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Mastering Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016

You're reading from   Mastering Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 The compilation of best skillset to harness Microsoft Dynamics NAV for Administrators, Consultants, and Developers

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786464309
Length 450 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Rabindra Sah Rabindra Sah
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Preface 1. Microsoft Dynamics NAV Installation FREE CHAPTER 2. Upgraded Features and Configuration in Dynamics NAV 2016 3. The C/AL and VB Programming 4. Testing and Debugging 5. Design and Development Considerations 6. Version Control and Code Management 7. Tuning Up the NAV System 8. Security in Dynamics NAV 2016 9. Upgrade and Migration 10. Interfacing NAV with Other Applications 11. Extending Dynamics NAV 2016 12. The Future of NAV

Updating custom report layouts using upgrade codeunits


In Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016, a report has a built-in report layout by default; it can be a Word report layout, a Standard RDLC report layout, or both. You can update custom report layouts with the help of upgrade codeunits. It handles all the changes in the report datasets that affect the report layouts. Upgrade codeunits enable you to programmatically update multiple custom report layouts in the database to changes in report datasets, which cannot be resolved by users from the Microsoft Dynamics NAV client; however, there are certain changes to the dataset that the user is required to modify manually in the report layouts before they can be used. These types of change include, for example, deleted fields or field name conflicts as a result of renaming. Upgrade codeunits enable you to handle these breaking changes to report datasets and layouts without requiring end user interaction.

To design the report upgrade logic in an upgrade...

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