Report Designer Component is Required in Sage Intelligence Reporting but isn't Installed in the Workstation

Summary

  • “Report designer component is required by this report and is not installed on this workstation” in Intelligence Reporting
  • Cannot run  the Financial Reports Designer 1-0
  • Can run the Sales Analysis 1-4
  • Can run the Purchase Analysis 1-1
  • In Excel, under Add-Ins, the BI Generator does not display under COM Add-Ins

Disclaimer

Operating System Warning

This solution requires advanced knowledge of your computer’s operating system. Contact your system administrator for assistance. Modifying your Windows Registry incorrectly can severely affect system operations. Sage is not responsible for operation issues caused by incorrectly modifying your Windows Registry. Always create a backup of your data before proceeding with advanced solutions.
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Cause

  • The current user is not a Windows local administrator
  • User does not have sufficient permissions
  • User does not have full rights to the machine to access the BI* and DESIGNER folders located at C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files

Resolution

  • Verify that the current user is a Windows local administrator; if not either give the user local admin rights, or log n as a local admin
  • See Article ID 14756
  1. Close out of Sage
  2. Click Start and type in Programs and features
  3. Uninstall Intelligence Reporting
  4. Right click on Sage and Run as Administrator
  5. Open up an intelligence reporting report and let it install
  6. Verify you can now open up an Intelligence report