Inactive port object (Component)

This was working earlier, the only change I’ve made that correlates to this functionality breaking down is updating 35 nodes. I created a component for various graphs and tables, created the report view in the component. I marked the component to allow reporting, and I have a report template node in the previous component set to paper size A3 and landscape layout. The view from the second component does show my various graphs and tables as designed. However, the output isn’t working and I’m getting an Inactive Port Object error. I’ve expanded the component and started over, but still gettig the error:

this is the node expanded - all nodes ran successfully:

and enable reporting is selected in the report layout editor:

I’ve closed down KNIMNE and reopened - expanded the component and recreated the component, rebooted computer. Any thoughts on why this would become inactive? I’ve also tried ‘deleting’ the port to recreate and see if that would help, but won’t allow me to delete.