Summary
In this chapter, we created our first enhanced report, using the Visual Studio report designer. The chapter provides you with a good understanding of the steps required to create enhanced report layouts.
We can conclude that the enhanced layout is a very big step forward in regards to report design functionality. It has an enormous potential of added value and features that we can now use and apply when designing reports in Dynamics NAV.
Right now, the enhanced layout is optional, meaning reports without an enhanced layout will render in the Role Tailored client with their classic layout. As of version 7, an enhanced layout will probably become mandatory for all reports.
Because RDLC is different from RDL and Dynamics NAV 2009 is using the 2005 version of the RDLC specification, we cannot apply all the controls and features that are currently available in server side SQL Server Reporting Services. Of course there are workarounds that can be applied to overcome this issue and in the...
