The following database error occurred: (CS) “COM Provider CLSID not specified or erroneous” .

This issue in general is due to the mismatch in the versions

I would like to describe how I got it and how I resolved it

Environment: SAP BI Platform 4.1 SP 6 P4

Data Source: MS SQL Server 2014

The Native client installed on the machine are 10 and 11

But if we look in the patch of

C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP BusinessObjects\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0\dataAccess\connectionServer\oledb

sqlsrv.sbo file I see that the 2014 Sql Server uses 12 as the driver

</DataBase>

         <DataBase Active=”Yes” Name=”MS SQL Server 2014″>

             <Library>dbd_wsqloledb</Library>

             <Parameter Name=”Provider CLSID”>SQLNCLI12</Parameter>

             <Parameter Name=”Enumerator CLSID”>SQLNCLI12 Enumerator</Parameter>

             <Parameter Name=”Extensions”>sqlsrv2014,sqlsrv,oledb</Parameter>

             <Parameter Name=”Driver Capabilities”>Query,Procedures,Cancel</Parameter>

But the once installed are 10 and 11. I did not try installing 12 rather I changed this file to point to 11. Something like this

</DataBase>

         <DataBase Active=”Yes” Name=”MS SQL Server 2014″>

             <Library>dbd_wsqloledb</Library>

             <Parameter Name=”Provider CLSID”>SQLNCLI11</Parameter>

             <Parameter Name=”Enumerator CLSID”>SQLNCLI11 Enumerator</Parameter>

             <Parameter Name=”Extensions”>sqlsrv2014,sqlsrv,oledb</Parameter>

             <Parameter Name=”Driver Capabilities”>Query,Procedures,Cancel</Parameter>

and the error goes away.

Hope this helps someone!

MK