Import metadata from BI Admin tool -OBIEE 11g

Hi,
I am trying to import metadata from BI Admin tool 11g (offile- did not start BI services) but it always showing "Connection has failed". I tried ODBC 2.0, ODBC 3.5, OCI11g/10g with different schemas .. But still no luck... I checked all those from Toad and DSN Tests.. then all are successfulll... But in BI Admin Tool only I can not connect to those Datasources.. Where Iam wrong..? any workarounds would be appreciated...
Thanks and Regards,
Sri.
(OBIEE 11.1.1.5, Oracle 11g R2 EE Database, MS Windows XP Professional Edition SP2)

ORACLE FOLDER
C:\Oracle\product\11.2.0\client_1\network\admin\sample
We have tnsnames.ora file in this oracle folder coppy that and save it in
C:\Oracle\product\11.2.0\client_1\network\admin
Tnsnames.ora
This tnsname.ora file should contain the details of
Data Source name – ORCL
Host name – xxxx.xxxxxx.com
Portno - 1531 (This port no is default port in oracle)
Service Name – ORCL
OBIEE FOLDER
C:\OBIEE\oraclebi\orainst\config\OracleBIServerComponent\coreapplication
Tnsname.ora (need to have this file in the above path which is same in ORACLE FOLDER)
GOTO – Start – Control panel – Administrative Tool – Data Source(ODBC) in this
1.     Goto System DSN tab
2.     Select Add at right side
3.     A new pop-up window opens – ‘Create New Data Source’
4.     Select from the list – Oracle in OraClient11g_Home
5.     A pop-up window opens –‘Oracle ODBC Driver Configaration’ in that
6.     Data Source name – Mandatory (You can give any name) e.g –ORACLE DSN
7.     Description – Optional (you can give r leave it blank).
8.     TNS Service Name – HOST:PORT/Data Source Name e.g –xxxx.xxxxxxx.com:1531/ORCL (xxxx.xxxxxx.com may be IP Address also)
9.     User ID – Give Database USERID (If you are going to take data from SERVER you have to give Server Data Base USER ID / If you are going to take data from Local Machine use your Local machine database User id ) e.g –USER id – ‘system’ where password is – ‘Manager’

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I've copied TNSNAMES.ora file to the path D:\Oracle\Middleware\Oracle_BI1\network\admin and D:\Oracle\Middleware\oracle_common\network\admin(In D:\Oracle\Middleware\oracle_common\network, admin was not there, I've created a new folder with name admin and placed the TNSNAMES.ora file over there).
Have modified the user.cmd and bi_init.cmd files in the below path D:\Oracle\Middleware\instances\instance1\bifoundation\OracleBIApplication\coreapplication\setup
Any help would be appreciated
Regards,
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The problem was your tnsnames.ora file your not please in the right path.
Check this steps:
Copy the tnsnames.ora from Oracle Database home (ORACLE_HOME\NETWORK\ADMIN\) to the following locations.
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Step 2 - <obiee11g_home>\oracle_common\network\admin
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Copy the tnsnames.ora from Oracle Database home (ORACLE_HOME\NETWORK\ADMIN\) to the following locations.
Step 1 - <obiee11g_home>\OracleBI1\network\admin
Set the TNS_ADMIN environment variable value with one of the copied locations in the step 1 in user.cmd or user.sh file depending on your OS.
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ORACLE FOLDER
C:\Oracle\product\11.2.0\client_1\network\admin\sample
We have tnsnames.ora file in this oracle folder coppy that and save it in
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## AnsiNPW=Yes;
## QuotedId=Yes;
## IANAAppCodePage=2252;
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