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friedcc
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7 years ago
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Error connecting to Oracle Object reference not set to an instance of an obj

We continue to get this error on ONE machine.   Things that we have tried:   1. Read all the posts on this site that reference this error 2. Installed , Uninstalled, Re-installed Oracle client 12....
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    v-juanli-msft
    7 years ago

    Hi friedcc

    Turns out the latest (Sep 2018) version of PBI has this issue if it is downloaded from the Microsoft Store. If it is downloaded from the download webpage, it works with Oracle just fine.  So... DO NOT USE the Microsoft Store to install Power BI.

    It seems you have solved problem by yourself, thans for sharing here.

     

    Best Regards

    Maggie

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7 years ago

Hi! Thank you for this post, I  am having this same issue with the October 2018 release! It was working just fine on the September version. Do you have a link to the September 2018 version you could share with me? I would like to re-download! I found a link to a June version and I am using that in the meantime.

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friedcc
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7 years ago

The download page now shows the Oct 2018 release: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=45331 

 

I am in the habit of keeping old versions of the download in my downloads folder just in case there are issues with an update and I need to go back to a previous release.  But those old versions are not available from Microsoft :(

 

If you upgraded using the Microsoft Store,you might try the download version, or vice versa. At least with the Sep 2018 release, the Store version had the Oracle problem and the download version did not.

 

This Oracle bug is something that Microsoft needs to fix ...