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2163336 - Error: "Login failed: HY000:INVALID_LOGIN", when attempting to connect to Salesforce.com Sandbox from Crystal Reports

Symptom

  • Unable to connect to Salesforce.com Sandbox.
  • When attempting to connect to a Salesforce.com Sandbox from Crystal Reports 2013, it fails with the error:
           
      "Login failed: HY000:INVALID_LOGIN:Invalid username, password, security token; or user locked out.
       [Database Vendor Code: 58]"
            
  • It is possible to connect to the same Salesforce.com Sandbox from Crystal Reports 2011 and below.

Environment

  • SAP Crystal Reports 2013

Reproducing the Issue

  1. In Crystal Reports 2013, create a new report, and in the "Database Expert", select "Salesforce.com"
  2. In the "Salesforce.com" window, enter the Salesforce.com Sandbox server to connect to, as well as the user credentials.
  3. When clicking "Finish" to connect, it fails with the error:
      
    "Login failed: HY000:INVALID_LOGIN:Invalid username, password, security token; or user locked out. 
     [Database Vendor Code: 58]"

Cause

  • When connecting to Salesforce.com, Crystal Reports 2013 is always connecting to: www.salesforce.com url, regardless of the url entered in the Salesforce.com connection. This is why it fails to connect to a Salesforce.com Sandbox.
        
  • This issue has been reproduced at SAP and tracked under SAP Note 2111879

Resolution

  • The issue has been resolved in the following product updates:
          
    • SAP Crystal Reports 2013:
      • Support Pack 04 - Patch 8
      • Support Pack 05 - Patch 4
      • Support Pack 06

Keywords

CR, sandbox, domain, sforce , KBA , BI-RA-CR , Crystal Reports designer or Business View Manager , Bug Filed

Product

SAP Crystal Reports 2013