Chapter 4. Visualization Methods
When it comes to choosing how to visualize the data, the RDLC report designer provides a variety of options. Some of these are available as controls in the toolbox in Visual Studio Report Designer; others can be implemented using expressions and properties.
In this chapter, we will start off with a look at other Data Regions besides the table, which we used in the previous chapter: list, matrix, and chart. Each of them serves a specific purpose and can provide added value when visualizing data in Dynamics NAV 2009.
We will move on to understand the use of images, and how to make a report more interactive using document maps, interactive sorting, hyperlinks, and expressions.
Last but not least, you need to stand still and think about how the report viewer will render data. This is important because it will influence the way you design a report. Everything depends on the requirements of the user. Will they run the report in the report viewer or will the report...
