Microsoft Report Viewer 2012 Runtime is missing Microsoft System CLR Types for SQL Server 2012

In this article, we will solve the “Setup is missing an installation prerequisite: Microsoft System CLR Types for SQL Server 2012” issue that you may face when installing Microsoft Report Viewer 2012 Runtime.

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Missing Microsoft System CLR Types for SQL Server 2012

I have tried to download and install Microsoft Report Viewer 2012 Runtime

The Microsoft Report Viewer 2012 Runtime download is completed succesfuly, but when I tried to install the downloaded package I got the below error:

Setup is missing an installation prerequisite:
– Microsoft System CLR Types for SQL Server 2012

Cause

You got “Setup is missing an installation prerequisite: Microsoft System CLR Types for SQL Server 2012″ because the “Microsoft System CLR Types for SQL Server 2012″ is not installed as a prerequisite for “Report Viewer 2012 Runtime“.

Download CLR types for SQL Server 2012

To can install “Report Viewer 2012 Runtime“, you must first download CLR Types for SQL Server 2012″ as a mandatory Microsoft report viewer 2012 runtime prerequisites.

Steps

• Download “Microsoft System CLR Types for SQL Server 2012” from Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 SP1 Feature Pack.

• Click Download > Select “\x64\SQLSysClrTypes” .

• Install  “Microsoft System CLR Types for SQL Server 2012” (\x64\SQLSysClrTypes).
• Rerun again the Report Viewer 2012 Run-time installer that would be installed successfully.

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Conclusion

To be able to install Report Viewer 2012 Runtime, you must first download and install Microsoft System CLR Types for SQL Server 2012.

Applies To

• SQL Server 2012.
• Report Viewer 2012 Runtime.
• Microsoft System CLR Types for SQL Server 2012.

See Also

• How to Configure Auditing in SQL Server 2012/2016.
• SSMS 2012: Service Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.IRegistrationService not found.