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I am attempting to create a Sql Server Analysis Services Tabular Model and am having trouble accessing an Oracle database for importing data. I am using the following:
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-Windows 10 Enterprise (I am administrator of machine)
Tools to create tabluar cube:
-Visual Studio Community 2022 (64 bit) - Current Version 17.2.5
-SQL Server Analysis Services 15.0.2000.5 - Developer Edition (installed on localhost, services running)
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I have a 64-Bit System Data Source Name created for ODBC connections, using Oracle Instant Client. This data source works just fine with other tools mentioned in the Oracle databse section above.
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Models
-TabularProject (my project)
-Data Sources > New Data Source > Oracle Database
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Oracle Database
The recommended provider ('Oracle.DataAccess.Client') is not installed. You can continue with your current provider, however, it has been deprecated and may not work correctly.
and I click 'OK'.
From here, I enter the connection string of my locally hosted oracle database (localhost:1521/MY_DB.
When prompted for credentials, I select 'Database' and then enter the correct username/password to connect to my locally hosted oracle database.
Then I receive an error stating:
Unable to connect
We encountered an error while trying to connect.
Details: "An error happened while reading data from the provider: 'Attempt to load Oracle client libraries threw BadImageFormatException. This problem will occur when running in 64 bit mode with the 32 bit Oracle client components installed.'"
I've also tried the following method:
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-TabularProject (my project)
-Data Sources > New Data Source > ODBC
Then I choose my ODBC datasource for my locally hosted database (which seems to work fine for other apps) and I receive the following error:
Unable to connect
We encountered an error while trying to connect.
Details: "ODBC: ERROR [IM014] The specified DSN contains an architecture mismatch between the Driver (64-bit) and Application (32-bit)"
I have installed various Oracle Drivers including:
-64-bit ODAC: ODAC122010Xcopy_x64.zip
-64-bit instantclient basic: instantclient-basic-windows.x64-21.6.0.0.0dbru.zip
-64-bit instantclient odbc: instantclient-odbc-windows.x64-21.6.0.0.0dbru.zip
-64-bit instantclient sqlplus: instantclient-sqlplus-windows.x64-21.6.0.0.0dbru.zip
I have also tried these same steps for a remote hosted Oracle database (using both ezconnect string and a ODBC DSN) and even though the connections work just fine with other apps, it doesn't work with SSAS for some reason.
Any and all insight advice to get my SSAS tabular model connected to Oracle databases would be very much appreciated.
EDIT:
I have tried following a solution from this similar question and create a dsn, suffixed with _64, using only the 64-bit ODBC manager, yet I get the same results when trying to use that DSN with SSAS.
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From https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/reporting-services/report-data/oracle-connection-type-ssrs?view=sql-server-ver16#64-bit-and-32-bit-drivers-for-power-bi-desktop:
2. Register ODP.NET Unmanaged Client to GAC:
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3. Add ODP.NET Unmanaged Client entries to machine.config:
C:\Oracle\odp.net\bin\4\OraProvCfg.exe /action:config /force /product:odp /frameworkversion:v4.0.30319 /providerpath:C:\Oracle\odp.net\bin\4\Oracle.DataAccess.dll
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