Error when trying to edit a custom report in Report Designer

Autodesk Support

Oct 8, 2023


Products and versions covered


Issue:

When trying to edit a custom report via Report Designer, an error message pops up:

Autodesk AutoCAD Plant Report Creator
Failed to load report layout

 
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Causes:

Two possible causes:
  • The report is created in 2021 but will be opened in 2020 or older.
  • Corrupted report layout. The report layout will be saved in a rcf-file. For each report a separate rcf-file will be saved. The location of the rcf-files will be set in the settings-dialog of the Report Creator:

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Solution:

Cause 1: Report is created in version 2021


This is currently under investigation. For now run the report in 2021. Currently it is not possible to open this report in an older version.

Cause 2: Corrupt RCF-file

There are two workarounds for this issue:
  1. Restore a non-corrupted RCF-file from a backup
  2. Replace the content of the tag "ReportLayout" by the content of the tag "ReportLayout" of a working RCF-file.
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  • Note: This workaround will restore a different layout which you have to adopt by your needs afterwards but you are able to open the Report Designer now. The queries are working from the beginning on.

Products:

AutoCAD Plant 3D;


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