Missing Microsoft RDLC Report Designer in Visual Studio

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In Visual Studio 2015  I cannot find the designer for RDLC reports anymore  Does anyone know if this is only a bug and if it is provided later on or if Microsoft wants to kill the RDLC or if they want us to use an external designer and when  which designer this is   Update For developpers searching for the RDLC Report Designer in Visual Studio 2017   it must be now downloaded from the Visual Studio Marketplace

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In addition to previous answers  here is a link to the latest SQL Server Data Tools  Note that the download link for Visual Studio 2015 is broken  ISO is available from here  links at the bottom of the page   https   msdn microsoft com en-us library mt204009 aspx  MSDN Subscriber Downloads do not list the VS 2015 compatible version at the time of writing   However  even with the latest tools  February 2015   I can t open previous version of  rptproj files

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This trouble passed me  If you can t repair this trouble  perhaps can you review all Framework versions that you have in your system  For example  if you have ReportViewer for Framework 4 5 and your project is assembly in Framework 2 or another Framework minor at 4 5  The differents versions Framework sometime have problems

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I had the same problem  after install the MS VS Community 2015  I didn t find the RDLC files neither the Report Viewer component  I solve the problem by going in the Control Panel  Windows  - gt  Programs - gt  Try to uninstall the MS VS Community and choose MODIFY  in this moment you will be able to Check the Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools   That is it

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In VS 2017  i have checked SQL Server Data Tools during the installation and it doesn t help  So I have downloaded and installed Microsoft RdlcDesigner vsix  Now it works   UPDATE  Another way is to use Extensions and Updates   Go to Tools   Extensions and Updates choose Online then search for Microsoft Rdlc Report Designer for Visual studio and click Download  It need to close VS to start installation  After installation you will be able to use rdlc designer   Hope this helps

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If you did a custom installation you need to add Microsoft Sql Server Data Tools  After that you can add Reportviwer to your webform

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I ve had the same problem as you and I installed Microsoft rdlc designer to solve my problem   And if you already installed this but still can t found rdlc designer try open  visual studio   tools   Extension and Updates   then enable Miscrosoft Rdlc designer extensions

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To solve this problem open nutget package manager console and select your project and type  install-package microsoft report viewer and wait to install

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Open Control Panel   Programs   Programs and Features   Select the entry for your version of Microsoft Visual Studio 2015  In our case  it was Microsoft Visual Studio Enterprise 2015  Click the  Change  button on the top bar above the program list  After the splash screen  a window will open   Press the  Modify  button  Select Windows and Web Development   Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools  and check the box next to it  Press the  Update  button on the lower-right hand side of the window    Once the installation is complete  open your version of Visual Studio  After the new  dll files are loaded  Reporting functionality should be reimplemented  and you should be able to access all related forms  controls  and objects

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Update  The way RDLC Report Designer is installed has changed with Visual Studio 2017 and newer  See other answers for details   Besides that  the ReportViewer Control is now available through NuGet  see here     original answer below  The Report Designer is part of the Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools   You can add it using the Visual Studio setup  Programs and Features   Visual Studio 2015   Change

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Visual Studio 2017   Open Visual Studio  In Tools -  Extensions and Updates -  Online Search for  rdlc  Install Microsoft Rdlc Report Designer  23 3 MB  Close Visual Studio  let the installer run and open Visual Studio to see the rdlc in the designer

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The setup feature does not work on Visual Studio 2017 and later versions   The extension needs to be downloaded from VS Marketplace and then installed -  Link  The same applies to other extensions such as Installer Projects  used for creating executable files  - Link

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Below Different tools for Editing Rdlc report    ReportBuilder 3 0   Microsoft Editor for Rdlc report  Microsoft   SQL Server   2008 Express with Advanced Services  Another tool is to use Sql Server Business intelligence for reporting that can be installed with Sql Server Express with Advanced Sevices  fyiReporting  It is opensource tool presented for editing Rdlc reports

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