This post is for advice to anybody who cannot install BIDS.
Originally I installed SQL Express (with advanced services) onto a
virtual machine with Visual Studio 2005 Professional present. I then
attempted to install the reporting services toolkit so I would have
access to BIDS.
Each time I tried to install the toolkit It told me that the
components I have requested cannot be installed because they are
already installed. This is a flaw in the reporting services toolkit.
It searches for the visual studio executable, once fount it assumes
that BIDS is already present and it aborts the installation.
To resolve this issue remove Visual Studio. Install the reporting
services toolkit. At this point BIDS is available. Then install
Visual Studio. Finally the BIDS project types are available for use
under Visual Studio.On Jan 10, 11:57 am, brian...@.gmail.com wrote:
> This post is for advice to anybody who cannot install BIDS.
> Originally I installed SQL Express (with advanced services) onto a
> virtual machine with Visual Studio 2005 Professional present. I then
> attempted to install the reporting services toolkit so I would have
> access to BIDS.
> Each time I tried to install the toolkit It told me that the
> components I have requested cannot be installed because they are
> already installed. This is a flaw in the reporting services toolkit.
> It searches for the visual studio executable, once fount it assumes
> that BIDS is already present and it aborts the installation.
> To resolve this issue remove Visual Studio. Install the reporting
> services toolkit. At this point BIDS is available. Then install
> Visual Studio. Finally the BIDS project types are available for use
> under Visual Studio.
Just out of curiosity, did you install SQL Server 2005 Express Edition
w/Advanced Services SP2 or an older version?
Regards,
Enrique Martinez
Sr. Software Consultant
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