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

Microsoft report viewer 2012 runtime download

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

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

Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 SP1 Feature Pack
  • Click Download > Select “\x64\SQLSysClrTypes” .
Download Microsoft System CLR Types for SQL Server 2012
  • 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.

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.
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16 thoughts on “Microsoft Report Viewer 2012 Runtime is missing Microsoft System CLR Types for SQL Server 2012”

  1. Here the solution to download the Microsoft® System CLR Types for Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012

    Step 1 : Choose the below website link

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29065

    Step 2 : In this link, you have to choose the “Install instructions” menu. Then, you need to troll down up to you have seen the content mentioned below.

    Microsoft® System CLR Types for Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012
    The SQL Server System CLR Types package contains the components implementing the geometry, geography, and hierarchy id types in SQL Server 2012. This component can be installed separately from the server to allow client applications to use these types outside of the server.

    Note: This component also requires Windows Installer 4.5
    X86 Package(SQLSysClrTypes.msi)
    X64 Package (SQLSysClrTypes.msi)

    STEP 3 : You may download the file as you needed, along with these software if you’re looking for

    Microsoft report viewer 2012, you follow this below website link to download it.

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35747

    Regards,

    Hem Shankar

  2. Even after installing both x64 and x86 versions of CLR Types, Report Viewer 2012 install still fails saying this dependency isn’t installed.

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