How to apply the patches to Bold Reports® Enterprise Reporting

The Bold Reports® support team provides fixes for reported issues as patches that contain assemblies or files. You apply a patch to Bold Reports® Enterprise Reporting by replacing those assemblies or files and restarting the application.

How do I get the patch?

Download and extract the Bold Reports® patch provided in the support incident.

How do I apply a patch that contains only assemblies?

If the extracted Bold Reports® patch contains only assemblies, apply it in the Report Server and IDP locations as follows.

Support team will mention and provide separate patch assemblies for Report Server and IDP.

Replace the provided assemblies in the respective Bold Reports® location shown in the following tables. After you replace the assemblies, start the Bold Reports® application by using the desktop shortcut IIS/IIS Express.

Assemblies Bold Reports® location

BoldReports.Web

Syncfusion.XlsIO.Base

Syncfusion.Pdf.Base

Syncfusion.DocIO.Base

Syncfusion.OfficeChart.Base

Syncfusion.Compression.Base

Syncfusion.Presentation.Base

BoldReports.Base.Logger

Bold.Licensing

BoldReports.DataExtensions.MySQL

BoldReports.DataExtensions.PostgreSQL

BoldReports.DataExtensions.SSAS

BoldReports.DataExtensions.WebAPI

BoldReports.Extensions.BarcodeCRI

Syncfusion.SfBarcode.WPF

C:\Bold Reports\Report Server\bin

C:\Bold Reports\Report Server\API\bin

C:\Bold Reports\Report Server\ReportService\bin

C:\Bold Reports\Report Server\Jobs\bin

Syncfusion.Server.Base.Scheduler

Syncfusion.Server.Base

Syncfusion.Server.Base.IdPDirectory

Syncfusion.Server.Base.Item

Syncfusion.Server.Base.Resources.Storage

Syncfusion.Server.Base.Data

Syncfusion.Server.Base.DataClasses

Syncfusion.Server.ActiveDirectory.Base

Syncfusion.Server.Base.MarkdownSharp

Syncfusion.Server.Base.Encryption

Syncfusion.Server.Base.Logger

C:\Bold Reports\Report Server\bin

C:\Bold Reports\Report Server\API\bin

C:\Bold Reports\Report Server\Jobs\bin

Syncfusion.Server.Jobs

C:\Bold Reports\Report Server\Jobs\bin

Syncfusion.Server.Reports

C:\Bold Reports\Report Server\bin

Syncfusion.Server.API

C:\Bold Reports\Report Server\API\bin

Syncfusion.Server.API.Base

Syncfusion.Server.Base.Notification

Syncfusion.Server.Base.Collaboration

C:\Bold Reports\Report Server\bin

C:\Bold Reports\Report Server\API\bin

BoldReports.Server.Services

C:\Bold Reports\Report Server\ReportService\bin

Assemblies IDP location

Syncfusion.Server.IdentityProvider.API

C:\Bold Reports\IDP\bin

C:\Bold Reports\IDP\API\bin

Syncfusion.Server.IdentityProvider

Syncfusion.Server.Base.MarkdownSharp

C:\Bold Reports\IDP\bin

Syncfusion.Server.Base

Syncfusion.Server.Base.Resources.Storage

Syncfusion.Server.Base.Data

Syncfusion.Server.Base.DataClasses

Syncfusion.Server.ActiveDirectory.Base

Syncfusion.Server.Base.Encryption

Syncfusion.Server.Base.Logger

C:\Bold Reports\IDP\bin

C:\Bold Reports\IDP\API\bin

C:\Bold Reports\IDP\UMS\bin

Syncfusion.Server.API.Base

C:\Bold Reports\IDP\API\bin

Syncfusion.TenantManagement

Syncfusion.Server.LicenseHelper

C:\Bold Reports\IDP\UMS\bin

How do I apply a patch that contains files in a folder structure?

If the extracted Bold Reports® patch contains files in a folder structure, follow these steps:

  1. Copy the folder and replace it in the Report Server location C:\Bold Reports\Report Server, as shown in the following image. By default, Bold Reports® will be installed in C:\Bold Reports location.

Report Server Location >If the patch was provided for IDP, then replace the copied folders to the respective IDP location C:\Bold Reports\IDP. >IDP Location 2. Start the Bold Reports® application by using the desktop shortcut IIS/IIS Express.

Frequently asked questions

Does the support team provide separate patches for Report Server and IDP?

Yes. The Bold Reports® support team mentions and provides separate patch assemblies for Report Server and IDP.

Where is Bold Reports® installed by default?

By default, Bold Reports® is installed in the C:\Bold Reports location.

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