In the old days there was a property named BlankZero which we could enable on a field in the section designer. In RDLC however there’s no such thing. To overcome this problem Microsoft has added a BlankZero function in the Code tab of a report. There’s a good explanation of how to implement this here: How … Read More →
It has been a very long time since I last created a Dataport and this week I had to create one for a customer who’s running on version Dynamics NAV version 5… No problem, I created it and to make it flexible for the user I added some textboxes with lookups on the request form … Read More →
Are you interested how you can manage reports from C/AL, then have a look at these How Do I video’s: How Do I: Manage Reports from CAL: RDLC and Word Layouts in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 How Do I: Manage Reports from CAL: Usage Logging and Paper Trays in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015
Do you work with enterprise resource planning (ERP)? Or maybe you’d like to? Be sure to check out this high-level overview of what Microsoft Dynamics NAV offers. Explore basic concepts and elements used throughout the application, look at user personalization, learn about sales and purchase processes, and much more, in this Microsoft Dynamics NAV training. … Read More →
When you edit a Document page, and have to add multiple lines, then you run out of space very quickly. Especially in Dynamics NAV 2015, where line totals are added at the bottom of the Lines tab: Did you know that, as from in Dynamics NAV 2013 (and later), you can use the Alt-F12 shortcut to … Read More →
Recently I switched to a new laptop, which has some great specs. One of them is a resolution of 3840 x 2160, which is great if you have multiple monitors attached. Only, there was one little thing that I found really annoying. The toolbars in Microsoft Office Word and Outlook always displayed with these big … Read More →
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If you have developed a report you will surely have experienced this annoying issue. Every time you perform the View, Layout action within the Report Dataset Designer and Visual Studio opens, you have to manually go to the View menu and select Report Data to be able to see the Report Data Pane. Then, because you … Read More →
This is actually a small post about the ProcessingOnly report property in Dynamics NAV. You probably already know that you can use it to create a report object that acts as a code unit, but with the advantages of using data items to create nested loops and a request page to allow for dynamics filtering … Read More →
Microsoft has made the new Power BI preview available for everyone. If you go here: https://www.powerbi.com you can create your free account to test out the new features of Power BI. Here you can download the Power BI Designer: https://www.powerbi.com/dashboards/downloads/designer so you can get started to create your own Power BI reports. Have a look here to … Read More →
Last year, when I was delivering a training in Tunisia, one of my students introduced me to a really nifty tool called Prism. I was immediately super enthusiastic about it because it brings some great features that you miss in the Dynamics NAV Development Environment. Have you ever wondered where an object is used? For … Read More →
These videos demonstrate how to build a Power BI Dashboard in Office 365 with Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015. … Read More →
Did you know that every time you open a comment in C/AL using the { you need to close it? Even if it is already nested inside an {} construction and/or in a // Because if you don’t, this will happen when you compile:
In Dynamics NAV 2013 R2 it is now possible, again, to implement Page X of Y for document reports. In previous versions of RDLC the problem was that in a typical document report the content of the body was put in a List container to implement the Number Of Copies option. Via the List we … Read More →
Plataan: Course 80433 Reporting in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 (Date: 08 – 09 Apr, Location: Hasselt) Reporting in NAV 2013 is perceived as one of the biggest opportunities while being a competence challenge at the same time. If you want to learn how to make state of the art RoleTailored client reports in NAV 2013, … Read More →