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Cannot import .rptproj in VS2015 - says it's "Unsupported". Latest SSDT is installed


I am trying to convert some older VS2005 projects over to VS2015 Enterprise. When I open any with a report project (.rptproj), VS says the project is unsupported.

Unsupported

This version of Visual Studio is unable to open the following projects. The project types may not be installed or this version of Visual Studio may not support them.

Every search I've done, the solution is to install SSDT (apparently formerly known as SSDT-BI)

I havs SSDT installed already.. when I download/install from here (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/mt186501.aspx), it gives me repair/uninstall options. I've tried repair even though I did not suspect it was broken. There are no updates available under Tools > Extensions and Updates... in VS.

Where do I go from here? Every solution I've found says the same thing, but I already have SSDT.

Any info appreciated.


Solution

  • Support for BI projects for Visual Studio 2015 is available here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/mt186501

    There are two versions of SSDT available for Visual Studio 2015. Only the "Preview" version (available here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/mt429383.aspx) contains the BI project types.