Where is Qlik ODBC Connectivity pack Oracle TNS names file?

[brantley_hobbs]

Hi all!

I have a Qlik Sense Enterprise 3.1 server with the 64 bit Qlik ODBC connector package installed.

When I try to add an Oracle connection via the "Qlik ODBC Connector Package" option and select the Oracle driver, I'm prompted for hostname, port and service name.  I do have hostname and port, but I do not have a service name, as I don't know where the TNS names file is that the Qlik connector package supplied driver is located.

Can someone help me out here?  I have the definition to drop into the tnsnames file, I just don't know where that Qlik installed driver is looking for it.

Thanks!

[petter]

The tnsnames.ora file is not used by this connector. However finding it and looking at it is necessary to do if you have a local installation of Oracle on your computer.

The service name to use if you have an Oracle XE installed is XE as default.

Oracle is often installed as a directory under root called something with ORACLExxxxx

The path to the tnsnames.ora for my installation of Oracle XE is

     C:\oraclexe\app\oracle\product\11.2.0\server\network\ADMIN\tnsnames.ora

If your path is different you could search for tnsnames.ora on your harddisk....