Error Message: 'Unable to Fix Non-Precision Design Reports. Please Use Report Replacement for Such Reports'

This article provides information about the following error message, which is sometimes received when trying to fix a report:

Error

Unable to fix non-precision design reports. Please use report replacement for such reports.

To fix this error,  follow one of these solutions:

• Use the report without fixing the SSRS report.

It is not possible to fix a report without a precision design in SSRS (Reporting Server) because Microsoft ® has sealed the code, and we are only allowed to work with extensions. Without a precision design in SSRS, the report is autogenerated from the data/dataset.

It is not necessary to fix a report without a precision design in SSRS because, most of the time, all the required data is present.

Since there is no information from Pageheader and Pagefooter, we do not need to handle/move information from Pageheader and Pagefooter. Additionally, since all fields are populated, there is no need to change the DataElementOutput from NoOutput to Output. Normally, the details of the structure contain enough information to add related sources/unique information, such as an ItemId. If the details do not contain enough information to find a related record, you would need to create a report replacement, but this is only rare.

• Create a replacement report.

In some cases, a replacement for a report without precision design could be slower than SSRS. Therefore, perform a benchmark in each case, especially if the report contains some grouping.