OTLAPI_BAD_MOVE | Illegal move of member; for example, can't move a member to its descendant |
| OTLAPI_BAD_OBJTYPE | Illegal object type |
| OTLAPI_BAD_OUTLINETYPE | Invalid outline type |
| OTLAPI_BAD_RENAMESHARE | A shared member cannot be renamed |
| OTLAPI_BAD_RESTRUCTTYPE | Invalid restructure type |
| OTLAPI_BAD_SORTCOMPAREFUNC | Invalid sorting compare function |
| OTLAPI_BAD_SORTTYPE | Invalid sort type |
| OTLAPI_BAD_TRANSTYPE | Unknown transaction type when creating a transaction (internal error) |
| OTLAPI_BAD_USERATTR | Invalid user attribute |
| OTLAPI_CUR_NOACCOUNTS | There is no Accounts dimension. You need an Accounts dimension to create a currency database |
| OTLAPI_CUR_NOCOUNTRY | There is no Country dimension. You need a Country dimension to create a currency database |
| OTLAPI_CUR_NOTIME | There is no Time dimension. You need a Time dimension to create a currency database. |
| OTLAPI_ERR_ADDNAMEUSED | Member name already used (add operation) |
| OTLAPI_ERR_ALIASSHARED | A shared member cannot have an alias |
| OTLAPI_ERR_ALIASTABLEEXISTS | Alias table already exists |
| OTLAPI_ERR_ALIASTABLENAME | Illegal alias table name |
| OTLAPI_ERR_ALREADYCURRENCY | The outline is a currency outline. You are trying to create a currency outline, and the initial outline is already a currency outline. |
| OTLAPI_ERR_BADSHARE | Illegal share value |
| OTLAPI_ERR_BADSKIP | Illegal time balance skip value |
| OTLAPI_ERR_BADSTORAGE | Illegal dimension storage value |
| OTLAPI_ERR_BADSTORAGECATEGORY | Illegal storage category |
| OTLAPI_ERR_BADTIMEBAL | Illegal time balance value |
| OTLAPI_ERR_CONFIGTOOMANYDIMS | Too many dimensions to configure automatically |
| OTLAPI_ERR_COPYALIASTABLE | Source and destination tables are the same |
| OTLAPI_ERR_CREATETEMP | Cannot create temporary file name. You are probably trying to create it on a read-only drive. We create a temporary file on the client every time you open or write an outline from/to the server. |
| OTLAPI_ERR_CURTOOMANYDIMS | Too many dimensions in a currency outline. A currency outline is limited to four dimensions. |
| OTLAPI_ERR_DELETEDEFALIAS | Cannot delete the default alias table |
| OTLAPI_ERR_DUP_LANGCODE | The language code is assigned to another alias table within the same database |
| OTLAPI_ERR_DUPGENLEVNAME | Cannot add, rename, or set a member name or alias that duplicates a generation or level name |
| OTLAPI_ERR_DUPLICATEALIAS | Duplicate alias |
| OTLAPI_ERR_DUPLICATENAME | Duplicate member name |
| OTLAPI_ERR_FILEIO | Could not read from or write to file |
| OTLAPI_ERR_FILEOPEN | Could not open file |
| OTLAPI_ERR_GENLEVELEXISTS | Generation or level already has a name |
| OTLAPI_ERR_GENLEVELNAMEEXISTS | Generation or level name already exists |
| OTLAPI_ERR_GENLEVNAMEMBR | Cannot add a generation or level name that duplicates a member name or alias |
| OTLAPI_ERR_GENLEVELVALUE | Illegal generation or level value |
| OTLAPI_ERR_ILLEGALALIASSTRING | Illegal member combinational for alias |
| OTLAPI_ERR_ILLEGALCOMBOALIAS | Illegal combinational alias name |
| OTLAPI_ERR_ILLEGALCURRENCY | Illegal currency member |
| OTLAPI_ERR_ILLEGALDEFALIAS | Illegal default alias name |
| OTLAPI_ERR_ILLEGALNAME | Illegal member name |
| OTLAPI_ERR_ILLEGALTAG | Illegal dimension tag (category) |
| OTLAPI_ERR_INVALIDOPTION | Occurs when the user passes in an invalid option to EssOtlGetGenNames() or EssOtlGetLevelNames() |
| OTLAPI_ERR_LEAFLABEL | Leaf member defined as a label member |
| OTLAPI_ERR_MAXALIASTABLES | Maximum number of alias tables has been reached |
| OTLAPI_ERR_MEMBERCALC | Illegal member formula |
| OTLAPI_ERR_NOALIAS | No alias for this member |
| OTLAPI_ERR_NOALIASCOMBO | No alias combination |
| OTLAPI_ERR_NODTSMBRANDGENMATCH | DTS member is not enabled for this generation |
| OTLAPI_ERR_NOFORMULA | No formula for this member |
| OTLAPI_ERR_NOSHAREPROTO | Shared member with no actual member |
| OTLAPI_ERR_NOTADIM | Dimension name expected |
| OTLAPI_ERR_NOTIMEDIM | No time dimension defined (can't do time balance operations without a time dimension) |
| OTLAPI_ERR_NOTVERIFIED | Outline has errors (when saving to the server) |
| OTLAPI_ERR_OPENMODE | File was opened in the wrong mode to make this call. If you call EssOtlOpenOutlineQuery() to open the outline, not all of the calls will work. |
| OTLAPI_ERR_RENAMEDEFALIAS | Cannot rename the default alias table |
| OTLAPI_ERR_RENAMENAMEUSED | Member name already used (rename operation) |
| OTLAPI_ERR_SHAREDMEMBERFORMULA | Shared member cannot have a formula |
| OTLAPI_ERR_SHARENOTLEVEL0 | Shared member not at level 0 (a shared member cannot be a parent of another member) |
| OTLAPI_ERR_SHAREUDA | Cannot set a user attribute for a shared member |
| OTLAPI_ERR_TIMESPARSE | Accounts dimension is dense and time dimension sparse-is not used |
| OTLAPI_NULL_ARG | NULL argument passed to EsbOtl... function |
| OTLAPI_NO_GENLEVELNAME | Cannot find generation or level name |
| OTLAPI_NO_USERATTR | Cannot find user attribute |
| OTLAPI_SORT_TOOMANY | Too many members to sort (64K / 4 members is the maximum sorting capacity) |