Error MSB4057: The target “Build” does not exist i

Question

I am working with integrating continous integration with vsts using MSBuild for U-SQL reffering the link : https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/azuredatalake/2017/10/24/continuous-integration-made-easy-with-msbuild-support-for-u-sql-preview/

But i am facing below issue while working with VSTS Build server

Source\TrainingUsql\TrainingUsql\TrainingUsql\TrainingUsql.usqlproj (0, 0)
Source\TrainingUsql\TrainingUsql\TrainingUsql\TrainingUsql.usqlproj(0,0): Error MSB4057: The target "Build" does not exist in the project.
Process 'msbuild.exe' exited with code '1'.

I have followed all the steps given in link and added the below MSBuild argument :

/p:USQLSDKPath=$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/USQLMSBuild/packages/Microsoft.Azure.DataLake.USQL.SDK.1.3.1019-preview/build/runtime /p:USQLTargetType=SyntaxCheck /p:DataRoot=$(Build.SourcesDirectory)

Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

I can build successful. Below is my settings and build logs for your reference:

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Finishing: NuGet restore
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Evaluating condition for step: 'Build solution USQLDemoProject/USQLDemoProject.sln'
Evaluating: succeeded()
Evaluating succeeded:
=> (Boolean) True
Expanded: True
Result: True
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Starting: Build solution USQLDemoProject/USQLDemoProject.sln
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Task         : Visual Studio Build
Description  : Build with MSBuild and set the Visual Studio version property
Version      : 1.120.0
Author       : Microsoft Corporation
Help         : [More Information](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=613727)
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VstsTaskSdk 0.8.2 commit
Entering D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\_tasks\VSBuild_71a9a2d3-a98a-4caa-96ab-affca411ecda\1.120.0\VSBuild.ps1.
Loading resource strings from: D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\_tasks\VSBuild_71a9a2d3-a98a-4caa-96ab-affca411ecda\1.120.0\Task.json
Loaded 8 strings.
SYSTEM_CULTURE: 'en-US'
Loading resource strings from: D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\_tasks\VSBuild_71a9a2d3-a98a-4caa-96ab-affca411ecda\1.120.0\Strings\resources.resjson\en-US\resources.resjson
Loaded 8 strings.
INPUT_VSVERSION: '14.0'
INPUT_MSBUILDARCHITECTURE: 'x86'
INPUT_MSBUILDARGS: '/p:USQLSDKPath=D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject\packages\Microsoft.Azure.DataLake.USQL.SDK.1.3.1019-preview\build\runtime;USQLTargetType=SyntaxCheck;DataRoot=D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject'
INPUT_SOLUTION: 'D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject\USQLDemoProject.sln'
INPUT_PLATFORM: 'any cpu'
INPUT_CONFIGURATION: 'release'
INPUT_CLEAN: 'false'
Converted to bool: False
INPUT_MAXIMUMCPUCOUNT: 'false'
Converted to bool: False
INPUT_RESTORENUGETPACKAGES: 'false'
Converted to bool: False
INPUT_LOGPROJECTEVENTS: 'false'
Converted to bool: False
INPUT_CREATELOGFILE: 'false'
Converted to bool: False
INPUT_VSLOCATION (empty)
INPUT_MSBUILDLOCATION (empty)
INPUT_MSBUILDVERSION (empty)
Loading module from path 'D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\_tasks\VSBuild_71a9a2d3-a98a-4caa-96ab-affca411ecda\1.120.0\ps_modules\MSBuildHelpers\MSBuildHelpers.psm1'.
Loading resource strings from: D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\_tasks\VSBuild_71a9a2d3-a98a-4caa-96ab-affca411ecda\1.120.0\ps_modules\MSBuildHelpers\module.json
Loaded 9 strings.
SYSTEM_CULTURE: 'en-US'
Loading resource strings from: D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\_tasks\VSBuild_71a9a2d3-a98a-4caa-96ab-affca411ecda\1.120.0\ps_modules\MSBuildHelpers\Strings\resources.resjson\en-US\resources.resjson
Loaded 9 strings.
Exporting function 'Format-MSBuildArguments'.
Exporting function 'Invoke-BuildTools'.
Exporting function 'Get-MSBuildPath'.
Exporting function 'Get-SolutionFiles'.
Exporting function 'Get-VisualStudio_15_0'.
Exporting function 'Select-MSBuildPath'.
Importing function 'Format-MSBuildArguments'.
Importing function 'Get-MSBuildPath'.
Importing function 'Get-SolutionFiles'.
Importing function 'Get-VisualStudio_15_0'.
Importing function 'Invoke-BuildTools'.
Importing function 'Select-MSBuildPath'.
Entering Get-SolutionFiles.
Solution: 'D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject\USQLDemoProject.sln'
Leaving Get-SolutionFiles.
Entering Select-VSVersion.
PreferredVersion: '14.0'
Entering Get-VSPath.
Version: '14.0'
Leaving Get-VSPath.
Leaving Select-VSVersion.
Entering Select-MSBuildPath.
PreferredVersion: '14.0'
Architecture: 'x86'
Defaulted MSBuild location method to: version
Entering Get-MSBuildPath.
Version: '14.0'
Architecture: 'x86'
Loading Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core, Version=15.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a, processorArchitecture=MSIL
Not found.
Loading Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a, processorArchitecture=MSIL
MSBuild: C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin\msbuild.exe
Leaving Get-MSBuildPath.
Leaving Select-MSBuildPath.
Entering Format-MSBuildArguments.
MSBuildArguments: '/p:USQLSDKPath=D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject\packages\Microsoft.Azure.DataLake.USQL.SDK.1.3.1019-preview\build\runtime;USQLTargetType=SyntaxCheck;DataRoot=D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject'
Platform: 'any cpu'
Configuration: 'release'
VSVersion: '14.0'
MaximumCpuCount: 'False'
AZURE_HTTP_USER_AGENT: 'VSTS_fc52d179-f3fd-460b-adb1-5ac84bd0e765_build_40_1819'
Leaving Format-MSBuildArguments.
Entering Invoke-BuildTools.
NuGetRestore: 'False'
SolutionFiles: 'D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject\USQLDemoProject.sln'
MSBuildLocation: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin\msbuild.exe'
MSBuildArguments: '/p:USQLSDKPath=D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject\packages\Microsoft.Azure.DataLake.USQL.SDK.1.3.1019-preview\build\runtime;USQLTargetType=SyntaxCheck;DataRoot=D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject /p:platform="any cpu" /p:configuration="release" /p:VisualStudioVersion="14.0" /p:_MSDeployUserAgent="VSTS_fc52d179-f3fd-460b-adb1-5ac84bd0e765_build_40_1819"'
Clean: 'False'
NoTimelineLogger: 'True'
CreateLogFile: 'False'
Entering Invoke-MSBuild.
ProjectFile: 'D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject\USQLDemoProject.sln'
MSBuildPath: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin\msbuild.exe'
AdditionalArguments: '/p:USQLSDKPath=D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject\packages\Microsoft.Azure.DataLake.USQL.SDK.1.3.1019-preview\build\runtime;USQLTargetType=SyntaxCheck;DataRoot=D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject /p:platform="any cpu" /p:configuration="release" /p:VisualStudioVersion="14.0" /p:_MSDeployUserAgent="VSTS_fc52d179-f3fd-460b-adb1-5ac84bd0e765_build_40_1819"'
NoTimelineLogger: 'True'
Asserting leaf path exists: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin\msbuild.exe'
Asserting leaf path exists: 'D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\_tasks\VSBuild_71a9a2d3-a98a-4caa-96ab-affca411ecda\1.120.0\ps_modules\MSBuildHelpers\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.DistributedTask.MSBuild.Logger.dll'
Entering Invoke-VstsTool.
FileName: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin\msbuild.exe'
Arguments: '"D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject\USQLDemoProject.sln" /nologo /nr:false /dl:CentralLogger,"D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\_tasks\VSBuild_71a9a2d3-a98a-4caa-96ab-affca411ecda\1.120.0\ps_modules\MSBuildHelpers\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.DistributedTask.MSBuild.Logger.dll";"RootDetailId=|SolutionDir=D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject"*ForwardingLogger,"D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\_tasks\VSBuild_71a9a2d3-a98a-4caa-96ab-affca411ecda\1.120.0\ps_modules\MSBuildHelpers\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.DistributedTask.MSBuild.Logger.dll" /p:USQLSDKPath=D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject\packages\Microsoft.Azure.DataLake.USQL.SDK.1.3.1019-preview\build\runtime;USQLTargetType=SyntaxCheck;DataRoot=D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject /p:platform="any cpu" /p:configuration="release" /p:VisualStudioVersion="14.0" /p:_MSDeployUserAgent="VSTS_fc52d179-f3fd-460b-adb1-5ac84bd0e765_build_40_1819"'
RequireExitCodeZero: 'True'
"C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin\msbuild.exe" "D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject\USQLDemoProject.sln" /nologo /nr:false /dl:CentralLogger,"D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\_tasks\VSBuild_71a9a2d3-a98a-4caa-96ab-affca411ecda\1.120.0\ps_modules\MSBuildHelpers\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.DistributedTask.MSBuild.Logger.dll";"RootDetailId=|SolutionDir=D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject"*ForwardingLogger,"D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\_tasks\VSBuild_71a9a2d3-a98a-4caa-96ab-affca411ecda\1.120.0\ps_modules\MSBuildHelpers\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.DistributedTask.MSBuild.Logger.dll" /p:USQLSDKPath=D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject\packages\Microsoft.Azure.DataLake.USQL.SDK.1.3.1019-preview\build\runtime;USQLTargetType=SyntaxCheck;DataRoot=D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject /p:platform="any cpu" /p:configuration="release" /p:VisualStudioVersion="14.0" /p:_MSDeployUserAgent="VSTS_fc52d179-f3fd-460b-adb1-5ac84bd0e765_build_40_1819"
Building the projects in this solution one at a time. To enable parallel build, please add the "/m" switch.
Build started 10/30/2017 3:33:02 PM.
Project "D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject\USQLDemoProject.sln" on node 1 (default targets).
ValidateSolutionConfiguration:
  Building solution configuration "release|any cpu".
Project "D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject\USQLDemoProject.sln" (1) is building "D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject\USQLDemoProject\USQLDemoProject.usqlproj" (2) on node 1 (default targets).
PrepareForBuild:
  Creating directory "bin\Release\".
  Creating directory "obj\Release\".
USqlCompilerTarget:
  Building Script: 
  Build All Scripts in 'USQLDemoProject.usqlproj' ...
  Building 'Script.usql' ...
  D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject\packages\Microsoft.Azure.DataLake.USQL.SDK.1.3.1019-preview\build\runtime\LocalRunHelper.exe compile -Shallow -FlatDir -Script "D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject\USQLDemoProject\bin\Release\Script\Script.usql" -WorkDir "D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject\USQLDemoProject\bin\Release\Script" -DataRoot "D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject" -Temp "D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject\USQLDemoProject\bin\Release\Script\_TMP" -DumpCommonResult "D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject\USQLDemoProject\bin\Release\Script\Script.usql.comresult" -DumpResult "D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject\USQLDemoProject\bin\Release\Script\Script.usql.xml"  -SkipInputCheck
  Build suceeded
CoreCompile:
Skipping target "CoreCompile" because all output files are up-to-date with respect to the input files.
CopyFilesToOutputDirectory:
  Copying file from "obj\Release\Algebra.xml" to "bin\Release\Algebra.xml".
  USQLDemoProject -> D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject\USQLDemoProject\bin\Release\Algebra.xml
Done Building Project "D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject\USQLDemoProject\USQLDemoProject.usqlproj" (default targets).
Project "D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject\USQLDemoProject.sln" (1) is building "D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject\ConsoleApp1\ConsoleApp1.csproj" (3) on node 1 (default targets).
PrepareForBuild:
  Creating directory "bin\Release\".
  Creating directory "obj\Release\".
GenerateBindingRedirects:
  No suggested binding redirects from ResolveAssemblyReferences.
CoreCompile:
  C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin\csc.exe /noconfig /nowarn:1701,1702 /nostdlib+ /platform:anycpu32bitpreferred /errorreport:prompt /warn:4 /define:TRACE /highentropyva+ /reference:D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject\packages\Microsoft.Azure.DataLake.USQL.SDK.1.3.1019-preview\lib\net45\Microsoft.Analytics.Diagnostics.dll /reference:D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject\packages\Microsoft.Azure.DataLake.USQL.SDK.1.3.1019-preview\lib\net45\Microsoft.Analytics.Interfaces.dll /reference:D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject\packages\Microsoft.Azure.DataLake.USQL.SDK.1.3.1019-preview\lib\net45\Microsoft.Analytics.Interfaces.Streaming.dll /reference:D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject\packages\Microsoft.Azure.DataLake.USQL.SDK.1.3.1019-preview\lib\net45\Microsoft.Analytics.Types.dll /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5.2\Microsoft.CSharp.dll" /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\M...
  Using shared compilation with compiler from directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin
_CopyFilesMarkedCopyLocal:
  Copying file from "D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject\packages\Microsoft.Azure.DataLake.USQL.SDK.1.3.1019-preview\lib\net45\Microsoft.Analytics.Diagnostics.dll" to "bin\Release\Microsoft.Analytics.Diagnostics.dll".
  Copying file from "D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject\packages\Microsoft.Azure.DataLake.USQL.SDK.1.3.1019-preview\lib\net45\Microsoft.Analytics.Interfaces.dll" to "bin\Release\Microsoft.Analytics.Interfaces.dll".
  Copying file from "D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject\packages\Microsoft.Azure.DataLake.USQL.SDK.1.3.1019-preview\lib\net45\Microsoft.Analytics.Interfaces.Streaming.dll" to "bin\Release\Microsoft.Analytics.Interfaces.Streaming.dll".
  Copying file from "D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject\packages\Microsoft.Azure.DataLake.USQL.SDK.1.3.1019-preview\lib\net45\Microsoft.Analytics.Types.dll" to "bin\Release\Microsoft.Analytics.Types.dll".
_CopyAppConfigFile:
  Copying file from "App.config" to "bin\Release\ConsoleApp1.exe.config".
CopyFilesToOutputDirectory:
  Copying file from "obj\Release\ConsoleApp1.exe" to "bin\Release\ConsoleApp1.exe".
  ConsoleApp1 -> D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject\ConsoleApp1\bin\Release\ConsoleApp1.exe
  Copying file from "obj\Release\ConsoleApp1.pdb" to "bin\Release\ConsoleApp1.pdb".
Done Building Project "D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject\ConsoleApp1\ConsoleApp1.csproj" (default targets).
Done Building Project "D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\8\s\USQLDemoProject\USQLDemoProject.sln" (default targets).
Build succeeded.
    0 Warning(s)
    0 Error(s)
Time Elapsed 00:00:07.24
Exit code: 0
Leaving Invoke-VstsTool.
Leaving Invoke-MSBuild.
Leaving Invoke-BuildTools.
Leaving D:\marina\newTFSPCagent\_work\_tasks\VSBuild_71a9a2d3-a98a-4caa-96ab-affca411ecda\1.120.0\VSBuild.ps1.
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Finishing: Build solution USQLDemoProject/USQLDemoProject.sln

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