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SSRS the definition of the report is invalid


How can I resolve the below error message that I receive when I try to deploy my report to our our Reporting Server using BIDS?

Message:

Error : The definition of the report '/OrderAnalysis' is invalid.

Report Element:

 <Report xmlns:rd="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SQLServer/reporting/reportdesigner" xmlns:cl="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/reporting/2010/01/componentdefinition" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/reporting/2010/01/reportdefinition">

Solution

  • I found the problem to this... due to a incorrect/failed reference in .rdl to data conns etc. Also found that BIDS wasn't happy about having spaces in some of the project/report filenames... so anyone facing this issue make sure you have no spaces in your naming and check your rdl files, connections, everything for failed/out of date references! Visual Studio seems crap at keeping all of it's references up to date... god forbid you have to rename anything!