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How to Copy Reports in AL the Smart Way

How to Copy Reports in AL the Smart Way

Copying Reports for Business Central in VS Code / AL can be a time consuming task. For example, if you want to extend the sales invoice “Standard Sales – Invoice” – 1306, you normally need to create a copy of this report first. For this it is necessary to copy the .al code of the…

Report Inspector 2.0 – How to Export Your Report Dataset as Excel, XML or Windows client Style

Report Inspector 2.0 – How to Export Your Report Dataset as Excel, XML or Windows client Style

Today’s post covers some programming that is not of my own making. My colleague Andreas Rascher has built a damn cool functionality that allows you to export the dataset of RDLC reports in different formats. Since we think the functionality is extremely useful, we didn’t want to keep it from you. You may remember the…

Report Overview – How To Run All Your Reports

Report Overview – How To Run All Your Reports

Are you also getting tired of navigating through Business Central to run your reports?Do you want to know which custom reports you created in your extensions and run them easily? Then the Report Overview I created is the cure for your problem. What Is The Report Overview? I created the Report Overview for two reasons:…

AL Navigator – My First VS Code Extension

AL Navigator – My First VS Code Extension

Sometimes work can be frustrating. I sometimes get frustrated when I find out that there seems to be no quick way of doing things. When you develop reports with Visual Studio Code and AL, you often want to add columns in the dataset for a data item. Sometimes you also want to add code in…

RDL(C) Reports with Visual Studio 2017 or Report Builder 2016? – 5 Differences

RDL(C) Reports with Visual Studio 2017 or Report Builder 2016? – 5 Differences

When it comes to designing RDL reports in Microsoft Dynamics NAV / Business Central, there are three different programs which you can use: Visual StudioReport BuilderWord Especially as a beginner you will be confronted with a decision between these two fellas: Visual Studio 2017 or Report Builder 2016? Layouts created with Microsoft Word have the…