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SBGoh's avatar
SBGoh
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6 years ago

PowerBI desktop: Requires Oracle client software version 8.1.7 or greater

I got this error below when I open a a report with direct query: "The provider being used is deprecated: 'System.Data.OracleClient requires Oracle client software version 8.1.7 or greater.'. Please ...
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JosefPrakljacic
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6 years ago

Hey SBGoh ,

 

I bet you made the same mistake like I did.

When you are at the oracle download page you need to scroll a bit down because the first link is downloading the "xcopy stuff" the second download option (~400mb) is the right one :-) 

 

 

If this post was helpful may I ask you to mark it as solution and give it a 'thumbs up'? This will also help others

Have a nice day!

BR,
Josef
Graz - Austria

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    SBGoh
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    6 years ago

    Hi Josef,

    I actually installed the same version for ODAC that you mentioned but I still encountered the same error.

    I even setup the oracle_home and path in the environment variables.

    Can anyone advise what could be the problem? Thanks in advance!