Reputation: 2014

Missing ADO.NET entity data model template from visual studio 2012 professional

Missing ADO.NET entity data model template from Visual Studio 2012 Professional. I don't even have "Data" category from Visual Studio template category.

I modified the Visual Studio 2012 installation, and selected all the available packages to install. But even then no luck.

Upvotes: 28

Answers (12)

AgungCode.Com

Reputation: 787

Right click on the Project In Solution Explorer
Add > New Item > Data > ADO.NET Entity Data Model You can update here

Upvotes: 0

Sebastián Rojas

Reputation: 2891

I had the same problem with Visual Studio Express 2013. If you have that problem, don't reinstall Visual Studio, you have to repair EF tools:

Search in C:\ProgramData\Package Cache for "eftools.msi"

Pick the most recent, run it and select repair.

Upvotes: 0

Anjan Kant

Reputation: 4316

It succeeded me in a way just downloaded from given link https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=40762 and run for repair the Entity framework.

Upvotes: 0

Ayub

Reputation: 2383

Close Visual Studio and then install "Entity Framework Tools for Visual Studio" from this location:

► [Visual Studio Disk or installer folder]\packages\EFTools\EFTools.msi"

I do it and I got the result.

You can also download this tool from here.

Upvotes: 5

Kelani Kolla

Reputation: 1

When you click on add new item you will get general list of templates. "Visual c# " may be highlighted on left had side menu when you open it. From that you must click on "Data" menu. Now you can see ADO.NET Entity Data Model :)

Upvotes: 0

Gary

Reputation: 21

If you have installed the new EFTools6.1.3ForVS2013.msi, and then uninstalled it, it removes the ADO.net Entity Model option. Microsoft never puts the old version back. Thank you Hainesy.

Upvotes: 1

Sharun

Reputation: 3082

I faced the same issue today. But in my C:\ProgramData\Package Cache folder there was only one eftools.msi file. I installed it. Still the template was missing. Then I installed the same msi file again with repair option. Then the template appeared.

Upvotes: 0

Peter Liang

Reputation: 97

I found the EFTools.msi file in my packages folder, and run it then choose uninstall then run it again and choose install. After this reinstall, the template appeared.

Upvotes: 1

sidanmor

Reputation: 5189

Press right click on an existing project
select "add" -> "New Item..."
Under "data" node you can select the "ADO.NET Entity Data Model"

Here I found the solution

Upvotes: 1

Adrian Theodorescu

Reputation: 12327

I solved this by going into project properties and changing the target framework. In my case, the default target framework for the project was 2.0 (no idea why - I would've expected 4.5 to be the default). I changed it to 4.5 and I was able to see the "ADO.Net Entity Data Model" option. I think it's all about having the correct EF tools installed for the CLR version that you are targeting.

Upvotes: 9