KB3000835 - FIX: "An internal error occurred on the report server" error when you export a report to a .pdf file in SSRS 2012

Symptoms

When you export a report to a .pdf file in Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Reporting Service (SSRS 2012), you receive the following error message:

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An internal error occurred on the report server. See the error log for more details. (rsInternalError)

Additionally you receive the following error message in SSRS log:

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library!ReportServer_0-12!10c4!<Date><Time>:: e ERROR: Throwing Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.InternalCatalogException: An internal error occurred on the report server. See the error log for more details., ScalableList: Index XX outside the allowed range [0::6];
Info: Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.InternalCatalogException: An internal error occurred on the report server. See the error log for more details.

      

Resolution

This issue was first fixed in the following cumulative update of SQL Server. 

Cumulative Update 3 for SQL Server 2012 SP2 /en-us/help/3002049

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Status

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