The date range is invalid. Please select a date range that is within the range of the list Sitecore Forms

 From last few days working on Sitecore forms and come up with common issue while development.
And to save developers time sharing fixes/work around as much I can:


You may be getting error as 

The date range is invalid. Please select a date range that is within the range of the list.

while trying to generate Sitecore form report, even you have selected right date range or as complete list.


The reason here is because Form must have at least one record, if Fresh form has been created and without any records generating report then will get this issue.


Hope this minor check will help you.

You cannot have a sparse serialized tree. You may need to serialize this item's parents: Unicorn Sitecore Issue

If you are using unicorn with your Sitecore solution, and trying to install any module or any sitecore package. Then there may be some chances to get below error as 

"You cannot have a sparse serialized tree. You may need to serialize this item's parents"

If yes, then just disable configuration file as Unicorn.DataProvider.config which you can get inside App_Config directory.


now install module/package. And once installation done please must follow below best practices

1. once installation done, enable Unicorn.DataProvider.config again

2. If using unicorn for Sitecore item sync, then avoid to install sitecore packages.




Please comment, if issue still persist.