QuickFix: Issue with CAR report generation (The source for referenced module '####' is missing from the model store. Please specify the -packagesRoot parameter to instead use binary metadata for referenced modules.)

Hi Everyone, 

We have multiple ISVs and as per MS documentation I added additional parameter in cmd but While generating CAR report I got error for ISV references. 

I tried to remove reference to one ISV than next time it started giving error for another ISV. Here is the cmd I tried, 

xppbp.exe -metadata='K:\AosService\PackagesLocalDirectory' -all -model='MyModel' -xmlLog=C:\CARreport\BPCheckLogcd.xml -module='MyModel' -car='c:\CARreport\CAReport.xlsx'-packagesroot=K:\AosService\PackagesLocalDirectory


Issue and Solution: 
The issue was I used the cmd car parameter path in quotations. 

xppbp.exe -metadata='K:\AosService\PackagesLocalDirectory' -all -model='MyModel' -xmlLog=C:\CARreport\BPCheckLogcd.xml -module='MyModel' -car='c:\CARreport\CAReport.xlsx'-packagesroot=K:\AosService\PackagesLocalDirectory

The correct cmd should be as below

xppbp.exe -metadata='K:\AosService\PackagesLocalDirectory' -all -model='MyModel' -xmlLog=C:\CARreport\BPCheckLogcd.xml -module='MyModel' -car=c:\CARreport\CAReport.xlsx -packagesroot=K:\AosService\PackagesLocalDirectory

Don't miss the space after .xlsx

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[Solved] The container will need to be recreated with the new table metadata in order to be unpacked correctly.

I got below error in development instance. 

Error message: 

A container for table (SalesTable) was packed with more fields than are currently defined on the table and cannot be safely unpacked. The container will need to be recreated with the new table metadata in order to be unpacked correctly.

Possible solutions:

Option 1: Reset uses data.

Navigate to user option and reset the usages data, I would prefer if its Dev instance you do reset for all users or just for current user. 

Option 2: Try t build your custom models and DB synch. 

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