# Error: Failed to decrypt report job data. Please re-generate this report

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-failed-to-decrypt-report-job-data-please-re-generate-this-report/101303>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 21, 2017, 9:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-failed-to-decrypt-report-job-data-please-re-generate-this-report/101303 "2017-09-21T09:37:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![mruthyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@mruthyu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mruthyu)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 9:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-failed-to-decrypt-report-job-data-please-re-generate-this-report/101303/1 "2017-09-21T09:37:11Z")

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Seeing the following error when the Report is being generated. What is causing this error?  
Using 5.4.3 ELK and X-Pack.

Error: Failed to decrypt report job data. Please re-generate this report.

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**Author:** ![bhavyarm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bhavyarm/32/22392_2.png) [@bhavyarm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhavyarm)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 8:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-failed-to-decrypt-report-job-data-please-re-generate-this-report/101303/2 "2017-09-21T20:38:50Z")

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Hi Mjay,

Can you please check if you have set you`xpack.reporting.encryptionKey` setting in Kibana.yml? If you haven't set it and kibana is restarted - you can get this error.

Let us know?

Thanks,  
Bhavya

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**Author:** ![mruthyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@mruthyu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mruthyu)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2017, 4:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-failed-to-decrypt-report-job-data-please-re-generate-this-report/101303/3 "2017-09-22T04:12:36Z")

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Yes. I have set it and is working. But independently it works, when integrated with watcher it is not working.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 4:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-failed-to-decrypt-report-job-data-please-re-generate-this-report/101303/4 "2017-10-20T04:12:50Z")

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