WebStatistica Scheduler fails after Active Directory name change
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Article ID: KB0080930
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Products
Versions
Spotfire Statistica
Detected in Statistica 13.2 (other versions may be affected)
Description
Users were able to schedule an analysis configuration in Webstatistica until the Active Directory username was renamed. After the user was renamed from jdoe to john.doe, the user could not longer schedule an analysis configuration.
Below shows the "Run As" column as "[Unknown]":
Blow up of the "Run As" column:
Issue/Introduction
Active Directory user name change causes scheduled task to fail in WebStatistica if scheduled tasked were created with old user.
Environment
Windows Server 2008 R2 and above.
Resolution
1. Remove all scheduled tasks under the WebStatistica with "[Unknown]" in the "Run As" column:
2. Schedule the task again with using the new username.
Additional Information
Using Windows API to pass through credentials to Windows Task Scheduler. Windows does not update the user after a username change.