There are many ways to understand the purpose of reports in Microsoft Dynamics NAV. Reports can have different purposes, but the main purpose is to visualize the data/information from the database repository in a structured way. The best example of a report is a list of customers, vendors, or items. It can even be a list of the top 10 customers, or statistical reports for goods sold.

In addition to statistical reports, which provide information about different resources, there is another category of reports called document reports. Document reports are used to communicate with third parties like sales invoices, credit memos, sales quote, and so on.

Reports can also be used in the system for processing purposes or batch events. These reports do not have a particular layout, or might have some level of layout for interaction purpose. These reports are very important for processing purposes, since they help complete the pending process or calculation process, which...