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Anonymous
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2 years ago

Cannot Create New Connection. Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to....

I am unable to create a new connection to an Oracle data source via an on premises gateway. I have downloaded Power BI Desktop onto the server the gateway is intalled on and can connect through there...
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lbendlin
Super User
2 years ago

yes, needs more details.  How are you connecting to the Oracle data source from your desktop?  Native driver, ODBC? TNSNAMES.ORA?

And have you replicated that setup on all gateway cluster members?

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Anonymous
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2 years ago

We are using TNSNAMES.ORA. All setups are the same.

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    lbendlin
    Super User
    2 years ago

    have you confirmed they all work though?

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      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      2 years ago

      Yes

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        lbendlin
        Super User
        2 years ago

        Do the network test on all gateway cluster members. Do you need a proxy in your network?