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"An error occurred when loading the Report Print Preview window: The definition of the report '' is invalid."

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A user is receiving this error when attempting to run various reports.

Sometimes he has no issues. Other times it will take 20+ attempts before the report will print.

Has anybody experienced this error? Does anyone know how to resolve it?

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Suresh Kulla 50,243 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Try to recomplile the reports you are having issue with.

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Amol Salvi 18,698 on at

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May be object metadata is corrupted due to this error is poping up compile the object and check

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Maneesha 5,891 on at

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recompile your report ,

check whether is this happen all prints that you have take form NAV/form that user , if yes then check your printer setup/printer drivers are properly install on that PC

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Open the report in VS. Build the report and check if you get any errors or not. To build the report you can use the shortcut key Ctrl+Shift +B. or under the Report. Mostly due to errors in expression the following error is received where the NAV editor does not compile for VS errors.

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dkatson 2,263 on at

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May be you reports try to lock some tables, and cannot do this because of they are already locked?

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Sulav Thapaliya 12 on at

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Try compiling both the data source of the report and report too.

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We are now experiencing the exact same issue. Did you ever find a solution?

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Zaid Tariq 2,274 on at

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This seems to be the issue with object metadata. Please recompile report and linked objects. Thanks

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Sadly no. I believe it went away, or at least the client is no longer complaining about it. Many people suggested recompiling reports, but that did not work for us, nor did it make sense since the issue was limited to only one user on one machine. Other suggested it being an issues with printer drivers or the Windows installation and suggested reformatting the machine. Our client did not take these steps, so I do not know if it would have resolved the issue.

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We are having the exact same issue, except on multiple machines across the entire plant, and also when connecting from other locations. We have already recompiled all reports and linked objects (as this happens on every report when you try to print), but no luck. We did notice that we do not seem to get the error when we are running NAV through a Remote Desktop Connection.

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