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marciomyst
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Default.SetAllConnections fail for Oracle Connection String

When calling
[POST] "https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/groups/{group_id}/datasets/{dataset_id}/Default.SetAllConnections"
 
with json body
{
   "connectionString": "(description=(address=(protocol=tcp)(host={ip})(port={port}))(connect_data=(service_name={name})))"
}
 
Server a error:
"error": {
        "code": "InvalidRequest",
        "message": "Connection string is not valid"
    }
 
But same connection string is used by Power BI Desktop and Gateway.

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@marciomyst wrote:

When calling

[POST] "https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/groups/{group_id}/datasets/{dataset_id}/Default.SetAllConnections"
 
with json body
{
   "connectionString": "(description=(address=(protocol=tcp)(host={ip})(port={port}))(connect_data=(service_name={name})))"
}
 
Server a error:
"error": {
        "code": "InvalidRequest",
        "message": "Connection string is not valid"
    }
 
But same connection string is used by Power BI Desktop and Gateway.


@marciomyst

The connection string is not correct. You can get the expected connection string by calling Get Datasources. An expected connection string can be as simple as

    {
    "connectionString": "data source=oracleservername;persist security info=True"
        }

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marciomyst
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When calling

[POST] "https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/groups/{group_id}/datasets/{dataset_id}/Default.SetAllConnections"
 
with json body
{
   "connectionString": "(description=(address=(protocol=tcp)(host={ip})(port={port}))(connect_data=(service_name={name})))"
}
 
Server a error:
"error": {
        "code": "InvalidRequest",
        "message": "Connection string is not valid"
    }
 
But same connection string is used by Power BI Desktop and Gateway.


@marciomyst wrote:

When calling

[POST] "https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/groups/{group_id}/datasets/{dataset_id}/Default.SetAllConnections"
 
with json body
{
   "connectionString": "(description=(address=(protocol=tcp)(host={ip})(port={port}))(connect_data=(service_name={name})))"
}
 
Server a error:
"error": {
        "code": "InvalidRequest",
        "message": "Connection string is not valid"
    }
 
But same connection string is used by Power BI Desktop and Gateway.


@marciomyst

The connection string is not correct. You can get the expected connection string by calling Get Datasources. An expected connection string can be as simple as

    {
    "connectionString": "data source=oracleservername;persist security info=True"
        }

Capture.PNG

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