Misleading error message when setting up TFS Warehouse

by jesfer 18. November 2010 14:02

Encountered a stupid error message yesterday. Had a TFS 2010 instance where reporting services had been disabled. When trying to enable it again we got an error message saying "Object reference not set to an instance of an object". SQL instance was correct, database names (Tfs_Warehouse and Tfs_Analysis) were correct and I had a valid username and password for the TFSService account. However, as the original installation was done properly, using the TFSReports account for reporting services, we got this error message when trying to re-enable reporting services.

Now, even though the error was "correct", I would have appreciated an error message that was a little bit more informative... 

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TFS | Troubleshooting

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