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Unable to download financial report designer for Dynamics 365 on prem

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Hi everybody,

I have Dynamics AX 365 F&O installed on premise on an environment not connected to the internet, I am trying to install the financial reporter design From the following path :-
General Ledger >> Financial reports >> New

by clicking the new button the “Report Designer manifest” is downloaded on PC but when trying to run it to download the report designer, I got the following error

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PLATFORM VERSION INFO
** Windows : 10.0.14393.0 (Win32NT)**
** Common Language Runtime : 4.0.30319.42000**
** System.Deployment.dll : 4.7.3062.0 built by: NET472REL1**
** clr.dll : 4.7.3680.0 built by: NET472REL1LAST_B**
** dfdll.dll : 4.7.3062.0 built by: NET472REL1**
** dfshim.dll : 10.0.14393.0 (rs1_release.160715-1616)**

SOURCES
** Deployment url : file:///C:/Users/compactsoft/Downloads/ReportDesigner.application**

IDENTITIES
** Deployment Identity : ReportDesigner.application, Version=10.0.17004.0, Culture=en-us, PublicKeyToken=b1d1a6c45aa418ce, processorArchitecture=msil**

APPLICATION SUMMARY
** * Online only application.**
** * Trust url parameter is set.**
ERROR SUMMARY
** Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.**
** * Activation of C:\Users\compactsoft\Downloads\ReportDesigner.application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:**
** + Deployment and application do not have matching security zones.**

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY
** No transaction error was detected.**

WARNINGS
** There were no warnings during this operation.**

OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS
** * [10/31/2021 10:42:15 PM] : Activation of C:\Users\compactsoft\Downloads\ReportDesigner.application has started.**
** * [10/31/2021 10:42:15 PM] : Processing of deployment manifest has successfully completed.**
** * [10/31/2021 10:42:15 PM] : Installation of the application has started.**

ERROR DETAILS
** Following errors were detected during this operation.**
** * [10/31/2021 10:42:15 PM] System.Deployment.Application.InvalidDeploymentException (Zone)**
** - Deployment and application do not have matching security zones.**
** - Source: System.Deployment**
** - Stack trace:**
** at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadApplicationManifest(AssemblyManifest deploymentManifest, String targetDir, Uri deploymentUri, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options, Uri& appSourceUri, String& appManifestPath)**
** at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.DownloadApplication(SubscriptionState subState, ActivationDescription actDesc, Int64 transactionId, TempDirectory& downloadTemp)**
** at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.InstallApplication(SubscriptionState& subState, ActivationDescription actDesc)**
** at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut, String textualSubId, String deploymentProviderUrlFromExtension, BrowserSettings browserSettings, String& errorPageUrl, Uri& deploymentUri)**
** at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivationWithRetry(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut, String textualSubId, String deploymentProviderUrlFromExtension, BrowserSettings browserSettings, String& errorPageUrl)**
— End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown —
** at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()**
** at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivationWithRetry(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut, String textualSubId, String deploymentProviderUrlFromExtension, BrowserSettings browserSettings, String& errorPageUrl)**
** at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object state)**

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  • Suggested answer
    Ludwig Reinhard Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    Hello Mohamad,

    The issue seems to be related to your browser.

    Have you tried different ones, such as MS Edge, Firefox, etc.?

    You can find similar/related issues and resolutions on the following sites:

    social.msdn.microsoft.com/.../deployment-and-application-do-not-have-matching-security-zones

    bwit.blog/.../

    Best regards,

    Ludwig

  • krsMurali Profile Picture
    27 on at
    Right click on the downloaded ReportDesigner to open properties. Click unBlock

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