Report Builder will not launch

I am having problems launching the Report Builder. I click the button and nothing happens. I did see the other suggestions about re-installing the .NET 2.0 Framework but that did not help. I tried to launch it directly from the address bar and I am getting the same reponse as when I click on the Report Builder button. I can access the Report Builder from other machines and it works fine. I did just recently install IE 7 and I tried to uninstall it and go back to IE 6 but I got the same results.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks Tim

Does navigating to http://localhost/ReportServer/ReportBuilder/ReportBuilderLocalIntranet.application work? Try adding localhost to trusted sites.|||

I tried using this link http://localhost/ReportServer/ReportBuilder/ReportBuilderLocalIntranet.application and adding it to trusted sites and it did not work. Maybe I have some corrupted or missing files on my machine. Does anyone know what files I could possibly delete to make Reporting Services think I have never launched the Report Builder and have it re-update my machine.

Tim

Report Builder Question

Please help!!!!

We have recently implemented an SQL Server 2005 and when i click on the report builder button (reporting services) for the user i am getting the message "Application Download did not succeed. Check your network connection or contact your system administrator or Network Service Provider"

This is actually performed while the user has administrator privledges.

If someone has this problem or a solution, could you please post.

Thanks

This sounds like at authentication problem. If the logged-in user's default Windows credentials are not appropriate or sufficient for authenticating to the report server, then ClickOnce cannot download the application. In these cases (i.e. when you are not using Windows Auth), you need to go into IIS and allow anonymous access to the ReportBuilder virtual folder.

Hope that helps.

sql

Report Builder Problem

I am having trouble with the Report Builder toolbar button is not showing up
on the reports pages of my reporting services.
If I run
http://servername/reportserver/reportbuilder/reportbuilder.application then
it will open the report builder and I can built reports and save back to my
report server. But if I open the report server http://servername/reports.
The toolbar button is not present.
It is a SQL Server 2005 Standard edition Installation running on Windows
Server 2003 as an application server.
I created a user in Reporting Services and gave them Content Manager rights.
Any help in what I need to change for the toolbar to be visible.
MikeMike,
Make sure that the system group that the user belongs (in the site-wide
security) to has Execute Report Definitions checked.
Mike Read wrote:
> I am having trouble with the Report Builder toolbar button is not showing up
> on the reports pages of my reporting services.
> If I run
> http://servername/reportserver/reportbuilder/reportbuilder.application then
> it will open the report builder and I can built reports and save back to my
> report server. But if I open the report server http://servername/reports.
> The toolbar button is not present.
> It is a SQL Server 2005 Standard edition Installation running on Windows
> Server 2003 as an application server.
> I created a user in Reporting Services and gave them Content Manager rights.
> Any help in what I need to change for the toolbar to be visible.
> Mike

Report Builder button missing - exec rep defs ticked & rep build ticked

I can see report builder in IE (I am report admin), but my users are not able to, despite having ticked 'report builder' against their name in folder security.

They have
Browser, Report Builder

Why can't they see it?

"Site Settings - Security - Config sys wide role defs - sys user " has "execute report defs" ticked.

Anyone, hmm?

They also need to be listed as System Users under Site Settings. In Report Manager (IE) click on Site Settings / Configure Site-Wide Security / Add a new role assignment with the userid and grant them System User status. Have the user refresh IE and they should see the Report Builder icon.

|||Confused....

We currently use AD groups to control user access to the RS.

An AD group is assigned one or more roles. e.g. 'browser','content manager'

How is it they are able to access the RS if they are not part of 'system user'?|||the solution:

create an AD group called report builder - add all your users who require RB access to this in IE, report manager: site settings - site wide security - new role assignment - enter ADReportBuilderGroupname and tick "system user"

Report Builder button missing - exec rep defs ticked & rep build ticked

I can see report builder in IE (I am report admin), but my users are not able to, despite having ticked 'report builder' against their name in folder security.

They have
Browser, Report Builder

Why can't they see it?

"Site Settings - Security - Config sys wide role defs - sys user " has "execute report defs" ticked.

Anyone, hmm?

They also need to be listed as System Users under Site Settings. In Report Manager (IE) click on Site Settings / Configure Site-Wide Security / Add a new role assignment with the userid and grant them System User status. Have the user refresh IE and they should see the Report Builder icon.

|||Confused....

We currently use AD groups to control user access to the RS.

An AD group is assigned one or more roles. e.g. 'browser','content manager'

How is it they are able to access the RS if they are not part of 'system user'?|||the solution:

create an AD group called report builder - add all your users who require RB access to this in IE, report manager: site settings - site wide security - new role assignment - enter ADReportBuilderGroupname and tick "system user"

report builder button missing

I have setup the RS on production server ( a named instance). The report
builder button is missing. I only can see new folder, new data source, upload
button on the http://servername/reports$instancename/Pages/Folder.aspx. I
have given myself all the rights in role setting.
I have searched in google. However only found something saying "by setting
the report server system property EnableReportDesignClientDownload to true".
However not found anything saying how to do that. checked every sql 2005
configuration tool. Not found anything to let you set that property.
Besides I have tried using
http://<servername>/reportserver/reportbuilder/reportbuilder.application
launched reportbuilder. And got permission ...insufficient (rsAccessDenied).
My project due tomorrow. Please Help!! really appreciate it!!On May 29, 5:02 pm, Daisy <diy...@.msnews.group.post> wrote:
> I have setup the RS on production server ( a named instance). The report
> builder button is missing. I only can see new folder, new data source, upload
> button on thehttp://servername/reports$instancename/Pages/Folder.aspx. I
> have given myself all the rights in role setting.
> I have searched in google. However only found something saying "by setting
> the report server system property EnableReportDesignClientDownload to true".
> However not found anything saying how to do that. checked every sql 2005
> configuration tool. Not found anything to let you set that property.
> Besides I have tried using
> http://<servername>/reportserver/reportbuilder/reportbuilder.application
> launched reportbuilder. And got permission ...insufficient (rsAccessDenied).
> My project due tomorrow. Please Help!! really appreciate it!!
Go to Site Settings from the Report Manager page. Select 'Configure
system-level role definitions'
and edit an existing system role or create a new system role that
includes the Execute Report Definitions task. Then make sure your
user ID is assigned that system role.
HTH
toolman|||That really helps. Thanks a bunch!
"toolman" wrote:
> On May 29, 5:02 pm, Daisy <diy...@.msnews.group.post> wrote:
> > I have setup the RS on production server ( a named instance). The report
> > builder button is missing. I only can see new folder, new data source, upload
> > button on thehttp://servername/reports$instancename/Pages/Folder.aspx. I
> > have given myself all the rights in role setting.
> > I have searched in google. However only found something saying "by setting
> > the report server system property EnableReportDesignClientDownload to true".
> > However not found anything saying how to do that. checked every sql 2005
> > configuration tool. Not found anything to let you set that property.
> >
> > Besides I have tried using
> > http://<servername>/reportserver/reportbuilder/reportbuilder.application
> > launched reportbuilder. And got permission ...insufficient (rsAccessDenied).
> >
> > My project due tomorrow. Please Help!! really appreciate it!!
> Go to Site Settings from the Report Manager page. Select 'Configure
> system-level role definitions'
> and edit an existing system role or create a new system role that
> includes the Execute Report Definitions task. Then make sure your
> user ID is assigned that system role.
> HTH
> toolman
>

Report Builder button doesn't appear....

Hi,
I have the latest CTP installed. Users do not see the report builder button.
Only members of the local admin group seem to have it displayed. Can anyone
steer me in the right direction'
AllanI have run into a similar problem on my machine. The Report Builder button
never appears in my report manager home page.
I'm using Windows 2000 workstation with SQL Server 2005 (September)
Jay
"Allan" wrote:
> Hi,
> I have the latest CTP installed. Users do not see the report builder button.
> Only members of the local admin group seem to have it displayed. Can anyone
> steer me in the right direction'
> Allan|||I'm on WIN 2003 and SQL 2005 Sept. I haven't had a chance to investigate
further but still have the same problem.....
"Jay" wrote:
> I have run into a similar problem on my machine. The Report Builder button
> never appears in my report manager home page.
> I'm using Windows 2000 workstation with SQL Server 2005 (September)
> Jay
> "Allan" wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I have the latest CTP installed. Users do not see the report builder button.
> > Only members of the local admin group seem to have it displayed. Can anyone
> > steer me in the right direction'
> >
> > Allan|||I've downloaded the MSDN RTM version and installed, but I have the same
problem. I have ensured that the users are in the Reporting services Content
Manager security group (and indeed every other group) but with no joy. Only
members of Windows Domain Admins group can see the button.
I guess I must be missing something ... ?
"Allan" wrote:
> I'm on WIN 2003 and SQL 2005 Sept. I haven't had a chance to investigate
> further but still have the same problem.....
> "Jay" wrote:
> > I have run into a similar problem on my machine. The Report Builder button
> > never appears in my report manager home page.
> >
> > I'm using Windows 2000 workstation with SQL Server 2005 (September)
> >
> > Jay
> >
> > "Allan" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > > I have the latest CTP installed. Users do not see the report builder button.
> > > Only members of the local admin group seem to have it displayed. Can anyone
> > > steer me in the right direction'
> > >
> > > Allan|||Make sure, that in site settings --> configure system level role definitions
--> System USer has "Execute report definitions" is checked. This is not
checked by default if you are upgrading to 05. If you are installing it brand
new, then it is checked by default.
"Furzehill Bill" wrote:
> I've downloaded the MSDN RTM version and installed, but I have the same
> problem. I have ensured that the users are in the Reporting services Content
> Manager security group (and indeed every other group) but with no joy. Only
> members of Windows Domain Admins group can see the button.
> I guess I must be missing something ... ?
>
> "Allan" wrote:
> > I'm on WIN 2003 and SQL 2005 Sept. I haven't had a chance to investigate
> > further but still have the same problem.....
> >
> > "Jay" wrote:
> >
> > > I have run into a similar problem on my machine. The Report Builder button
> > > never appears in my report manager home page.
> > >
> > > I'm using Windows 2000 workstation with SQL Server 2005 (September)
> > >
> > > Jay
> > >
> > > "Allan" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > > I have the latest CTP installed. Users do not see the report builder button.
> > > > Only members of the local admin group seem to have it displayed. Can anyone
> > > > steer me in the right direction'
> > > >
> > > > Allan|||The solution provided by Nagini Indugula does not work (at least for all
cases).
Having the same issue, adding a user to the local admin group of the
SQLRS2K5 server has the Report Builder button appearing. Remove the user
from the local admin group, the button goes away.
Trying all other local groups for the user do not resolve the issue. Looking
also for a way to get this to work.
"Nagini Indugula" wrote:
> Make sure, that in site settings --> configure system level role definitions
> --> System USer has "Execute report definitions" is checked. This is not
> checked by default if you are upgrading to 05. If you are installing it brand
> new, then it is checked by default.
>
> "Furzehill Bill" wrote:
> > I've downloaded the MSDN RTM version and installed, but I have the same
> > problem. I have ensured that the users are in the Reporting services Content
> > Manager security group (and indeed every other group) but with no joy. Only
> > members of Windows Domain Admins group can see the button.
> >
> > I guess I must be missing something ... ?
> >
> >
> > "Allan" wrote:
> >
> > > I'm on WIN 2003 and SQL 2005 Sept. I haven't had a chance to investigate
> > > further but still have the same problem.....
> > >
> > > "Jay" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have run into a similar problem on my machine. The Report Builder button
> > > > never appears in my report manager home page.
> > > >
> > > > I'm using Windows 2000 workstation with SQL Server 2005 (September)
> > > >
> > > > Jay
> > > >
> > > > "Allan" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > I have the latest CTP installed. Users do not see the report builder button.
> > > > > Only members of the local admin group seem to have it displayed. Can anyone
> > > > > steer me in the right direction'
> > > > >
> > > > > Allan|||In digging some more, a post by Blackfish was the solution.
---
The solution is:
site settings -> Configure site-wide security -> New Role Assignment ->
add user to either 'System Admin' or 'System User'
Tim
---
"TL" wrote:
> The solution provided by Nagini Indugula does not work (at least for all
> cases).
> Having the same issue, adding a user to the local admin group of the
> SQLRS2K5 server has the Report Builder button appearing. Remove the user
> from the local admin group, the button goes away.
> Trying all other local groups for the user do not resolve the issue. Looking
> also for a way to get this to work.
>
> "Nagini Indugula" wrote:
> > Make sure, that in site settings --> configure system level role definitions
> > --> System USer has "Execute report definitions" is checked. This is not
> > checked by default if you are upgrading to 05. If you are installing it brand
> > new, then it is checked by default.
> >
> >
> >
> > "Furzehill Bill" wrote:
> >
> > > I've downloaded the MSDN RTM version and installed, but I have the same
> > > problem. I have ensured that the users are in the Reporting services Content
> > > Manager security group (and indeed every other group) but with no joy. Only
> > > members of Windows Domain Admins group can see the button.
> > >
> > > I guess I must be missing something ... ?
> > >
> > >
> > > "Allan" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'm on WIN 2003 and SQL 2005 Sept. I haven't had a chance to investigate
> > > > further but still have the same problem.....
> > > >
> > > > "Jay" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I have run into a similar problem on my machine. The Report Builder button
> > > > > never appears in my report manager home page.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm using Windows 2000 workstation with SQL Server 2005 (September)
> > > > >
> > > > > Jay
> > > > >
> > > > > "Allan" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > I have the latest CTP installed. Users do not see the report builder button.
> > > > > > Only members of the local admin group seem to have it displayed. Can anyone
> > > > > > steer me in the right direction'
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Allan|||Hi - I'm glad you found the answer but I'm confused... why should we have to
do this versus just assigning the user to the report builder role under item
level security?
"TL" wrote:
> In digging some more, a post by Blackfish was the solution.
> ---
> The solution is:
> site settings -> Configure site-wide security -> New Role Assignment ->
> add user to either 'System Admin' or 'System User'
> Tim
> ---
> "TL" wrote:
> > The solution provided by Nagini Indugula does not work (at least for all
> > cases).
> >
> > Having the same issue, adding a user to the local admin group of the
> > SQLRS2K5 server has the Report Builder button appearing. Remove the user
> > from the local admin group, the button goes away.
> >
> > Trying all other local groups for the user do not resolve the issue. Looking
> > also for a way to get this to work.
> >
> >
> >
> > "Nagini Indugula" wrote:
> >
> > > Make sure, that in site settings --> configure system level role definitions
> > > --> System USer has "Execute report definitions" is checked. This is not
> > > checked by default if you are upgrading to 05. If you are installing it brand
> > > new, then it is checked by default.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Furzehill Bill" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I've downloaded the MSDN RTM version and installed, but I have the same
> > > > problem. I have ensured that the users are in the Reporting services Content
> > > > Manager security group (and indeed every other group) but with no joy. Only
> > > > members of Windows Domain Admins group can see the button.
> > > >
> > > > I guess I must be missing something ... ?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Allan" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I'm on WIN 2003 and SQL 2005 Sept. I haven't had a chance to investigate
> > > > > further but still have the same problem.....
> > > > >
> > > > > "Jay" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I have run into a similar problem on my machine. The Report Builder button
> > > > > > never appears in my report manager home page.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm using Windows 2000 workstation with SQL Server 2005 (September)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Jay
> > > > > >
> > > > > > "Allan" wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > > I have the latest CTP installed. Users do not see the report builder button.
> > > > > > > Only members of the local admin group seem to have it displayed. Can anyone
> > > > > > > steer me in the right direction'
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Allan

Report Builder button doesn't appear....

Users must have permission to the Execute Report Definitions task (normally obtained via the System Users role) for the Report Builder button to be displayed.
--Original Message--
From: Jay@.discussions.microsoft.com
Posted At: Friday, October 21, 2005 4:01 PM
Posted To: microsoft.public.sqlserver.reportingsvcs
Conversation: Report Builder button doesn't appear...
Subject: RE: Report Builder button doesn't appear...
I have run into a similar problem on my machine. The Report Builder button
never appears in my report manager home page.
I'm using Windows 2000 workstation with SQL Server 2005 (September)
Jay
"Allan" wrote:
> Hi,
> I have the latest CTP installed. Users do not see the report builder button.
> Only members of the local admin group seem to have it displayed. Can anyone
> steer me in the right direction'
>
> AllanHow do I do this. Please explain step-by-step. This is a third explanation
I have run across. Please see text below that I posted elsewhere:
Report Builder button does not show when an upgrade to Reporting Services
2005 is completed. If a fresh install is done then no problem. I need to do
an upgrade for an existing Reports Server 2000 and want user to have the
Report Builder button. Some docuementation said to set
EnableReportDesignClientDownload to true, but did not say how to do this.
Another document said Enable Report Design Client Button is set to True in
RSWebApplication.config by default. However, this also did not show how to do
this. I need clear and exact step-by-step instructions.
"Bob Meyers MSFT" wrote:
> Users must have permission to the Execute Report Definitions task (normally obtained via the System Users role) for the Report Builder button to be displayed.
>
> --Original Message--
> From: Jay@.discussions.microsoft.com
> Posted At: Friday, October 21, 2005 4:01 PM
> Posted To: microsoft.public.sqlserver.reportingsvcs
> Conversation: Report Builder button doesn't appear...
> Subject: RE: Report Builder button doesn't appear...
>
> I have run into a similar problem on my machine. The Report Builder button
> never appears in my report manager home page.
> I'm using Windows 2000 workstation with SQL Server 2005 (September)
> Jay
> "Allan" wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I have the latest CTP installed. Users do not see the report builder button.
> > Only members of the local admin group seem to have it displayed. Can anyone
> > steer me in the right direction'
> >
> > Allan
>|||I would also appreciate some help on this. The only time I see the
button is when I'm logged onto the machine that's hosting RS.
Users that have all possible roles assigned do not see the button on
the web site.
How can I make the button visible?

Report Builder Button does not appear

For users who are not admins on the IIS server the report builder button just doesn't appear. Any idea on why this would be?

Please review the link below and let us know if this fixes your issue.

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1697246&SiteID=1

|||

Thank you. I don't know how I missed that one in my searching since the header was so similar to mine. Thank you for being so understanding and providing the link.

Eva

Report Builder button

We've installed SQLServer 2005 and are trying to use Report Builder. But we only see the Report Builder button if we're currently logged onto the machine that's running RS.
My understanding is that anybody with a role of Content Manager should be able to see this, but nothing we do with the role assignments seems to help.
We've installed on XP and Win2003 machines and this behavior is consistent.
Any ideas?
TIA,
Jim

This is a quote from BOL:

"The System User role is a predefined role that includes tasks that allow users to view basic information about the report server. It also includes support for loading a report in Report Builder. Report Builder is a client application that can process a report independently of a report server. The "Execute report definitions" task is intended for use with Report Builder. If you are not using Reporting Builder, you can remove this task from the System User role. The following table lists tasks that are included in the System User role definition. "

In my case, to let a user launch ReportBuilder from the Report Manager web interface, I had to add the user to Server Properties\Permissions page (from Management Studio) and checked the System User role.

Leonid.

Report Builder button

We've installed SQLServer 2005 and are trying to use Report

Builder. But we only see the Report Builder button if we're

currently logged onto the machine that's running RS.

My understanding is that anybody with a role of Content Manager should

be able to see this, but nothing we do with the role assignments seems

to help.

We've installed on XP and Win2003 machines and this behavior is consistent.

Any ideas?

TIA,

Jim

This is a quote from BOL:

"The System User role is a predefined role that includes tasks that allow users to view basic information about the report server. It also includes support for loading a report in Report Builder. Report Builder is a client application that can process a report independently of a report server. The "Execute report definitions" task is intended for use with Report Builder. If you are not using Reporting Builder, you can remove this task from the System User role. The following table lists tasks that are included in the System User role definition. "

In my case, to let a user launch ReportBuilder from the Report Manager web interface, I had to add the user to Server Properties\Permissions page (from Management Studio) and checked the System User role.

Leonid.

Report Builder - Can't see Report Builder button

While logged in locally at the server running Reporting Services I can see
the "Report Builder" option on the menu bar but when I access the server from
another machine in the network the "Report Builder" option is not available.
I gave myself rights to every single option under security but can't run the
Report Builder. Any idears?Hi,
I think you have given from Management studio?. Try from your
"http://<server>/reports" replace <server> with your server name.
Go to Home->properties and try giving your login and select content Manager
and see whether you are getting "Report Model" option.
Amarnath
"SYoung" wrote:
> While logged in locally at the server running Reporting Services I can see
> the "Report Builder" option on the menu bar but when I access the server from
> another machine in the network the "Report Builder" option is not available.
> I gave myself rights to every single option under security but can't run the
> Report Builder. Any idears?|||Found the answer. You need to be logged in as "Administrator". Go to "Site
Settings" > "Configure site-wide security" > "New Role Assignment" > check
the "System User" checkbox & add the user name or group name in the textbox.
Click "OK" and that's it.
"SYoung" wrote:
> While logged in locally at the server running Reporting Services I can see
> the "Report Builder" option on the menu bar but when I access the server from
> another machine in the network the "Report Builder" option is not available.
> I gave myself rights to every single option under security but can't run the
> Report Builder. Any idears?

Report Builder

I am attempting to create a report using the report builder. I can see the button for the report builder on my report server but nothing happens when you click it. I also attempted to go directly to the url but once again nothing.

Finally, I attempted to run the application directly from the file structure and in doing so there I got the following errors. Could not find file 'reportbuilder.chm.deploy'. I created a junk text file with the same file name and attemted to run the app again and this time I got a error that said: Could not find file 'reportbuilder.exe.deploy'. After that I created another junk text file and named it the same as that.

This is part of the errors that I recieved. This doesn't suprise me based on the hack I did to get to this point. Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.
* Activation of Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\ReportBuilder.application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:
+ Exception occurred loading manifest from file ReportBuilder.exe: the manifest may not be valid or the file could not be opened.
+ File ReportBuilder.exe is not a valid Portable Executable (PE) file.
+ PE file does not have enough data.

I'm not sure what the overall issue is and why these files would be missing. Any guidance in relation to this situation would be great. Thanks.

You can run it from the file system by launching ReportBuilder.exe directly (instead of ReportBuilder.application).

I'm not sure why URL access and the Report Builder button in Report Manager are not responding. Can you give any more details about your configuration?

|||

I have an identical problem.
These are the details I get when running the application directly from the server.
(It does work when I log in on another PC with the same credentials)

PLATFORM VERSION INFO
Windows : 5.1.2600.131072 (Win32NT)
Common Language Runtime : 2.0.50727.42
System.Deployment.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
mscorwks.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
dfdll.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
dfshim.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)

SOURCES
Deployment url : file://cm-evaluation/c$/Program%20Files/Microsoft%20SQL%20Server/MSSQL.3/Reporting%20Services/ReportServer/ReportBuilder/ReportBuilder.application
Application url : file://cm-evaluation/c$/Program%20Files/Microsoft%20SQL%20Server/MSSQL.3/Reporting%20Services/ReportServer/ReportBuilder/ReportBuilder.exe.manifest

IDENTITIES
Deployment Identity : ReportBuilder.application, Version=9.0.1399.6, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=45aae7b074cf8edd, processorArchitecture=msil
Application Identity : ReportBuilder.exe, Version=9.0.1399.6, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=45aae7b074cf8edd, processorArchitecture=msil, type=win32

APPLICATION SUMMARY
* Online only application.
* Trust url parameter is set.
ERROR SUMMARY
Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.
* Activation of \\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\ReportBuilder.application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:
+ Downloading file://cm-evaluation/c$/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/MSSQL.3/Reporting Services/ReportServer/ReportBuilder/reportbuilder.chm.deploy did not succeed.
+ Could not find file '\\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\reportbuilder.chm.deploy'.
+ Could not find file '\\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\reportbuilder.chm.deploy'.
+ Could not find file '\\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\reportbuilder.chm.deploy'.

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY
No transaction error was detected.

WARNINGS
There were no warnings during this operation.

OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS
* [26/09/2006 15:04:27] : Activation of \\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\ReportBuilder.application has started.
* [26/09/2006 15:04:27] : Processing of deployment manifest has successfully completed.
* [26/09/2006 15:04:27] : Installation of the application has started.
* [26/09/2006 15:04:27] : Processing of application manifest has successfully completed.
* [26/09/2006 15:04:28] : Request of trust and detection of platform is complete.

ERROR DETAILS
Following errors were detected during this operation.
* [26/09/2006 15:04:28] System.Deployment.Application.DeploymentDownloadException (Unknown subtype)
- Downloading file://cm-evaluation/c$/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/MSSQL.3/Reporting Services/ReportServer/ReportBuilder/reportbuilder.chm.deploy did not succeed.
- Source: System.Deployment
- Stack trace:
at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadSingleFile(DownloadQueueItem next)
at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadAllFiles()
at System.Deployment.Application.FileDownloader.Download(SubscriptionState subState)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDependencies(SubscriptionState subState, AssemblyManifest deployManifest, AssemblyManifest appManifest, Uri sourceUriBase, String targetDirectory, String group, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.DownloadApplication(SubscriptionState subState, ActivationDescription actDesc, Int64 transactionId, TempDirectory& downloadTemp)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.InstallApplication(SubscriptionState subState, ActivationDescription actDesc)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object state)
Inner Exception
System.Net.WebException
- Could not find file '\\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\reportbuilder.chm.deploy'.
- Source: System
- Stack trace:
at System.Net.FileWebRequest.EndGetResponse(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
at System.Net.FileWebRequest.GetResponse()
at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadSingleFile(DownloadQueueItem next)
Inner Exception
System.Net.WebException
- Could not find file '\\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\reportbuilder.chm.deploy'.
- Source: System
- Stack trace:
at System.Net.FileWebResponse..ctor(FileWebRequest request, Uri uri, FileAccess access, Boolean asyncHint)
at System.Net.FileWebRequest.WrappedGetResponseCallback(Object state)
Inner Exception
System.IO.FileNotFoundException
- Could not find file '\\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\reportbuilder.chm.deploy'.
- Source: mscorlib
- Stack trace:
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy)
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, Boolean useAsync)
at System.Net.FileWebStream..ctor(FileWebRequest request, String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare sharing, Int32 length, Boolean async)
at System.Net.FileWebResponse..ctor(FileWebRequest request, Uri uri, FileAccess access, Boolean asyncHint)

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION DETAILS
No transaction information is available.

|||

You cannot launch Report Builder by double-clicking the ReportBuilder.application file from the file system -- it must be accessed through the report server URL. (If you really want to, I believe you could just add ".deploy" to the end of RB.exe and RB.chm, and then launch the app, but I've never tried this myself, and renaming the files would break URL access.)

The more basic problem is the non-responsiveness of the Report Builder button in Report Manager. What happens when you enter the URL for RB directly into the browser address bar:

http://hostname/reportserver/reportbuilder/reportbuilder.application

|||Hi Bob -

I've got the same problem with an unresponsive 'Report Builder' button (in IE6). Basically, nothing happens when the button is pressed. Also, entering the url you provided does nothing as well (I tried the 'localintranet' one as well).

I'm have full admin rights on the client machine, and to the report server, and the .NET framework is installed on the client.

Interestingly, when I click the button from Firefox, it downloads the ReportBuilder.application manifest (but then can't I run it, as you've noted above).

Thanks in advance for any insight you might have (and for many past insights on your blog),

-- AAP|||

Have a look at the following thread: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=766354&SiteID=1

Reinstallation of .Net 2.0 solved the problem for me.

|||

I'm also having the same issue and I need a fix asap.

I have .net 1.1, 2.0, 3.0 installed and IE 7.

Tried adding .exe and .deploy to the end but only received the following:

MZ? ???@.€ o ′ í!? Lí!This program cannot be run in DOS mode. $PEL 7Y?Dà àQ NùQ R@. @.R ?òR ??QSRx R R p?Q H.textTùQ àQ `.rsrcx R eQ@.@..reloc R R@.B0ùQH 5Pá ?: 8? ?0"P € DAà}áL ny? ·cX’*2ù 3 ?&à ‰W1ù? ??v???[n`2 '???1°?F?2|í5s@.?EFn?a?aü H???A?S￡"r`￡?a4t? En è?ú?’?óm??íM/??Z×)?\ 2?I3úd? ?ù_?J (b r p(c * { *" } * { *" } * { *" } *b {k (d tK }k *b {k (e tK }k *b {l (d tM }l *b {l (e tM }l *b {m (d tO }m *b {m (e tO }m *b {n (d tP }n *b {n (e tP }n *b {o (d tQ }o *b {o (e tQ }o *b {p (d tS }p *b {p (e tS }p *b {q (d tT }q *b {q (e tT }q *b {r (d tU }r *b {r (e tU }r *b {s (d tV }s *b {s (e tV }s *b {t (d tX }t *b {t (e tX }t *b {u (d tZ }u *b {u (e tZ }u *b {v (d t\ }v *b {v (e t\ }v *b {w (d t] }w *b {w (e t] }w *b {x (d t_ }x *b {x (e t_ }x *b {y (d t` }y *b {y (e t` }y *b {z (d tb }z *b {z (e tb }z *b {{ (d td }{ *b {{ (e td }{ *b {| (d tf }| *b {| (e tf }| *b {} (d tg }} *b {} (e tg }} *b {~ (d th }~ *b {~ (e th }~ *b { (d tj } *b { (e tj } *b {€ (d tl }€ *b {€ (e tl }€ *b {? (d tm }? *b {? (e tm }? *b {? (d tn }? *b {? (e tn }? *b {? (d tp }? *b {? (e tp }? *b {? ...

Is there a URL on Microsoft.com where I can download it? Need ASAP

|||re-installing .net (2.0 & 3.0) didn't work...|||The .deploy files are the deployed versions of the files in the folder. I managed to get the ReportBuilder.application served through the browser by copying the files it was requesting and renaming them with a .deploy extension. Each file then had to be given individual Read permissions in IIS.

Hope that helps,

~Fractos|||

I was getting an error message launching Report Builder (see below). The following is a workaround that works:

1. Upgrade your SSRS server to SP2.

2. Copy "c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\ReportBuilder.exe" from the server to your desktop on your laptop.

3. Double click ReportBuilder.exe from your desktop on your laptop.

4. Enter the server URL of http://YourServerName/ReportServer

5. You should be up and running.

Here was the error message I'm getting when I try to launch Report Builder from Report Manager.

- The referenced assembly is not installed on your system. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800736B3)
- Source: System.Deployment
- Stack trace:
at System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.IStore.GetAssemblyInformation(UInt32 Flags, IDefinitionIdentity DefinitionIdentity, Guid& riid)
at System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.Store.GetAssemblyManifest(UInt32 Flags, IDefinitionIdentity DefinitionIdentity)
at System.Deployment.Application.ComponentStore.GetSubscriptionStateInternal(DefinitionIdentity subId)
at System.Deployment.Application.SubscriptionStore.GetSubscriptionStateInternal(SubscriptionState subState)
at System.Deployment.Application.SubscriptionStore.CheckAndReferenceApplication(SubscriptionState subState, DefinitionAppId appId, Int64 transactionId)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDeploymentManifestDirectBypass(SubscriptionStore subStore, Uri& sourceUri, TempFile& tempFile, SubscriptionState& subState, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options, ServerInformation& serverInformation)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDeploymentManifestBypass(SubscriptionStore subStore, Uri& sourceUri, TempFile& tempFile, SubscriptionState& subState, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object state)

I haven't tried reinstalling the .NET 2.0 framework and I'm not going to bother because this is the only problem I've been having with it.

Report Builder

I am attempting to create a report using the report builder. I can see the button for the report builder on my report server but nothing happens when you click it. I also attempted to go directly to the url but once again nothing.

Finally, I attempted to run the application directly from the file structure and in doing so there I got the following errors. Could not find file 'reportbuilder.chm.deploy'. I created a junk text file with the same file name and attemted to run the app again and this time I got a error that said: Could not find file 'reportbuilder.exe.deploy'. After that I created another junk text file and named it the same as that.

This is part of the errors that I recieved. This doesn't suprise me based on the hack I did to get to this point. Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.
* Activation of Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\ReportBuilder.application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:
+ Exception occurred loading manifest from file ReportBuilder.exe: the manifest may not be valid or the file could not be opened.
+ File ReportBuilder.exe is not a valid Portable Executable (PE) file.
+ PE file does not have enough data.

I'm not sure what the overall issue is and why these files would be missing. Any guidance in relation to this situation would be great. Thanks.

You can run it from the file system by launching ReportBuilder.exe directly (instead of ReportBuilder.application).

I'm not sure why URL access and the Report Builder button in Report Manager are not responding. Can you give any more details about your configuration?

|||

I have an identical problem.
These are the details I get when running the application directly from the server.
(It does work when I log in on another PC with the same credentials)

PLATFORM VERSION INFO
Windows : 5.1.2600.131072 (Win32NT)
Common Language Runtime : 2.0.50727.42
System.Deployment.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
mscorwks.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
dfdll.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
dfshim.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)

SOURCES
Deployment url : file://cm-evaluation/c$/Program%20Files/Microsoft%20SQL%20Server/MSSQL.3/Reporting%20Services/ReportServer/ReportBuilder/ReportBuilder.application
Application url : file://cm-evaluation/c$/Program%20Files/Microsoft%20SQL%20Server/MSSQL.3/Reporting%20Services/ReportServer/ReportBuilder/ReportBuilder.exe.manifest

IDENTITIES
Deployment Identity : ReportBuilder.application, Version=9.0.1399.6, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=45aae7b074cf8edd, processorArchitecture=msil
Application Identity : ReportBuilder.exe, Version=9.0.1399.6, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=45aae7b074cf8edd, processorArchitecture=msil, type=win32

APPLICATION SUMMARY
* Online only application.
* Trust url parameter is set.
ERROR SUMMARY
Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.
* Activation of \\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\ReportBuilder.application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:
+ Downloading file://cm-evaluation/c$/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/MSSQL.3/Reporting Services/ReportServer/ReportBuilder/reportbuilder.chm.deploy did not succeed.
+ Could not find file '\\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\reportbuilder.chm.deploy'.
+ Could not find file '\\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\reportbuilder.chm.deploy'.
+ Could not find file '\\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\reportbuilder.chm.deploy'.

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY
No transaction error was detected.

WARNINGS
There were no warnings during this operation.

OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS
* [26/09/2006 15:04:27] : Activation of \\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\ReportBuilder.application has started.
* [26/09/2006 15:04:27] : Processing of deployment manifest has successfully completed.
* [26/09/2006 15:04:27] : Installation of the application has started.
* [26/09/2006 15:04:27] : Processing of application manifest has successfully completed.
* [26/09/2006 15:04:28] : Request of trust and detection of platform is complete.

ERROR DETAILS
Following errors were detected during this operation.
* [26/09/2006 15:04:28] System.Deployment.Application.DeploymentDownloadException (Unknown subtype)
- Downloading file://cm-evaluation/c$/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/MSSQL.3/Reporting Services/ReportServer/ReportBuilder/reportbuilder.chm.deploy did not succeed.
- Source: System.Deployment
- Stack trace:
at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadSingleFile(DownloadQueueItem next)
at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadAllFiles()
at System.Deployment.Application.FileDownloader.Download(SubscriptionState subState)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDependencies(SubscriptionState subState, AssemblyManifest deployManifest, AssemblyManifest appManifest, Uri sourceUriBase, String targetDirectory, String group, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.DownloadApplication(SubscriptionState subState, ActivationDescription actDesc, Int64 transactionId, TempDirectory& downloadTemp)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.InstallApplication(SubscriptionState subState, ActivationDescription actDesc)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object state)
Inner Exception
System.Net.WebException
- Could not find file '\\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\reportbuilder.chm.deploy'.
- Source: System
- Stack trace:
at System.Net.FileWebRequest.EndGetResponse(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
at System.Net.FileWebRequest.GetResponse()
at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadSingleFile(DownloadQueueItem next)
Inner Exception
System.Net.WebException
- Could not find file '\\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\reportbuilder.chm.deploy'.
- Source: System
- Stack trace:
at System.Net.FileWebResponse..ctor(FileWebRequest request, Uri uri, FileAccess access, Boolean asyncHint)
at System.Net.FileWebRequest.WrappedGetResponseCallback(Object state)
Inner Exception
System.IO.FileNotFoundException
- Could not find file '\\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\reportbuilder.chm.deploy'.
- Source: mscorlib
- Stack trace:
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy)
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, Boolean useAsync)
at System.Net.FileWebStream..ctor(FileWebRequest request, String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare sharing, Int32 length, Boolean async)
at System.Net.FileWebResponse..ctor(FileWebRequest request, Uri uri, FileAccess access, Boolean asyncHint)

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION DETAILS
No transaction information is available.

|||

You cannot launch Report Builder by double-clicking the ReportBuilder.application file from the file system -- it must be accessed through the report server URL. (If you really want to, I believe you could just add ".deploy" to the end of RB.exe and RB.chm, and then launch the app, but I've never tried this myself, and renaming the files would break URL access.)

The more basic problem is the non-responsiveness of the Report Builder button in Report Manager. What happens when you enter the URL for RB directly into the browser address bar:

http://hostname/reportserver/reportbuilder/reportbuilder.application

|||Hi Bob -

I've got the same problem with an unresponsive 'Report Builder' button (in IE6). Basically, nothing happens when the button is pressed. Also, entering the url you provided does nothing as well (I tried the 'localintranet' one as well).

I'm have full admin rights on the client machine, and to the report server, and the .NET framework is installed on the client.

Interestingly, when I click the button from Firefox, it downloads the ReportBuilder.application manifest (but then can't I run it, as you've noted above).

Thanks in advance for any insight you might have (and for many past insights on your blog),

-- AAP|||

Have a look at the following thread: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=766354&SiteID=1

Reinstallation of .Net 2.0 solved the problem for me.

|||

I'm also having the same issue and I need a fix asap.

I have .net 1.1, 2.0, 3.0 installed and IE 7.

Tried adding .exe and .deploy to the end but only received the following:

MZ? ???@.€ o ′ í!? Lí!This program cannot be run in DOS mode. $PEL 7Y?Dà àQ NùQ R@. @.R ?òR ??QSRx R R p?Q H.textTùQ àQ `.rsrcx R eQ@.@..reloc R R@.B0ùQH 5Pá ?: 8? ?0"P € DAà}áL ny? ·cX’*2ù 3 ?&à ‰W1ù? ??v???[n`2 '???1°?F?2|í5s@.?EFn?a?aü H???A?S￡"r`￡?a4t? En è?ú?’?óm??íM/??Z×)?\ 2?I3úd? ?ù_?J (b r p(c * { *" } * { *" } * { *" } *b {k (d tK }k *b {k (e tK }k *b {l (d tM }l *b {l (e tM }l *b {m (d tO }m *b {m (e tO }m *b {n (d tP }n *b {n (e tP }n *b {o (d tQ }o *b {o (e tQ }o *b {p (d tS }p *b {p (e tS }p *b {q (d tT }q *b {q (e tT }q *b {r (d tU }r *b {r (e tU }r *b {s (d tV }s *b {s (e tV }s *b {t (d tX }t *b {t (e tX }t *b {u (d tZ }u *b {u (e tZ }u *b {v (d t\ }v *b {v (e t\ }v *b {w (d t] }w *b {w (e t] }w *b {x (d t_ }x *b {x (e t_ }x *b {y (d t` }y *b {y (e t` }y *b {z (d tb }z *b {z (e tb }z *b {{ (d td }{ *b {{ (e td }{ *b {| (d tf }| *b {| (e tf }| *b {} (d tg }} *b {} (e tg }} *b {~ (d th }~ *b {~ (e th }~ *b { (d tj } *b { (e tj } *b {€ (d tl }€ *b {€ (e tl }€ *b {? (d tm }? *b {? (e tm }? *b {? (d tn }? *b {? (e tn }? *b {? (d tp }? *b {? (e tp }? *b {? ...

Is there a URL on Microsoft.com where I can download it? Need ASAP

|||re-installing .net (2.0 & 3.0) didn't work...|||The .deploy files are the deployed versions of the files in the folder. I managed to get the ReportBuilder.application served through the browser by copying the files it was requesting and renaming them with a .deploy extension. Each file then had to be given individual Read permissions in IIS.

Hope that helps,

~Fractos|||

I was getting an error message launching Report Builder (see below). The following is a workaround that works:

1. Upgrade your SSRS server to SP2.

2. Copy "c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\ReportBuilder.exe" from the server to your desktop on your laptop.

3. Double click ReportBuilder.exe from your desktop on your laptop.

4. Enter the server URL of http://YourServerName/ReportServer

5. You should be up and running.

Here was the error message I'm getting when I try to launch Report Builder from Report Manager.

- The referenced assembly is not installed on your system. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800736B3)
- Source: System.Deployment
- Stack trace:
at System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.IStore.GetAssemblyInformation(UInt32 Flags, IDefinitionIdentity DefinitionIdentity, Guid& riid)
at System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.Store.GetAssemblyManifest(UInt32 Flags, IDefinitionIdentity DefinitionIdentity)
at System.Deployment.Application.ComponentStore.GetSubscriptionStateInternal(DefinitionIdentity subId)
at System.Deployment.Application.SubscriptionStore.GetSubscriptionStateInternal(SubscriptionState subState)
at System.Deployment.Application.SubscriptionStore.CheckAndReferenceApplication(SubscriptionState subState, DefinitionAppId appId, Int64 transactionId)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDeploymentManifestDirectBypass(SubscriptionStore subStore, Uri& sourceUri, TempFile& tempFile, SubscriptionState& subState, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options, ServerInformation& serverInformation)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDeploymentManifestBypass(SubscriptionStore subStore, Uri& sourceUri, TempFile& tempFile, SubscriptionState& subState, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object state)

I haven't tried reinstalling the .NET 2.0 framework and I'm not going to bother because this is the only problem I've been having with it.

Report Builder

I am attempting to create a report using the report builder. I can see the button for the report builder on my report server but nothing happens when you click it. I also attempted to go directly to the url but once again nothing.

Finally, I attempted to run the application directly from the file structure and in doing so there I got the following errors. Could not find file 'reportbuilder.chm.deploy'. I created a junk text file with the same file name and attemted to run the app again and this time I got a error that said: Could not find file 'reportbuilder.exe.deploy'. After that I created another junk text file and named it the same as that.

This is part of the errors that I recieved. This doesn't suprise me based on the hack I did to get to this point. Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.
* Activation of Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\ReportBuilder.application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:
+ Exception occurred loading manifest from file ReportBuilder.exe: the manifest may not be valid or the file could not be opened.
+ File ReportBuilder.exe is not a valid Portable Executable (PE) file.
+ PE file does not have enough data.

I'm not sure what the overall issue is and why these files would be missing. Any guidance in relation to this situation would be great. Thanks.

You can run it from the file system by launching ReportBuilder.exe directly (instead of ReportBuilder.application).

I'm not sure why URL access and the Report Builder button in Report Manager are not responding. Can you give any more details about your configuration?

|||

I have an identical problem.
These are the details I get when running the application directly from the server.
(It does work when I log in on another PC with the same credentials)

PLATFORM VERSION INFO
Windows : 5.1.2600.131072 (Win32NT)
Common Language Runtime : 2.0.50727.42
System.Deployment.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
mscorwks.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
dfdll.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
dfshim.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)

SOURCES
Deployment url : file://cm-evaluation/c$/Program%20Files/Microsoft%20SQL%20Server/MSSQL.3/Reporting%20Services/ReportServer/ReportBuilder/ReportBuilder.application
Application url : file://cm-evaluation/c$/Program%20Files/Microsoft%20SQL%20Server/MSSQL.3/Reporting%20Services/ReportServer/ReportBuilder/ReportBuilder.exe.manifest

IDENTITIES
Deployment Identity : ReportBuilder.application, Version=9.0.1399.6, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=45aae7b074cf8edd, processorArchitecture=msil
Application Identity : ReportBuilder.exe, Version=9.0.1399.6, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=45aae7b074cf8edd, processorArchitecture=msil, type=win32

APPLICATION SUMMARY
* Online only application.
* Trust url parameter is set.
ERROR SUMMARY
Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.
* Activation of \\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\ReportBuilder.application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:
+ Downloading file://cm-evaluation/c$/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/MSSQL.3/Reporting Services/ReportServer/ReportBuilder/reportbuilder.chm.deploy did not succeed.
+ Could not find file '\\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\reportbuilder.chm.deploy'.
+ Could not find file '\\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\reportbuilder.chm.deploy'.
+ Could not find file '\\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\reportbuilder.chm.deploy'.

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY
No transaction error was detected.

WARNINGS
There were no warnings during this operation.

OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS
* [26/09/2006 15:04:27] : Activation of \\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\ReportBuilder.application has started.
* [26/09/2006 15:04:27] : Processing of deployment manifest has successfully completed.
* [26/09/2006 15:04:27] : Installation of the application has started.
* [26/09/2006 15:04:27] : Processing of application manifest has successfully completed.
* [26/09/2006 15:04:28] : Request of trust and detection of platform is complete.

ERROR DETAILS
Following errors were detected during this operation.
* [26/09/2006 15:04:28] System.Deployment.Application.DeploymentDownloadException (Unknown subtype)
- Downloading file://cm-evaluation/c$/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/MSSQL.3/Reporting Services/ReportServer/ReportBuilder/reportbuilder.chm.deploy did not succeed.
- Source: System.Deployment
- Stack trace:
at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadSingleFile(DownloadQueueItem next)
at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadAllFiles()
at System.Deployment.Application.FileDownloader.Download(SubscriptionState subState)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDependencies(SubscriptionState subState, AssemblyManifest deployManifest, AssemblyManifest appManifest, Uri sourceUriBase, String targetDirectory, String group, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.DownloadApplication(SubscriptionState subState, ActivationDescription actDesc, Int64 transactionId, TempDirectory& downloadTemp)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.InstallApplication(SubscriptionState subState, ActivationDescription actDesc)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object state)
Inner Exception
System.Net.WebException
- Could not find file '\\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\reportbuilder.chm.deploy'.
- Source: System
- Stack trace:
at System.Net.FileWebRequest.EndGetResponse(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
at System.Net.FileWebRequest.GetResponse()
at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadSingleFile(DownloadQueueItem next)
Inner Exception
System.Net.WebException
- Could not find file '\\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\reportbuilder.chm.deploy'.
- Source: System
- Stack trace:
at System.Net.FileWebResponse..ctor(FileWebRequest request, Uri uri, FileAccess access, Boolean asyncHint)
at System.Net.FileWebRequest.WrappedGetResponseCallback(Object state)
Inner Exception
System.IO.FileNotFoundException
- Could not find file '\\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\reportbuilder.chm.deploy'.
- Source: mscorlib
- Stack trace:
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy)
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, Boolean useAsync)
at System.Net.FileWebStream..ctor(FileWebRequest request, String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare sharing, Int32 length, Boolean async)
at System.Net.FileWebResponse..ctor(FileWebRequest request, Uri uri, FileAccess access, Boolean asyncHint)

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION DETAILS
No transaction information is available.

|||

You cannot launch Report Builder by double-clicking the ReportBuilder.application file from the file system -- it must be accessed through the report server URL. (If you really want to, I believe you could just add ".deploy" to the end of RB.exe and RB.chm, and then launch the app, but I've never tried this myself, and renaming the files would break URL access.)

The more basic problem is the non-responsiveness of the Report Builder button in Report Manager. What happens when you enter the URL for RB directly into the browser address bar:

http://hostname/reportserver/reportbuilder/reportbuilder.application

|||Hi Bob -

I've got the same problem with an unresponsive 'Report Builder' button (in IE6). Basically, nothing happens when the button is pressed. Also, entering the url you provided does nothing as well (I tried the 'localintranet' one as well).

I'm have full admin rights on the client machine, and to the report server, and the .NET framework is installed on the client.

Interestingly, when I click the button from Firefox, it downloads the ReportBuilder.application manifest (but then can't I run it, as you've noted above).

Thanks in advance for any insight you might have (and for many past insights on your blog),

-- AAP|||

Have a look at the following thread: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=766354&SiteID=1

Reinstallation of .Net 2.0 solved the problem for me.

|||

I'm also having the same issue and I need a fix asap.

I have .net 1.1, 2.0, 3.0 installed and IE 7.

Tried adding .exe and .deploy to the end but only received the following:

MZ? ???@.€ o ′ í!? Lí!This program cannot be run in DOS mode. $PEL 7Y?Dà àQ NùQ R@. @.R ?òR ??QSRx R R p?Q H.textTùQ àQ `.rsrcx R eQ@.@..reloc R R@.B0ùQH 5Pá ?: 8? ?0"P € DAà}áL ny? ·cX’*2ù 3 ?&à ‰W1ù? ??v???[n`2 '???1°?F?2|í5s@.?EFn?a?aü H???A?S￡"r`￡?a4t? En è?ú?’?óm??íM/??Z×)?\ 2?I3úd? ?ù_?J (b r p(c * { *" } * { *" } * { *" } *b {k (d tK }k *b {k (e tK }k *b {l (d tM }l *b {l (e tM }l *b {m (d tO }m *b {m (e tO }m *b {n (d tP }n *b {n (e tP }n *b {o (d tQ }o *b {o (e tQ }o *b {p (d tS }p *b {p (e tS }p *b {q (d tT }q *b {q (e tT }q *b {r (d tU }r *b {r (e tU }r *b {s (d tV }s *b {s (e tV }s *b {t (d tX }t *b {t (e tX }t *b {u (d tZ }u *b {u (e tZ }u *b {v (d t\ }v *b {v (e t\ }v *b {w (d t] }w *b {w (e t] }w *b {x (d t_ }x *b {x (e t_ }x *b {y (d t` }y *b {y (e t` }y *b {z (d tb }z *b {z (e tb }z *b {{ (d td }{ *b {{ (e td }{ *b {| (d tf }| *b {| (e tf }| *b {} (d tg }} *b {} (e tg }} *b {~ (d th }~ *b {~ (e th }~ *b { (d tj } *b { (e tj } *b {€ (d tl }€ *b {€ (e tl }€ *b {? (d tm }? *b {? (e tm }? *b {? (d tn }? *b {? (e tn }? *b {? (d tp }? *b {? (e tp }? *b {? ...

Is there a URL on Microsoft.com where I can download it? Need ASAP

|||re-installing .net (2.0 & 3.0) didn't work...|||The .deploy files are the deployed versions of the files in the folder. I managed to get the ReportBuilder.application served through the browser by copying the files it was requesting and renaming them with a .deploy extension. Each file then had to be given individual Read permissions in IIS.

Hope that helps,

~Fractos|||

I was getting an error message launching Report Builder (see below). The following is a workaround that works:

1. Upgrade your SSRS server to SP2.

2. Copy "c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\ReportBuilder.exe" from the server to your desktop on your laptop.

3. Double click ReportBuilder.exe from your desktop on your laptop.

4. Enter the server URL of http://YourServerName/ReportServer

5. You should be up and running.

Here was the error message I'm getting when I try to launch Report Builder from Report Manager.

- The referenced assembly is not installed on your system. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800736B3)
- Source: System.Deployment
- Stack trace:
at System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.IStore.GetAssemblyInformation(UInt32 Flags, IDefinitionIdentity DefinitionIdentity, Guid& riid)
at System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.Store.GetAssemblyManifest(UInt32 Flags, IDefinitionIdentity DefinitionIdentity)
at System.Deployment.Application.ComponentStore.GetSubscriptionStateInternal(DefinitionIdentity subId)
at System.Deployment.Application.SubscriptionStore.GetSubscriptionStateInternal(SubscriptionState subState)
at System.Deployment.Application.SubscriptionStore.CheckAndReferenceApplication(SubscriptionState subState, DefinitionAppId appId, Int64 transactionId)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDeploymentManifestDirectBypass(SubscriptionStore subStore, Uri& sourceUri, TempFile& tempFile, SubscriptionState& subState, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options, ServerInformation& serverInformation)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDeploymentManifestBypass(SubscriptionStore subStore, Uri& sourceUri, TempFile& tempFile, SubscriptionState& subState, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object state)

I haven't tried reinstalling the .NET 2.0 framework and I'm not going to bother because this is the only problem I've been having with it.

Report Builder

I am attempting to create a report using the report builder. I can see the button for the report builder on my report server but nothing happens when you click it. I also attempted to go directly to the url but once again nothing.

Finally, I attempted to run the application directly from the file structure and in doing so there I got the following errors. Could not find file 'reportbuilder.chm.deploy'. I created a junk text file with the same file name and attemted to run the app again and this time I got a error that said: Could not find file 'reportbuilder.exe.deploy'. After that I created another junk text file and named it the same as that.

This is part of the errors that I recieved. This doesn't suprise me based on the hack I did to get to this point. Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.
* Activation of Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\ReportBuilder.application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:
+ Exception occurred loading manifest from file ReportBuilder.exe: the manifest may not be valid or the file could not be opened.
+ File ReportBuilder.exe is not a valid Portable Executable (PE) file.
+ PE file does not have enough data.

I'm not sure what the overall issue is and why these files would be missing. Any guidance in relation to this situation would be great. Thanks.

You can run it from the file system by launching ReportBuilder.exe directly (instead of ReportBuilder.application).

I'm not sure why URL access and the Report Builder button in Report Manager are not responding. Can you give any more details about your configuration?

|||

I have an identical problem.
These are the details I get when running the application directly from the server.
(It does work when I log in on another PC with the same credentials)

PLATFORM VERSION INFO
Windows : 5.1.2600.131072 (Win32NT)
Common Language Runtime : 2.0.50727.42
System.Deployment.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
mscorwks.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
dfdll.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
dfshim.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)

SOURCES
Deployment url : file://cm-evaluation/c$/Program%20Files/Microsoft%20SQL%20Server/MSSQL.3/Reporting%20Services/ReportServer/ReportBuilder/ReportBuilder.application
Application url : file://cm-evaluation/c$/Program%20Files/Microsoft%20SQL%20Server/MSSQL.3/Reporting%20Services/ReportServer/ReportBuilder/ReportBuilder.exe.manifest

IDENTITIES
Deployment Identity : ReportBuilder.application, Version=9.0.1399.6, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=45aae7b074cf8edd, processorArchitecture=msil
Application Identity : ReportBuilder.exe, Version=9.0.1399.6, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=45aae7b074cf8edd, processorArchitecture=msil, type=win32

APPLICATION SUMMARY
* Online only application.
* Trust url parameter is set.
ERROR SUMMARY
Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.
* Activation of \\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\ReportBuilder.application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:
+ Downloading file://cm-evaluation/c$/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/MSSQL.3/Reporting Services/ReportServer/ReportBuilder/reportbuilder.chm.deploy did not succeed.
+ Could not find file '\\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\reportbuilder.chm.deploy'.
+ Could not find file '\\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\reportbuilder.chm.deploy'.
+ Could not find file '\\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\reportbuilder.chm.deploy'.

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY
No transaction error was detected.

WARNINGS
There were no warnings during this operation.

OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS
* [26/09/2006 15:04:27] : Activation of \\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\ReportBuilder.application has started.
* [26/09/2006 15:04:27] : Processing of deployment manifest has successfully completed.
* [26/09/2006 15:04:27] : Installation of the application has started.
* [26/09/2006 15:04:27] : Processing of application manifest has successfully completed.
* [26/09/2006 15:04:28] : Request of trust and detection of platform is complete.

ERROR DETAILS
Following errors were detected during this operation.
* [26/09/2006 15:04:28] System.Deployment.Application.DeploymentDownloadException (Unknown subtype)
- Downloading file://cm-evaluation/c$/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/MSSQL.3/Reporting Services/ReportServer/ReportBuilder/reportbuilder.chm.deploy did not succeed.
- Source: System.Deployment
- Stack trace:
at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadSingleFile(DownloadQueueItem next)
at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadAllFiles()
at System.Deployment.Application.FileDownloader.Download(SubscriptionState subState)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDependencies(SubscriptionState subState, AssemblyManifest deployManifest, AssemblyManifest appManifest, Uri sourceUriBase, String targetDirectory, String group, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.DownloadApplication(SubscriptionState subState, ActivationDescription actDesc, Int64 transactionId, TempDirectory& downloadTemp)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.InstallApplication(SubscriptionState subState, ActivationDescription actDesc)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object state)
Inner Exception
System.Net.WebException
- Could not find file '\\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\reportbuilder.chm.deploy'.
- Source: System
- Stack trace:
at System.Net.FileWebRequest.EndGetResponse(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
at System.Net.FileWebRequest.GetResponse()
at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadSingleFile(DownloadQueueItem next)
Inner Exception
System.Net.WebException
- Could not find file '\\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\reportbuilder.chm.deploy'.
- Source: System
- Stack trace:
at System.Net.FileWebResponse..ctor(FileWebRequest request, Uri uri, FileAccess access, Boolean asyncHint)
at System.Net.FileWebRequest.WrappedGetResponseCallback(Object state)
Inner Exception
System.IO.FileNotFoundException
- Could not find file '\\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\reportbuilder.chm.deploy'.
- Source: mscorlib
- Stack trace:
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy)
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, Boolean useAsync)
at System.Net.FileWebStream..ctor(FileWebRequest request, String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare sharing, Int32 length, Boolean async)
at System.Net.FileWebResponse..ctor(FileWebRequest request, Uri uri, FileAccess access, Boolean asyncHint)

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION DETAILS
No transaction information is available.

|||

You cannot launch Report Builder by double-clicking the ReportBuilder.application file from the file system -- it must be accessed through the report server URL. (If you really want to, I believe you could just add ".deploy" to the end of RB.exe and RB.chm, and then launch the app, but I've never tried this myself, and renaming the files would break URL access.)

The more basic problem is the non-responsiveness of the Report Builder button in Report Manager. What happens when you enter the URL for RB directly into the browser address bar:

http://hostname/reportserver/reportbuilder/reportbuilder.application

|||Hi Bob -

I've got the same problem with an unresponsive 'Report Builder' button (in IE6). Basically, nothing happens when the button is pressed. Also, entering the url you provided does nothing as well (I tried the 'localintranet' one as well).

I'm have full admin rights on the client machine, and to the report server, and the .NET framework is installed on the client.

Interestingly, when I click the button from Firefox, it downloads the ReportBuilder.application manifest (but then can't I run it, as you've noted above).

Thanks in advance for any insight you might have (and for many past insights on your blog),

-- AAP|||

Have a look at the following thread: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=766354&SiteID=1

Reinstallation of .Net 2.0 solved the problem for me.

|||

I'm also having the same issue and I need a fix asap.

I have .net 1.1, 2.0, 3.0 installed and IE 7.

Tried adding .exe and .deploy to the end but only received the following:

MZ? ???@.€ o ′ í!? Lí!This program cannot be run in DOS mode. $PEL 7Y?Dà àQ NùQ R@. @.R ?òR ??QSRx R R p?Q H.textTùQ àQ `.rsrcx R eQ@.@..reloc R R@.B0ùQH 5Pá ?: 8? ?0"P € DAà}áL ny? ·cX’*2ù 3 ?&à ‰W1ù? ??v???[n`2 '???1°?F?2|í5s@.?EFn?a?aü H???A?S￡"r`￡?a4t? En è?ú?’?óm??íM/??Z×)?\ 2?I3úd? ?ù_?J (b r p(c * { *" } * { *" } * { *" } *b {k (d tK }k *b {k (e tK }k *b {l (d tM }l *b {l (e tM }l *b {m (d tO }m *b {m (e tO }m *b {n (d tP }n *b {n (e tP }n *b {o (d tQ }o *b {o (e tQ }o *b {p (d tS }p *b {p (e tS }p *b {q (d tT }q *b {q (e tT }q *b {r (d tU }r *b {r (e tU }r *b {s (d tV }s *b {s (e tV }s *b {t (d tX }t *b {t (e tX }t *b {u (d tZ }u *b {u (e tZ }u *b {v (d t\ }v *b {v (e t\ }v *b {w (d t] }w *b {w (e t] }w *b {x (d t_ }x *b {x (e t_ }x *b {y (d t` }y *b {y (e t` }y *b {z (d tb }z *b {z (e tb }z *b {{ (d td }{ *b {{ (e td }{ *b {| (d tf }| *b {| (e tf }| *b {} (d tg }} *b {} (e tg }} *b {~ (d th }~ *b {~ (e th }~ *b { (d tj } *b { (e tj } *b {€ (d tl }€ *b {€ (e tl }€ *b {? (d tm }? *b {? (e tm }? *b {? (d tn }? *b {? (e tn }? *b {? (d tp }? *b {? (e tp }? *b {? ...

Is there a URL on Microsoft.com where I can download it? Need ASAP

|||re-installing .net (2.0 & 3.0) didn't work...|||The .deploy files are the deployed versions of the files in the folder. I managed to get the ReportBuilder.application served through the browser by copying the files it was requesting and renaming them with a .deploy extension. Each file then had to be given individual Read permissions in IIS.

Hope that helps,

~Fractos|||

I was getting an error message launching Report Builder (see below). The following is a workaround that works:

1. Upgrade your SSRS server to SP2.

2. Copy "c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\ReportBuilder.exe" from the server to your desktop on your laptop.

3. Double click ReportBuilder.exe from your desktop on your laptop.

4. Enter the server URL of http://YourServerName/ReportServer

5. You should be up and running.

Here was the error message I'm getting when I try to launch Report Builder from Report Manager.

- The referenced assembly is not installed on your system. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800736B3)
- Source: System.Deployment
- Stack trace:
at System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.IStore.GetAssemblyInformation(UInt32 Flags, IDefinitionIdentity DefinitionIdentity, Guid& riid)
at System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.Store.GetAssemblyManifest(UInt32 Flags, IDefinitionIdentity DefinitionIdentity)
at System.Deployment.Application.ComponentStore.GetSubscriptionStateInternal(DefinitionIdentity subId)
at System.Deployment.Application.SubscriptionStore.GetSubscriptionStateInternal(SubscriptionState subState)
at System.Deployment.Application.SubscriptionStore.CheckAndReferenceApplication(SubscriptionState subState, DefinitionAppId appId, Int64 transactionId)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDeploymentManifestDirectBypass(SubscriptionStore subStore, Uri& sourceUri, TempFile& tempFile, SubscriptionState& subState, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options, ServerInformation& serverInformation)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDeploymentManifestBypass(SubscriptionStore subStore, Uri& sourceUri, TempFile& tempFile, SubscriptionState& subState, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object state)

I haven't tried reinstalling the .NET 2.0 framework and I'm not going to bother because this is the only problem I've been having with it.

Report Builder

I am attempting to create a report using the report builder. I can see the button for the report builder on my report server but nothing happens when you click it. I also attempted to go directly to the url but once again nothing.

Finally, I attempted to run the application directly from the file structure and in doing so there I got the following errors. Could not find file 'reportbuilder.chm.deploy'. I created a junk text file with the same file name and attemted to run the app again and this time I got a error that said: Could not find file 'reportbuilder.exe.deploy'. After that I created another junk text file and named it the same as that.

This is part of the errors that I recieved. This doesn't suprise me based on the hack I did to get to this point. Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.
* Activation of Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\ReportBuilder.application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:
+ Exception occurred loading manifest from file ReportBuilder.exe: the manifest may not be valid or the file could not be opened.
+ File ReportBuilder.exe is not a valid Portable Executable (PE) file.
+ PE file does not have enough data.

I'm not sure what the overall issue is and why these files would be missing. Any guidance in relation to this situation would be great. Thanks.

You can run it from the file system by launching ReportBuilder.exe directly (instead of ReportBuilder.application).

I'm not sure why URL access and the Report Builder button in Report Manager are not responding. Can you give any more details about your configuration?

|||

I have an identical problem.
These are the details I get when running the application directly from the server.
(It does work when I log in on another PC with the same credentials)

PLATFORM VERSION INFO
Windows : 5.1.2600.131072 (Win32NT)
Common Language Runtime : 2.0.50727.42
System.Deployment.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
mscorwks.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
dfdll.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
dfshim.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)

SOURCES
Deployment url : file://cm-evaluation/c$/Program%20Files/Microsoft%20SQL%20Server/MSSQL.3/Reporting%20Services/ReportServer/ReportBuilder/ReportBuilder.application
Application url : file://cm-evaluation/c$/Program%20Files/Microsoft%20SQL%20Server/MSSQL.3/Reporting%20Services/ReportServer/ReportBuilder/ReportBuilder.exe.manifest

IDENTITIES
Deployment Identity : ReportBuilder.application, Version=9.0.1399.6, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=45aae7b074cf8edd, processorArchitecture=msil
Application Identity : ReportBuilder.exe, Version=9.0.1399.6, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=45aae7b074cf8edd, processorArchitecture=msil, type=win32

APPLICATION SUMMARY
* Online only application.
* Trust url parameter is set.
ERROR SUMMARY
Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.
* Activation of \\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\ReportBuilder.application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:
+ Downloading file://cm-evaluation/c$/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/MSSQL.3/Reporting Services/ReportServer/ReportBuilder/reportbuilder.chm.deploy did not succeed.
+ Could not find file '\\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\reportbuilder.chm.deploy'.
+ Could not find file '\\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\reportbuilder.chm.deploy'.
+ Could not find file '\\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\reportbuilder.chm.deploy'.

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY
No transaction error was detected.

WARNINGS
There were no warnings during this operation.

OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS
* [26/09/2006 15:04:27] : Activation of \\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\ReportBuilder.application has started.
* [26/09/2006 15:04:27] : Processing of deployment manifest has successfully completed.
* [26/09/2006 15:04:27] : Installation of the application has started.
* [26/09/2006 15:04:27] : Processing of application manifest has successfully completed.
* [26/09/2006 15:04:28] : Request of trust and detection of platform is complete.

ERROR DETAILS
Following errors were detected during this operation.
* [26/09/2006 15:04:28] System.Deployment.Application.DeploymentDownloadException (Unknown subtype)
- Downloading file://cm-evaluation/c$/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/MSSQL.3/Reporting Services/ReportServer/ReportBuilder/reportbuilder.chm.deploy did not succeed.
- Source: System.Deployment
- Stack trace:
at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadSingleFile(DownloadQueueItem next)
at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadAllFiles()
at System.Deployment.Application.FileDownloader.Download(SubscriptionState subState)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDependencies(SubscriptionState subState, AssemblyManifest deployManifest, AssemblyManifest appManifest, Uri sourceUriBase, String targetDirectory, String group, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.DownloadApplication(SubscriptionState subState, ActivationDescription actDesc, Int64 transactionId, TempDirectory& downloadTemp)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.InstallApplication(SubscriptionState subState, ActivationDescription actDesc)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object state)
Inner Exception
System.Net.WebException
- Could not find file '\\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\reportbuilder.chm.deploy'.
- Source: System
- Stack trace:
at System.Net.FileWebRequest.EndGetResponse(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
at System.Net.FileWebRequest.GetResponse()
at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadSingleFile(DownloadQueueItem next)
Inner Exception
System.Net.WebException
- Could not find file '\\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\reportbuilder.chm.deploy'.
- Source: System
- Stack trace:
at System.Net.FileWebResponse..ctor(FileWebRequest request, Uri uri, FileAccess access, Boolean asyncHint)
at System.Net.FileWebRequest.WrappedGetResponseCallback(Object state)
Inner Exception
System.IO.FileNotFoundException
- Could not find file '\\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\reportbuilder.chm.deploy'.
- Source: mscorlib
- Stack trace:
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy)
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, Boolean useAsync)
at System.Net.FileWebStream..ctor(FileWebRequest request, String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare sharing, Int32 length, Boolean async)
at System.Net.FileWebResponse..ctor(FileWebRequest request, Uri uri, FileAccess access, Boolean asyncHint)

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION DETAILS
No transaction information is available.

|||

You cannot launch Report Builder by double-clicking the ReportBuilder.application file from the file system -- it must be accessed through the report server URL. (If you really want to, I believe you could just add ".deploy" to the end of RB.exe and RB.chm, and then launch the app, but I've never tried this myself, and renaming the files would break URL access.)

The more basic problem is the non-responsiveness of the Report Builder button in Report Manager. What happens when you enter the URL for RB directly into the browser address bar:

http://hostname/reportserver/reportbuilder/reportbuilder.application

|||Hi Bob -

I've got the same problem with an unresponsive 'Report Builder' button (in IE6). Basically, nothing happens when the button is pressed. Also, entering the url you provided does nothing as well (I tried the 'localintranet' one as well).

I'm have full admin rights on the client machine, and to the report server, and the .NET framework is installed on the client.

Interestingly, when I click the button from Firefox, it downloads the ReportBuilder.application manifest (but then can't I run it, as you've noted above).

Thanks in advance for any insight you might have (and for many past insights on your blog),

-- AAP|||

Have a look at the following thread: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=766354&SiteID=1

Reinstallation of .Net 2.0 solved the problem for me.

|||

I'm also having the same issue and I need a fix asap.

I have .net 1.1, 2.0, 3.0 installed and IE 7.

Tried adding .exe and .deploy to the end but only received the following:

MZ? ???@.€ o ′ í!? Lí!This program cannot be run in DOS mode. $PEL 7Y?Dà àQ NùQ R@. @.R ?òR ??QSRx R R p?Q H.textTùQ àQ `.rsrcx R eQ@.@..reloc R R@.B0ùQH 5Pá ?: 8? ?0"P € DAà}áL ny? ·cX’*2ù 3 ?&à ‰W1ù? ??v???[n`2 '???1°?F?2|í5s@.?EFn?a?aü H???A?S￡"r`￡?a4t? En è?ú?’?óm??íM/??Z×)?\ 2?I3úd? ?ù_?J (b r p(c * { *" } * { *" } * { *" } *b {k (d tK }k *b {k (e tK }k *b {l (d tM }l *b {l (e tM }l *b {m (d tO }m *b {m (e tO }m *b {n (d tP }n *b {n (e tP }n *b {o (d tQ }o *b {o (e tQ }o *b {p (d tS }p *b {p (e tS }p *b {q (d tT }q *b {q (e tT }q *b {r (d tU }r *b {r (e tU }r *b {s (d tV }s *b {s (e tV }s *b {t (d tX }t *b {t (e tX }t *b {u (d tZ }u *b {u (e tZ }u *b {v (d t\ }v *b {v (e t\ }v *b {w (d t] }w *b {w (e t] }w *b {x (d t_ }x *b {x (e t_ }x *b {y (d t` }y *b {y (e t` }y *b {z (d tb }z *b {z (e tb }z *b {{ (d td }{ *b {{ (e td }{ *b {| (d tf }| *b {| (e tf }| *b {} (d tg }} *b {} (e tg }} *b {~ (d th }~ *b {~ (e th }~ *b { (d tj } *b { (e tj } *b {€ (d tl }€ *b {€ (e tl }€ *b {? (d tm }? *b {? (e tm }? *b {? (d tn }? *b {? (e tn }? *b {? (d tp }? *b {? (e tp }? *b {? ...

Is there a URL on Microsoft.com where I can download it? Need ASAP

|||re-installing .net (2.0 & 3.0) didn't work...|||The .deploy files are the deployed versions of the files in the folder. I managed to get the ReportBuilder.application served through the browser by copying the files it was requesting and renaming them with a .deploy extension. Each file then had to be given individual Read permissions in IIS.

Hope that helps,

~Fractos|||

I was getting an error message launching Report Builder (see below). The following is a workaround that works:

1. Upgrade your SSRS server to SP2.

2. Copy "c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\ReportBuilder.exe" from the server to your desktop on your laptop.

3. Double click ReportBuilder.exe from your desktop on your laptop.

4. Enter the server URL of http://YourServerName/ReportServer

5. You should be up and running.

Here was the error message I'm getting when I try to launch Report Builder from Report Manager.

- The referenced assembly is not installed on your system. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800736B3)
- Source: System.Deployment
- Stack trace:
at System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.IStore.GetAssemblyInformation(UInt32 Flags, IDefinitionIdentity DefinitionIdentity, Guid& riid)
at System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.Store.GetAssemblyManifest(UInt32 Flags, IDefinitionIdentity DefinitionIdentity)
at System.Deployment.Application.ComponentStore.GetSubscriptionStateInternal(DefinitionIdentity subId)
at System.Deployment.Application.SubscriptionStore.GetSubscriptionStateInternal(SubscriptionState subState)
at System.Deployment.Application.SubscriptionStore.CheckAndReferenceApplication(SubscriptionState subState, DefinitionAppId appId, Int64 transactionId)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDeploymentManifestDirectBypass(SubscriptionStore subStore, Uri& sourceUri, TempFile& tempFile, SubscriptionState& subState, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options, ServerInformation& serverInformation)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDeploymentManifestBypass(SubscriptionStore subStore, Uri& sourceUri, TempFile& tempFile, SubscriptionState& subState, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object state)

I haven't tried reinstalling the .NET 2.0 framework and I'm not going to bother because this is the only problem I've been having with it.

Report Builder

I am attempting to create a report using the report builder. I can see the button for the report builder on my report server but nothing happens when you click it. I also attempted to go directly to the url but once again nothing.

Finally, I attempted to run the application directly from the file structure and in doing so there I got the following errors. Could not find file 'reportbuilder.chm.deploy'. I created a junk text file with the same file name and attemted to run the app again and this time I got a error that said: Could not find file 'reportbuilder.exe.deploy'. After that I created another junk text file and named it the same as that.

This is part of the errors that I recieved. This doesn't suprise me based on the hack I did to get to this point. Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.
* Activation of Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\ReportBuilder.application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:
+ Exception occurred loading manifest from file ReportBuilder.exe: the manifest may not be valid or the file could not be opened.
+ File ReportBuilder.exe is not a valid Portable Executable (PE) file.
+ PE file does not have enough data.

I'm not sure what the overall issue is and why these files would be missing. Any guidance in relation to this situation would be great. Thanks.

You can run it from the file system by launching ReportBuilder.exe directly (instead of ReportBuilder.application).

I'm not sure why URL access and the Report Builder button in Report Manager are not responding. Can you give any more details about your configuration?

|||

I have an identical problem.
These are the details I get when running the application directly from the server.
(It does work when I log in on another PC with the same credentials)

PLATFORM VERSION INFO
Windows : 5.1.2600.131072 (Win32NT)
Common Language Runtime : 2.0.50727.42
System.Deployment.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
mscorwks.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
dfdll.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
dfshim.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)

SOURCES
Deployment url : file://cm-evaluation/c$/Program%20Files/Microsoft%20SQL%20Server/MSSQL.3/Reporting%20Services/ReportServer/ReportBuilder/ReportBuilder.application
Application url : file://cm-evaluation/c$/Program%20Files/Microsoft%20SQL%20Server/MSSQL.3/Reporting%20Services/ReportServer/ReportBuilder/ReportBuilder.exe.manifest

IDENTITIES
Deployment Identity : ReportBuilder.application, Version=9.0.1399.6, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=45aae7b074cf8edd, processorArchitecture=msil
Application Identity : ReportBuilder.exe, Version=9.0.1399.6, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=45aae7b074cf8edd, processorArchitecture=msil, type=win32

APPLICATION SUMMARY
* Online only application.
* Trust url parameter is set.
ERROR SUMMARY
Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.
* Activation of \\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\ReportBuilder.application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:
+ Downloading file://cm-evaluation/c$/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/MSSQL.3/Reporting Services/ReportServer/ReportBuilder/reportbuilder.chm.deploy did not succeed.
+ Could not find file '\\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\reportbuilder.chm.deploy'.
+ Could not find file '\\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\reportbuilder.chm.deploy'.
+ Could not find file '\\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\reportbuilder.chm.deploy'.

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY
No transaction error was detected.

WARNINGS
There were no warnings during this operation.

OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS
* [26/09/2006 15:04:27] : Activation of \\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\ReportBuilder.application has started.
* [26/09/2006 15:04:27] : Processing of deployment manifest has successfully completed.
* [26/09/2006 15:04:27] : Installation of the application has started.
* [26/09/2006 15:04:27] : Processing of application manifest has successfully completed.
* [26/09/2006 15:04:28] : Request of trust and detection of platform is complete.

ERROR DETAILS
Following errors were detected during this operation.
* [26/09/2006 15:04:28] System.Deployment.Application.DeploymentDownloadException (Unknown subtype)
- Downloading file://cm-evaluation/c$/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/MSSQL.3/Reporting Services/ReportServer/ReportBuilder/reportbuilder.chm.deploy did not succeed.
- Source: System.Deployment
- Stack trace:
at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadSingleFile(DownloadQueueItem next)
at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadAllFiles()
at System.Deployment.Application.FileDownloader.Download(SubscriptionState subState)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDependencies(SubscriptionState subState, AssemblyManifest deployManifest, AssemblyManifest appManifest, Uri sourceUriBase, String targetDirectory, String group, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.DownloadApplication(SubscriptionState subState, ActivationDescription actDesc, Int64 transactionId, TempDirectory& downloadTemp)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.InstallApplication(SubscriptionState subState, ActivationDescription actDesc)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object state)
Inner Exception
System.Net.WebException
- Could not find file '\\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\reportbuilder.chm.deploy'.
- Source: System
- Stack trace:
at System.Net.FileWebRequest.EndGetResponse(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
at System.Net.FileWebRequest.GetResponse()
at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadSingleFile(DownloadQueueItem next)
Inner Exception
System.Net.WebException
- Could not find file '\\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\reportbuilder.chm.deploy'.
- Source: System
- Stack trace:
at System.Net.FileWebResponse..ctor(FileWebRequest request, Uri uri, FileAccess access, Boolean asyncHint)
at System.Net.FileWebRequest.WrappedGetResponseCallback(Object state)
Inner Exception
System.IO.FileNotFoundException
- Could not find file '\\cm-evaluation\c$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\reportbuilder.chm.deploy'.
- Source: mscorlib
- Stack trace:
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy)
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, Boolean useAsync)
at System.Net.FileWebStream..ctor(FileWebRequest request, String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare sharing, Int32 length, Boolean async)
at System.Net.FileWebResponse..ctor(FileWebRequest request, Uri uri, FileAccess access, Boolean asyncHint)

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION DETAILS
No transaction information is available.

|||

You cannot launch Report Builder by double-clicking the ReportBuilder.application file from the file system -- it must be accessed through the report server URL. (If you really want to, I believe you could just add ".deploy" to the end of RB.exe and RB.chm, and then launch the app, but I've never tried this myself, and renaming the files would break URL access.)

The more basic problem is the non-responsiveness of the Report Builder button in Report Manager. What happens when you enter the URL for RB directly into the browser address bar:

http://hostname/reportserver/reportbuilder/reportbuilder.application

|||Hi Bob -

I've got the same problem with an unresponsive 'Report Builder' button (in IE6). Basically, nothing happens when the button is pressed. Also, entering the url you provided does nothing as well (I tried the 'localintranet' one as well).

I'm have full admin rights on the client machine, and to the report server, and the .NET framework is installed on the client.

Interestingly, when I click the button from Firefox, it downloads the ReportBuilder.application manifest (but then can't I run it, as you've noted above).

Thanks in advance for any insight you might have (and for many past insights on your blog),

-- AAP|||

Have a look at the following thread: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=766354&SiteID=1

Reinstallation of .Net 2.0 solved the problem for me.

|||

I'm also having the same issue and I need a fix asap.

I have .net 1.1, 2.0, 3.0 installed and IE 7.

Tried adding .exe and .deploy to the end but only received the following:

MZ? ???@.€ o ′ í!? Lí!This program cannot be run in DOS mode. $PEL 7Y?Dà àQ NùQ R@. @.R ?òR ??QSRx R R p?Q H.textTùQ àQ `.rsrcx R eQ@.@..reloc R R@.B0ùQH 5Pá ?: 8? ?0"P € DAà}áL ny? ·cX’*2ù 3 ?&à ‰W1ù? ??v???[n`2 '???1°?F?2|í5s@.?EFn?a?aü H???A?S￡"r`￡?a4t? En è?ú?’?óm??íM/??Z×)?\ 2?I3úd? ?ù_?J (b r p(c * { *" } * { *" } * { *" } *b {k (d tK }k *b {k (e tK }k *b {l (d tM }l *b {l (e tM }l *b {m (d tO }m *b {m (e tO }m *b {n (d tP }n *b {n (e tP }n *b {o (d tQ }o *b {o (e tQ }o *b {p (d tS }p *b {p (e tS }p *b {q (d tT }q *b {q (e tT }q *b {r (d tU }r *b {r (e tU }r *b {s (d tV }s *b {s (e tV }s *b {t (d tX }t *b {t (e tX }t *b {u (d tZ }u *b {u (e tZ }u *b {v (d t\ }v *b {v (e t\ }v *b {w (d t] }w *b {w (e t] }w *b {x (d t_ }x *b {x (e t_ }x *b {y (d t` }y *b {y (e t` }y *b {z (d tb }z *b {z (e tb }z *b {{ (d td }{ *b {{ (e td }{ *b {| (d tf }| *b {| (e tf }| *b {} (d tg }} *b {} (e tg }} *b {~ (d th }~ *b {~ (e th }~ *b { (d tj } *b { (e tj } *b {€ (d tl }€ *b {€ (e tl }€ *b {? (d tm }? *b {? (e tm }? *b {? (d tn }? *b {? (e tn }? *b {? (d tp }? *b {? (e tp }? *b {? ...

Is there a URL on Microsoft.com where I can download it? Need ASAP

|||re-installing .net (2.0 & 3.0) didn't work...|||The .deploy files are the deployed versions of the files in the folder. I managed to get the ReportBuilder.application served through the browser by copying the files it was requesting and renaming them with a .deploy extension. Each file then had to be given individual Read permissions in IIS.

Hope that helps,

~Fractos
|||

I was getting an error message launching Report Builder (see below). The following is a workaround that works:

1. Upgrade your SSRS server to SP2.

2. Copy "c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\ReportBuilder\ReportBuilder.exe" from the server to your desktop on your laptop.

3. Double click ReportBuilder.exe from your desktop on your laptop.

4. Enter the server URL of http://YourServerName/ReportServer

5. You should be up and running.

Here was the error message I'm getting when I try to launch Report Builder from Report Manager.

- The referenced assembly is not installed on your system. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800736B3)
- Source: System.Deployment
- Stack trace:
at System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.IStore.GetAssemblyInformation(UInt32 Flags, IDefinitionIdentity DefinitionIdentity, Guid& riid)
at System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.Store.GetAssemblyManifest(UInt32 Flags, IDefinitionIdentity DefinitionIdentity)
at System.Deployment.Application.ComponentStore.GetSubscriptionStateInternal(DefinitionIdentity subId)
at System.Deployment.Application.SubscriptionStore.GetSubscriptionStateInternal(SubscriptionState subState)
at System.Deployment.Application.SubscriptionStore.CheckAndReferenceApplication(SubscriptionState subState, DefinitionAppId appId, Int64 transactionId)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDeploymentManifestDirectBypass(SubscriptionStore subStore, Uri& sourceUri, TempFile& tempFile, SubscriptionState& subState, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options, ServerInformation& serverInformation)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDeploymentManifestBypass(SubscriptionStore subStore, Uri& sourceUri, TempFile& tempFile, SubscriptionState& subState, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object state)

I haven't tried reinstalling the .NET 2.0 framework and I'm not going to bother because this is the only problem I've been having with it.