CM 2012 – Troubleshooting – Console Reports

I have recently rebuilt my lab at home and had yet to test much functionality because of my current work load.  Because of a client’s request, I needed to check how certain collections would be reflected in various reports.  After setting up the test collections I chose the appropriate report within the console and nothing would happen.  Knowing that there is a handy log located at “%[Configuration Manager Installation Location]\AdminConsole\AdminUILog\SMSAdminUI.log”, I began reviewing the entries and came across this”

Could not load file or assembly ‘Microsoft.ReportViewer.WinForms, …..

I hadn’t encountered this before so I started searching around and came across this great article on this very subject, written by Niall Brady.  I must give credit where credit is due – great job Niall!

http://www.niallbrady.com/2013/09/11/what-to-do-if-nothing-happens-when-trying-to-run-reports-in-system-center-2012-configuration-manager/