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Extending Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 Cookbook

You're reading from   Extending Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 Cookbook Extend Dynamics NAV 2016 to win the business world

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786460608
Length 458 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Writing Basic C/AL Code FREE CHAPTER 2. Advanced C/AL Development 3. Reporting and Data Analysis 4. .NET Interoperability in C/AL 5. Extending C/AL with COM Components 6. SharePoint Integration 7. Control Add-ins 8. Web Services 9. Events and Extension Packages 10. PowerShell

Designing reports in Visual Studio

For an introductory example, we will create a simple client-side report presenting data in a NAV Report object. External reporting tools can provide more extensive functionality and flexibility in data manipulation, but client-side reports are a foundation of the NAV reporting toolbox. Its certain advantage is full integration with Role-Tailored Client, including the security system and the ability to execute C/AL code.

The object developed in the recipe is available in the source files (REP50010_ItemSales.txt).

How to do it...

In the following example, we will design a report to calculate the amount of income, cost, and profit for each sold item.

  1. Switch to the report designer and press New to create a new Report object.
  2. First set up the dataset. Insert one line in the Dataset Designer: Data Type = DataItem, Data Source = Item.
  3. Under the data item, insert report fields:

    Data type

    Data source

    Name

    DataItem

    Item

    Item

    Column

    "No."

    No

    Column...

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