topic Re: Custom Read Error while connecting to SAP HANA in QlikView

Custom Read Error while connecting to SAP HANA

Anonymous — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 21:26:37 GMT

Hi,

I need to connect to SAP HANA. I am trying to do this using a JDBC connector and i have followed the steps shown in this video

However, when i click on the Select option in the edit script i am getting a 'Custom Read Failed' error.

Could someone help me with this?

Regards,

Greeshma

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 09:06:26 GMT

Hi All,

Any help with this?

Regards,

Greeshma

rbecher — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 09:16:22 GMT

Hi Greeshma,

this is probably a configuration problem. You can contact me directly: ralf.becher@tiq-solutions.de

However, there is an ODBC driver for SAP HANA you should try first.

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 09:19:01 GMT

Hi Ralf,

Could you tell me how i can get the ODBC driver.

Regards,

Greeshma

rbecher — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 09:45:57 GMT

I don't know and this is a Qlik forum, not SAP..

s_uhlig — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 10:02:28 GMT

Hi Greeshma,

just try to enter your connection/user/pass by pressing connect and then enter your sql by hand.

Notice: You have to configure your profile to use PreparedStatements (Advanced Settings) which is not mentioned in the video.

Best regards

Sven

tobivogt — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 12:05:33 GMT

Hello Greeshma,

you could get the SAP HANA ODBC driver by installing the SAP HANA Client.

With this the HDBODBC driver will be installed and could be used to create an ODBC connection.

There seems to be an effect that you have to logon or accept the credentials each time you reload so you can't use this to reload via tasks.

Can anyone confirm this or is there an workaround?

Thanks in advance for any hint

Regards,

Tobias