Troubleshooting
Problem
User launches Controller. User receives error.
Symptom

Client found response content type of 'text/html; charset=utf-8', but expected 'text/xml'.
The request failed with the error message:
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<b> Description: </b>An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service this request. Please review the specific error details below and modify your configuration file appropriately.
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<b> Parser Error Message: </b>Unrecognized attribute 'targetFramework'. Note that attribute names are case-sensitive.<br><br>
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Line 33: for attributes.
Line 34: -->
<font color=red>Line 35: <compilation defaultLanguage="vb" debug="true" targetFramework="4.5">
</font>Line 36: <assemblies>
Line 37: <add assembly="System.Data.OracleClient, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089" /></pre></code>
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<b> Source File: </b> C:\Program Files\ibm\cognos\ccr_64\ControllerProxyServer\web.config<b> Line: </b> 35
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<hr width=100% size=1 color=silver>
<b>Version Information:</b> Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.7905; ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.7905
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<!--
[ConfigurationErrorsException]: Unrecognized attribute 'targetFramework'. Note that attribute names are case-sensitive. (C:\Program Files\ibm\cognos\ccr_64\ControllerProxyServer\web.config line 35)
at System.Web.HttpRuntime.HostingInit(HostingEnvironmentFlags hostingFlags)
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[{"Product":{"code":"SS9S6B","label":"IBM Cognos Controller"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":"Controller","Platform":[{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"}],"Version":"10.3","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB76","label":"Data Platform"}},{"Product":{"code":"SSMRTZ","label":"IBM Cognos Controller on Cloud"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":" ","Platform":[{"code":"","label":""}],"Version":"","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB76","label":"Data Platform"}}]
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Modified date:
08 May 2025
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