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1. Invalid user account is being used to connect to the the SDK >r5P3G1
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The user name and password used to connect to the SDK must be a Project Management user account with {<Admin Superuser>} permissions or a user account with the Global Security Privilege 'View All Global/Project Data via SDK', i.e. "admin", "admin". Upl6:xYrG
Errors will occur if the database user account is being used to connect to the SDK, i.e. privuser" or "pubuser" < O*6T%;
Errors will occur if the user account name or password is incorrect. 10Wz,vW,n
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2. The Database Alias is not configured correctly for the Primavera SDK ODBC DSN (Datasource Name) G>qZxy`c
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Configure the Database Alias for the Primavera SDK ODBC DSN connection using the following steps: ?C0l~:j7D
Launch the ODBC Administrator (from the Windows Control Panel, Administrative Tools, ODBC Datasources). S&C1 TC
From the System DSN tab, locate the Primavera SDK DSN (default name is PrimaveraSDK) and select Configure. wle@vCmr
Change the Database Alias from the default name PMSDK to a valid database connection. T70QJ=,
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If the Project Management client is installed on the same workstation as the SDK, a simple fix would be to configure the Primavera SDK DSN to use the same database connection as the Project Management client. To find out the name to use, go to the Login screen for Project Management and use the name that is in the Database box at the bottom. }G46g#_6d>
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3. Incorrect user name or password for Primavera SDK ODBC DSN C8N{l:1f]
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Launch the ODBC Administrator (from the Windows Control Panel, Administrative Tools, ODBC Datasources). 3Rg}+[b
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Modify the Public Username and Public Password so they are correct for your database. In order to verify that they are correct, you will need to login to the Oracle or SQL Server database directly using this username and password.