Symptoms
When you export a specific Reporting Services report to a PDF file in Microsoft SQL Server 2016 or 2017, you may receive the following error message:
Note
An error occurred during local report processing.
(Processing): Scalable list: Index id outside the allowed range [0::<id-1>]
Note This issue does not occur if you export the same report to another file format, such as a Microsoft Word document (.docx) or a Microsoft Excel Workbook (.xlsx).
Resolution
This fix is included in the following cumulative updates for SQL Server:
Cumulative Update 1 for SQL Server 2017
Cumulative Update 9 for SQL Server 2016 RTM
Cumulative Update 6 for SQL Server 2016 SP1
About SQL Server builds
Each new build for SQL Server contains all the hotfixes and security fixes that were in the previous build. We recommend that you install the latest cumulative updates for SQL Server:
latest build for SQL Server 2017
Latest cumulative update for SQL Server 2016
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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