Cannot import .rptproj in VS2015 - says it's "Unsupported". Latest SSDT is installed

Question

I am trying to convert some older VS2005 projects over to VS2015 Enterprise. When I open any with a report project (.rptproj), VS says the project is unsupported.

Unsupported

This version of Visual Studio is unable to open the following projects. The project types may not be installed or this version of Visual Studio may not support them.

Every search I've done, the solution is to install SSDT (apparently formerly known as SSDT-BI)

I havs SSDT installed already.. when I download/install from here (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/mt186501.aspx), it gives me repair/uninstall options. I've tried repair even though I did not suspect it was broken. There are no updates available under Tools > Extensions and Updates... in VS.

Where do I go from here? Every solution I've found says the same thing, but I already have SSDT.

Any info appreciated.

Answer 1

Support for BI projects for Visual Studio 2015 is available here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/mt186501

There are two versions of SSDT available for Visual Studio 2015. Only the "Preview" version (available here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/mt429383.aspx) contains the BI project types.

Answer 2

SQL Server Data Tools in Visual Studio 2015 (a.k.a. SSDT)

Open Visual Studio 2015 and choose the Tools > Extensions and Updates menu. SQL Server tooling updates will appear in the Updates list.

Visual Studio 2015 comes with SSDT which is why you kept getting repair screens - note "SQL Server Data Tools Preview in Visual Studio 2015" is the older version