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Backup Failure: Data content location is undefined

edited Apr 20, 2026 1:18PM in EPM Platform and Freeform

Summary: Migration - Backup Failed due to error: "/Essbase Data/SH_FIN :- Data content location is undefined." - error repeated for each of the cube in the application.

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We are trying to take a backup using Migration. We are having the following error message:

"EPMLCM-14000: Error reported from Core Platform. " "Essbase Data/…/:-Data content location is undefined" for each of the cubes.
See screenshot below.

The nightly Artifact Snapshot was successful last night.

Has anyone seen this before?

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