So yeah... Putting the logic from the analysis into a session works like a charm. Not sure why I made it so difficult for myself. Thanks again Christian!!

So put the logic into a init block? That does make a whole lot more sense doesn't it. I'll give it a go and report back. Cheers Christian

I have almost the same issue as this. v12.4 install... Failed at the BIStartup section after everything else passed fine. What did you end up doing? Is it safe to install the windows service manually and move on or are there other things the config wizard does after that step that I should be wary of? Trying to work out if…

I think i've answered my own question. The above error occurs when I try and edit an already existing join which has been defined as a "physical foreign key join". If I delete the existing join and create a new one, adding in the comparison to the string value, the join is saved as a "complex join" and everything is hunky…