.netstandard2.0 Project - DocFX MSBuild Error

I tried to generate documentation for a .netstandard2.0 project using DocFX.

• Installed DocFX using chocolatey package.
• Created a sample project using command line.

docfx init

• Updated the docfx.json w.r.t the folder structure.
• Build the website using command line.

docfx --serve

The DocFX site builded but project specific documentation not generated. And there were some warnings like

Warning:No metadata is generated for ProjectName

SDK “Microsoft.NET.Sdk” not found

Solution#

Set environment variable MSBuildSDKsPath pointing right to the SDK path. In my case,

C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\2.1.500\Sdks

After setting the environment variable, closed the command line (VS Code) and re opened. Tried building the DocFX again and it worked.

Additional Resources#

• DocFX implementation on .netstandard2.0 project Code.Library - Refer the “docs” folder