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Vin21
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Gateway Error - "Unable to connect: We encountered an error while trying to connect to"

Hello!

I am trying to add data source to my gateway. However, I am encountering this error:

 

Unable to connect: We encountered an error while trying to connect to . Details: "We could not register this data source for any gateway instances within this cluster. Please find more details below about specific errors for each gateway instance."

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Hi ,

 

When you configure the gateway data source,  the  most important thing is to make sure the credentials are correct  and unexpired.
(Windows account you enter must have Server Administrator permissions for the instance you're connecting to. If this account’s password is set to expire, users could get a connection error if the password isn’t updated for the data source. )

 

Then if you use windows authentication method ,please use domain\username instead  in windows username

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Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Eason

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v-easonf-msft
Community Support
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Hi, @Vin21 

 Please show more details .

You can take a screenshoot  as below to better show us the basic error message details. (Be careful to block out some sensitive information)

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Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Eason


Hi @v-easonf-msft 

I am unable to upload snapshot. Here is the error message:

Activity ID:967ab9d5-a1c1-42fe-88e6-81754ef75e63
Request ID:a2618a28-800c-edc3-13af-82d8f90d9edc
Cluster URI:https://wabi-uk-south-b-primary-redirect.analysis.windows.net/
Status code:400
Error Code:DMTS_UpdateClusterDatasourceCredentialsErrorCode
Time:Thu Feb 27 2020 08:09:51 GMT+0000 (Greenwich Mean Time)
Service version:13.0.12439.190
Client version:2002.3.018

 

SQLSERVER:Invalid connection credentials.
Underlying error code:-2146232060
Underlying error message:Login failed for user '••••••••••••'.
DM_ErrorDetailNameCode_UnderlyingHResult:-2146232060
DM_ErrorDetailNameCode_UnderlyingNativeErrorCode:18456

 

Best Regards,

 

Vin

Hi ,

 

When you configure the gateway data source,  the  most important thing is to make sure the credentials are correct  and unexpired.
(Windows account you enter must have Server Administrator permissions for the instance you're connecting to. If this account’s password is set to expire, users could get a connection error if the password isn’t updated for the data source. )

 

Then if you use windows authentication method ,please use domain\username instead  in windows username

08.png


07.png

 

 

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Eason

THANK YOU!!!

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