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alisonpappas
Helper III
Helper III

HELP "We could not register this data source for any gateway instances within this cluster.

HI All,

 

When I try and add a new data source I get the response below:

 

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."

 

Please let me know how to trouble shoot

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@alisonpappas ,

 

Refer to this link on how to update on premise gateway:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/data-integration/gateway/service-gateway-update 

 

Download the latest gateways(I think this is the latest one) from links provided here:

https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/on-premises-data-gateway-april-2020-update-is-now-available...

 

You can also refer to solution of below thread to know how to install/update:

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Update-to-new-gateway/td-p/818241 

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Anand24
Super User
Super User

Hi @alisonpappas ,

 

Seems like on-premise gateway is not updated. You can update it to the lastest version

 

You can also troubleshoot your issue based in the solution of below thread.

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Service/We-could-not-register-this-data-source-for-any-gateway-inst...

 

Give a thumbs up if this post helped you in any way and mark this post as solution if it solved your query !!!

@Anand24 how do i update the gateway?

@alisonpappas ,

 

Refer to this link on how to update on premise gateway:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/data-integration/gateway/service-gateway-update 

 

Download the latest gateways(I think this is the latest one) from links provided here:

https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/on-premises-data-gateway-april-2020-update-is-now-available...

 

You can also refer to solution of below thread to know how to install/update:

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Update-to-new-gateway/td-p/818241 

edejes2
Advocate IV
Advocate IV

@alisonpappas  Please share the screenshot of the error message. 

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