KB4013247 - FIX: SSRS subscriptions fail to run for a report that connects to a SharePoint External list

Applies To
SQL Server 2012 Developer SQL Server 2012 Enterprise SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Core SQL Server 2012 Standard SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 3 SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 1 SQL Server 2016 Developer - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2016 Enterprise - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2016 Enterprise Core - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2016 Standard - duplicate (do not use)

Symptoms

Assume that you have a report that connects to a SharePoint External list, and then you set up a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 or 2016 Reporting Services (SSRS) subscription for the report. In this situation, the subscription fails to run, and you receive the following error message:

Note

Microsoft.ReportingServices.ReportProcessing.ReportProcessingException: Query execution failed for dataset 'DatasetName'. ---> Microsoft.BusinessData.Infrastructure.BdcException: The shim execution failed unexpectedly - Proxy creation failed. Default context not found.

Cause

This issue occurs because the SPServiceContext or SPServiceContextScope object is never created.

Resolution

This issue is fixed in the following cumulative updates for SQL Server:

Cumulative update 8 for SQL Server 2016 SP1

Cumulative Update 8 for SQL Server 2012 SP3

About cumulative updates for SQL Server

Each new cumulative update for SQL Server contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous cumulative update. Check out the latest cumulative updates for SQL Server:

Latest cumulative update for SQL Server 2016

Latest cumulative update for SQL Server 2012 SP3

Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

References

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