SSRS Export to word - error: the rectangle is too complex to export to Word

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SSRS Export to word - error: the rectangle is too complex to export to Word

Kenean

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December 5, 2019 at 1:53 pm

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There is a report that has been in production for years but now is throwing an error when trying to export it to Word. The error is:
The Rectangle is too complex to export to Word. Please group the Report Items together into rectangles to simplify.
Nothing has changed anywhere, and I cannot find an answer to this anywhere. Can anyone here help?

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Phil Parkin SSC Guru Points: 246956 More actions · Answer 1

Nothing has changed anywhere

Something has changed, somewhere, or this would not happen. Server o/s update, .NET update, underlying data, permissions, other software installed, ...

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Kenean Say Hey Kid Points: 663 More actions · Answer 2

Definitely, there would have been some change; I meant, no intentionally introduced changed. What would it be? How can I fix this? Any guidance is much appreciated!

Lowell SSC Guru Points: 323518 More actions · Answer 3

this might be data related.

so far, lets say Word had to render x number or rows of text boxes, and now the data finally exceeds the number of objects word can render;

can you tweak it to render top 10 and see if that works?

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Kenean Say Hey Kid Points: 663 More actions · Answer 4

Kenean

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December 6, 2019 at 1:58 pm

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It doesn't work that way too.

Phil Parkin SSC Guru Points: 246956 More actions · Answer 5

Can you reproduce the error locally?

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Kenean Say Hey Kid Points: 663 More actions · Answer 6

Yes, it is the same locally too. I researched. There is no much resource about this. Thanks though.

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Phil Parkin SSC Guru Points: 246956 More actions · Answer 7

Kenean wrote:

Yes, it is the same locally too. I researched. There is no much resource about this. Thanks though.

It's starting to sound like a software update issue. On a test machine, can you roll back any o/s updates to just before it stopped working? And look for any other 'suspicious' updates?

Also, check the application Event Log. There may be some more-verbose info there about the error.

The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence
- Martin Rees
The absence of consumable DDL, sample data and desired results is, however, evidence of the absence of my response
- Phil Parkin