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rsServerConfigurationError - Reporting Services error

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Category Value
Product Name SQL Server
Event ID rsServerConfiguration
Event Source Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.ErrorStrings
Component Reporting Services
Message Text The report server encountered a configuration error.

Explanation

This error is a general purpose error that occurs when either the report server or a report authoring tool has invalid configuration settings. There's a second message that usually accompanies this error. The second message states the actual cause of the error.

The following list summarizes possible causes:

  • The RSReportServer.config or RSReportDesigner.config file can't be found or read.

  • XML elements in either configuration file are missing or invalid.

  • Values for one or more XML elements are missing or invalid.

  • Registry settings are invalid.

User action

If this error began to occur after you manually edited a configuration file, remove your changes and enter the previous value, or restore a previous version if you have a backup.

To review other error message information that accompanies the rsServerConfiguration error, review the report server trace log files, which are located at \Microsoft SQL Server\MSRS12.\<instancename>\Reporting Services\LogFiles. For more information, see Reporting Services log files and sources.

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Related content

Reporting Services configuration files
Modify a Reporting Services configuration file (RSreportserver.config)