RD BI360 Error: Error while validating license for component:

Summary:

This article troubleshoots an error that can occur when opening Report Designer without proper permissions on the server.

Article Sections:

• Symptoms
• Causes
• Resolution
• Properties

Symptoms:

When a user attempts to access Report Designer, they receive the following error message:

Error while validating license for component: 'OSR_REPORTDESIGNER' The UPDATE permission was denied on the object 'LicenseValidation', database 'OSR_Repository', schema 'dbo'

Causes:

This error can be caused by the user being assigned denydatareader and denydatawriter permissions on the OSR_Repository database on SQL server. 

Resolution:

 To resolve the issue, change the user's permissions to datareader and datawriter instead.

Properties:

Applies To:

BI360 version 4.x

Report Designer