How do I get to Report Writer in Orion 2020.2

Question

We recently upgraded to Orion 2020.2.  I want to look at fields of a legacy report that was created in report writer, but I am not seeing the application anymore on my main poller.  I tried to look at it in Orion but got the error to look at in report writer at o to Start > All Programs > SolarWinds Orion > Alerting, Reporting, and Mapping > Report Writer.  That path is not there on my main poller.  Does anyone know if it has been removed with the 2020.2 version?  Is there a way to view these legacy reports?

dunky2k · Answer

If you have access to the Database via SSMS then by running the following on the database will solve your issue.

Alter Table ReportDefinitions
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lalit.kumar · Answer

Hi Team,

We are still facing error with report writer in 2020.2.1 HF2

Please help us.

Error - error while loading form: invalid column name "comment"

JaroslawLadyga · Answer

Report Writer still exists in 2020.2 in ..\Program Files (x86)\SolarWinds\Orion folder however no reports are distributed in ..\Program Files (x86)\SolarWinds\Orion\Reports folder if it is fresh installation. If you upgraded then you should have your reports in the folder ..\Program Files (x86)\SolarWinds\Orion\Reports and they are accesible from Report Writer when it starts.