Unable To Login To Visualizer And Visualizer.log In %TEMP% Directory Shows Following Error "Oracle.ManagedDataAccess.Client.OracleException: ORA-01005: null password given; logon denied"

(Doc ID 2042254.1)

Last updated on JUNE 29, 2016

Applies to:

Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management - Version 8.4.0.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

When attempting to open Visualizer the following error occurs:

ERROR
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"Unable to connect to the database. Please run the Database Configuration tool or contact your administrator".


When reviewing the associated error in the Visualizer.log (found in the user %TEMP% directory) the following error is logged:

ERROR
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Oracle.ManagedDataAccess.Client.OracleException: ORA-01005: null password given; logon denied

Cause

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