Visual Studio 2015 SSRS Project Error: There is an error in XML document (2, 2)

[Jeff T Jones]

When opening a Business Intelligence project in Visual Studio 2015 on my computer I get an error that the project is unable to load and to view the Output window. The output window only has one line stating the project file location followed by this error "There is an error in XML document (2, 2)".

We are using Team Foundation Services Source control. I've attempted to uninstall SSDT and run a repair on VS 2015 then reinstall SSDT and install any updates but still get the same error. I verified with a colleague who develops in the same projects that our versions are up to date.



If I create a new SSRS project I can close and open it just fine. Although when I look at the newly created project in a text editor it includes this XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<Project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2000/10/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2000/10/XMLSchema" ToolsVersion="2.0">

<DataSources />

<Reports />

</Project>

However, on the project files I can't open, the Project element looks like this:


<ProjectToolsVersion="14.0"xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">

Please let me know if you need more information to assist.




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