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Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 Professional Reporting

You're reading from   Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 Professional Reporting Discover tips and trick for Dynamics NAV report building

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2015
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785284731
Length 504 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. How Do I Start to Create a Report? FREE CHAPTER 2. Getting Started with the Tablix 3. Expressions 4. Data Visualization Techniques 5. Document Reports 6. Tips and Tricks 7. Performance Optimization Techniques 8. Word Report Layouts 9. Power BI 10. Reporting Services 11. Charts in Dynamics NAV Index

Analyzing your data with data bars and indicators

In the previous example, I used images and expressions to visualize the inventory. There are controls in the Toolbox which are better suited to perform this type of visualization. They are:

  • Data Bar
  • Sparkline
  • Indicator

The following screenshot shows the controls:

Analyzing your data with data bars and indicators

Let's start with the indicator. I will add an extra column to the right of our image in our previous object: Packt - CH04-3, and I will drag an indicator into it.

When you do this, a window opens that allows you to select an Indicator Type:

Analyzing your data with data bars and indicators

You can choose between Directional, Symbols, Shapes, and Ratings indicators. Now, regardless of which one you select, it is still possible to determine how they will be used and also to use your own images.

Next, right-click on the indicator to obtain the following menu:

Analyzing your data with data bars and indicators

Or left-click on the indicator to obtain the following menu and select the value that determines the indicator:

Analyzing your data with data bars and indicators

After you have selected the Quantity_ItemLedgerEntry field, click on...

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