IM - Cannot Open Database error when running eConnect adapter integration

Here comes one of those puzzling errors that can have you spinning your wheels for a bit until you resolve it. Just recently, I was helping a client building a Fixed Assets integration. The requirement called for importing a number of asset records and have a method that could be reused as new assets are added to the organization's 15 different locations... that's the easy part!

We were getting ready to run our first integration when the dreadful error came up:

ERROR: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: Cannot open database "XYZAB" requested by the login. The login failed"

Of course, here comes the troubleshooting aspect of the process. With the client running eConnect 10, there are a few places to look for issues that may trigger this error:

Component Services:

The most likely cause of this error message is a problem with the eConnect COM+ configuration. Open the Component Services by clicking Start > Run and type in dcomcnfg.

Expand Component Services > Computers > My Computer > COM+ Applications. Right click on "eConnect 10 for Microsoft Dynamics GP" and choose Start. If you receive an error, that means the COM+ component is not configured properly.

To configure, right-click and choose Properties. Click on the Identity tab and make sure that the domain user account configured here is setup in SQL server and is at least a member of the DYNGRP role for the company and dynamics databases.

If you have System Account selected, select This User instead and enter your Domain\User account and password.

SQL Sercurity

Open Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) and in Security verify that you have a SQL user that is the same Domain\User and the user is part of the DYNGRP role.

That should do!

Until next post!

MG.-
Mariano Gomez, MVP
IntellPartners, LLC
http://www.IntellPartners.com/