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Programming Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

You're reading from   Programming Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Build customized business applications with the latest tools in Dynamics 365 Business Central

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789137798
Length 536 pages
Edition 6th Edition
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Christopher D. Studebaker Christopher D. Studebaker
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David Studebaker David Studebaker
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Marije Brummel Marije Brummel
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to Business Central FREE CHAPTER 2. Tables 3. Data Types and Fields 4. Pages - The Interactive Interface 5. Queries and Reports 6. Introduction to AL 7. Intermediate AL 8. Advanced AL Development Tools 9. Successful Conclusions 10. Assessments 11. Other Books You May Enjoy

Report building – phase 1

Our goal is to create a report for our WDTU data that will give us a list of all the scheduled radio show instances that have been organized within Radio Show by Radio Show Type, as shown in the following screenshot:

An easy way to recreate the preceding screenshot is to simply use IntelliSense. Type the letter D in the Code window, enter a name, and then the target table name (in this case, Radio Show Type, then Radio Show, and then Playlist Header).

Before we go any further, let's make sure we've got some test data in our tables. To enter data, we can use the pages we built earlier. The specifics of our test data aren't critical. We simply need a reasonable distribution of data so that our report test will be meaningful. The following triple screenshot provides an example minimal set of data:

Since the Visual Studio Code part of our report design is relatively simple, we can do it as part of our phase 1 effort. It's simple...

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