A SAS Visual Analytics report might open successfully in design mode, but fail to open in SAS Report Viewer with errors that are similar to the following:

This problem can occur after you duplicate report pages if your report contains a prompt container that does not automatically apply prompt values. Here are the specific steps that can lead to this situation:

1. Add a prompt container in the report prompt bar.
2. On the Options pane for the prompt container, deselect Automatically apply values.
3. Add any control to the prompt container.
4. Add any object to the report canvas.
5. Duplicate Page 1.

After performing these steps, you might encounter the error.  To workaround this issue, delete the prompt containers in the report prompt bar, and re-create them. Re-creating the prompt containers cleans up the entities and enables the report to open properly in SAS Report Viewer.

Click the Hot Fix tab in this note for a link to instructions about accessing and applying the software update.

Operating System and Release Information

An update for this issue is available for SAS Viya 3.3. For instructions on how to access and apply software updates, see the Managing Your Software section of the SAS Viya 3.3 Administration document at