Cannot create controller with Entity framework - Unable to retrieve metadata

Question

I\'m using VS2013

When I try to create an \"MVC 5 Controller with views using entity Framework\" I get the following error:

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Answer 1

In my case, but using VS 2017, this occurred when I had all my model classes defined within a single .cs file. Once I separated each class out into its own file the generation process completed correctly.