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Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009: Professional Reporting

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Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009: Professional Reporting

Overview of this book

Microsoft Dynamics NAV is widely used in enterprises with its enhanced reporting features, but there still isn’t a book that covers reporting in depth, until now. This book will show you what’s possible and exactly how to develop reports for Dynamics NAV 2009. Learn why reports are designed in a specific way and then apply this knowledge to your advantage. Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009: Professional Reporting is an essential guide to understanding the effort involved in creating reports in Dynamics NAV 2009, and all of the available reporting possibilities. Reading this book will result in a better understanding and it will help you save time during development.The book starts with an overview of what kind of reports you can create without a developer using charts, dimensions, and analysis views. The next chapter will introduce the new architecture of Role Tailored Client (RTC) reports and the basics on how to create them or have them generated. Moving on we will discuss data visualization, where you will learn how and when to implement all the available Visual Studio controls. Document reports and other types of specific reports are covered next, and you will get to know all the best workarounds for getting them to work correctly.Knowing other related features is vitally important to obtain a helicopter view of all the reporting possibilities of Dynamics NAV, and the next chapter will introduce Business Intelligence concepts and available technologies that could be used in combination with the Dynamics NAV database. Technology is evolving rapidly and new versions of Dynamics NAV are in the pipeline, so the book will also provide you with a view to the future and how to prepare for it.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009: Professional Reporting
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Reporting Services


The first technology you should check out, in my opinion, is SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). It is in fact the technology on which the RDLC reports are based, but RDL has much more to offer and has some interesting advantages.

Since you have invested your time to learn how to develop RDLC reports for the Role Tailored client, why not get a bigger return on investment on that? Is it possible to apply the knowledge gained to server side Reporting Services? I will try to answer that in this section.

SQL Server Reporting Services and in fact already is becoming an important reporting tool for Dynamics NAV. One reason is that it is available for free for anyone who is using the SQL Server database services. Another reason is that SSRS can connect to any Dynamics NAV database or version. It can even connect to a native NAV database, although I would not recommend that. Furthermore, with SSRS there are more possibilities for report design and visualisations. For example,...