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applicate
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ODBC Socket Connect Timeout Error when Trying to Connect with SAP HANA

Hi,

 

I wonder have anyone encountered this issue. 

I am trying to connect my Power BI desktop with SAP HANA connection to build reports for my client.

I have connected to the VPN correctly, downloaded the drivers needed (in this case HANA driver, ODBC, and JDBC), used the correct server and port.

 

When I'm trying to connect, after I keyed in server and port, I got this error message:

Details: "ODBC: ERROR [08S01] [SAP AG][LIBODBCHDB DLL][HDBODBC] Communication link failure;-10709 Connection failed (RTE:[89009] Socket connect timeout (15000 ms) (xxxxxxx:xxxx))"

 

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Is this error related to VPN? or port? or something else?

 

Thank you.

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Anonymous
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Hi @applicate ,

 

Could you tell me if your problem has been solved? If it is, kindly Accept it as the solution. More people will benefit from it. Or if you are still confused about it, please feel free to let me know.

 

Best Regards,

Neeko Tang

Anonymous
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Hi @applicate ,

 

You might want to start by checking the firewall settings and ensuring that the port number is correct. If the issue persists, reviewing the VPN configuration and verifying the driver installation would be the next steps.

 

You can refer to the similar posts that may be helpful to you: 

ERROR: "Communication link failure;-10709 Connection failed (RTE:[89006] System call 'connect' faile...

Solved: Sap Hana Connection - Microsoft Fabric Community

Unable to connect to SAP HANA - Connection Timeout... - Microsoft Fabric Community

HANA ODBC Error - SAP Community

 

Best Regards,

Neeko Tang

If this post  helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution  to help the other members find it more quickly. 

amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@applicate , Permission issue. Please check external connection are enabled from SAP Hana

refer if these two can help

https://community.sap.com/t5/technology-blogs-by-members/connect-to-sap-hana-database-from-microsoft...

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/integrating-sap-power-bi-develop-real-time-automated-dashboards/

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Thank you for the reply @amitchandak ,

 

I have looked into the links given, however the error still persists.

By "Permission issue" that you mentioned, does this mean that the SAP HANA side prevents me from connecting with the server? If yes, meaning that I need to contact SAP HANA person in charge and ask them to have a look?

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