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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

Limitations of enhanced report design in Dynamics NAV 2009


Dynamics NAV 2009 is currently using the 2005 version of the RDLC implementation. This means that all that has been added after SQL Server Reporting Services 2005 is not available for Dynamics NAV 2009 RDLC reports. This limits the amount of features currently available in Dynamics NAV 2009 report design and also the version of Visual Studio that can be used to develop reports.

For example, ReportViewer 2010 supports RDL 2008 features such as:

  • Tablix

  • Rich Text

  • Gauges

  • Maps

  • Sparklines and databars

  • Indicators

  • Rendering reports to RSS feeds

Other enhancements include support for ASP.NET AJAX. The following table lists the available RDL schema versions: