Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 : professional reporting : discover all the tips and tricks for Dynamics NAV report building / Steven Renders.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Renders, Steven.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microsoft Navision.

Business logistics--Computer programs.

Business logistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham : Packt Pub., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Biography/History:

Renders Steven: Steven Renders has more than 20 years of business and technical experience, provides training and consultancy focused on Dynamics Business Central, SQL Server, Business Intelligence Solutions and Power BI. Steven is the author of books including Dynamics NAV 2009: Professional Reporting and Dynamics NAV 2015: Professional Reporting. In 2018 Steven joined Plataan as a partner. Plataan is specialized in online and offline creation and distribution of knowledge and learning. On January 2016, Steven received the MVP Award. This is given to exceptional community leaders who actively share their high quality, real world expertise with others.

Summary:

This book doesn't assume any prior experience with Dynamics NAV reporting. It is designed as an easy to follow guide, where each chapter builds upon the previous one, but can also be read completely separately. Basically this book is for everyone who is using Microsoft Dynamics NAV or has an interest on the reporting capabilities of NAV 2009. The book does not have major prerequisites, although it is mainly focused on Dynamics NAV 2009, RDLC and Business Intelligence. Whether you are a Dynamics NAV consultant, developer, customer, project manager, or just interested in the reporting capabiliti

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Charts and Dimensions; Role Centers; Charts; Chart panes; Limitations of chart panes; Chart parts; Chart security; Chart performance; Reports; List reports; Test reports; Posting reports; Transaction reports; Document reports; Other reports; Printing reports; Determining print report settings; Printer selection; Report selections; Creating reports without development tools; What are dimensions?; Global; Shortcut; Budget; Where are dimensions set up?

Dimensions and dimension valuesDimension values; Dimension combinations; Default dimensions; View posted dimension information; Analysing financial information using dimensions; Dimension-based reports; Summary; Chapter 2: Creating a Report in the Classic Client; The Report Designer; Using the report wizard; Form type report; Tabular type report; Label type report; Creating a simple List report; Sorting and grouping data in a report; Sections in a classic report; Controls; Triggers; What happens when a report runs?; How is a data item processed?; Properties in a report

Adding color to a classic reportWhat is a ProcessingOnly report?; Creating an Excel-like layout for a report; Printing a report to Excel; What is so special about the Excel Buffer table (370)?; Report functions; Summary; Chapter 3: Creating Role Tailored Reports; The optional enhanced layout; Why you cannot call it Reporting Services; Difference between RDL and RDLC?; Printed reports versus online reports; Creating your first enhanced report; What's happening?; Adding formatting, grouping, sorting, and filtering to a report; Report creation workflow; Using multiple data items

Using the Create Layout Suggestion optionChanging the template; Making a report available in the Role Tailored client; Limitations of enhanced report design in Dynamics NAV 2009; Summary; Chapter 4: Visualization Methods; Report items; Common report item properties; Text box; List data regions; Document Outline; What is the List control used for?; Undo/Redo; Matrix boxes; More advanced matrix techniques; Using colors in a matrix; Green bar matrix; Chart data regions; Adding images to your report; Expanding/collapsing report sections; Interactive sorting; Using the document map

Linking reportsBookmark links; Hyperlinks; Filtering a report; Filtering a page; Multi-column reports; Headers and footers; Expressions; The Fields collection; The Globals collection; The ReportItems collection; The User collection; Functions; Useful tips and techniques; Use a title, page numbers, and show applied filters; Using rectangles, lines, and images; Adding a report border; Tracking report usage; Checking on empty datasets; Using a report layout setup table; Blanking properties; Pagination; Use rectangles; Give everything a proper name; Test, test, and test; Summary

Chapter 5: Developing Specific Reports

Notes:

Includes index.

"Professional expertise distilled"--Cover.

ISBN:

9786613308382

9781283308380

128330838X

9781849682459

1849682453

OCLC:

796384718