Issue: Unable to see BI project options in Visual Studio 2017.
Steps followed to install VS 2017 and SSDT on my laptop which was recently re-imaged:
1. Installed Sql Server 2017 - only Sql Server (not ssas, ssrs, ssis)
1. Installed Visual Studio 2017 (15.9.8)
2. Using SSDT Installer (2017 version), installed ssas,ssis,ssrs
3. I opened Visual Studio and attempted to open an existing project of SSIS and it said this project was not supported. It also would not allow me to reload it. Then I went to create a New BI project to see what BI project options were there and I could
see SSRS and SSAS but not SSIS. I must mention that this existing SSIS project that I tried to open uses an earlier Targeted Version (Sql 2014) but that should not matter as VS gives us that flexibility.
4. I then remembered the Extensions and Updates menu item and thought maybe I needed to download from there as well even though I had already installed it with SSDT installer. I finally found Integration Services under "Roaming" and
it would not allow me to Download. So I selected stop roaming thinking it would enable the Download button but it did not. It ended up disappearing completed from Extensions and Updates.
5. I then tried multiple SSDT repairs, modifies and ultimately unistalled ssas, ssrs and ssis via the SSDT Installer. Then resinstalled. In the end, I could no longer find any BI project options(ssas, ssis, or ssrs) in Visual Studio not even
in Extensions and Updates. Since I had made things worse, I completed uninstalled visual studio 2017 following the instructions below to make sure it was a clean uninstall. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/productinfo/installing-an-earlier-release-of-vs2017
6. I installed a previous version of Visual Studio 15.6.7. Using SSDT 15.8 I installed ssas, ssrs and ssis. I opened Visual Studio to verify if I could now see those projects and they are not there not even in Extensions and Updates.
I am at a complete loss. Can someone please help. This shouldn't be this difficult. Not long ago I installed the whole thing with no issues. The only difference was that in addition to installing Sql Server, I also installed ssas and ssis.