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Hi Experts,
I have developed reports and shared the same via SharePoint with businesses and now they are facing the below error.
Error Message:
We couldn't connect to your DirectQuery data source or internal model. Double-check that your server and database names are correct and that you have permission to access them.
Error Message Detail:
A connection was successfully established with the server, but then an error occurred during the pre-login handshake. (provider: TCP Provider, error: 0 - The semaphore timeout period has expired.); The semaphore timeout period has expired. The exception was raised by the IDbConnection interface.
Please kindly help me with this, I need to resolve it asap.
Thanks & Regards,
Heena Kousar
@Heena_9980400 , Under Home Tab -> Data Source setting ->chosse connection and clear permissions and try again
@amitchandak This does not work. I cleared multiple times, cleard cache too, but not able to connect. Strange my collegue is able too.
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