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

Question

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

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Answer 1

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.