Analyzing and modifying an existing report
This recipe aims to guide you on how you can approach the identification of the components involved in an existing report, either for the purpose of upgrading your report or to make customizations. The easiest way would be updating a cross reference, but the chances of having a cross reference updated system are less. Hence, this recipe will help you proceed with an approach where it doesn't require the cross reference to be updated.
How to do it...
The first step is to identify the report you need to work on. Here are several instances of your starting point and the corresponding method to find the report name:
Moving from AX 2009: If you are moving from AX 2009, then use the following links to search for the report name in the current version: http://technet.microsoft.com/EN-US/library/gg731909.aspx. If it doesn't exist, check at http://technet.microsoft.com/EN-US/library/gg731897.aspx, that it is not deprecated. This will help you identify the...