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is it possible in ER to allow the report to automatically adjust the height of a specific cell if the string value within the cell does not fit?

I am testing the Invoice Template and it seems the cell dimensions are set in advance , and as a result , the description might be truncated.

I tried to use WRAP in the excel but it does not seem to have any effect in ER.

as work around I have increased the height on the template. Is this the only way?

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ToddB Microsoft Employee on at

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Hi Alessandro,

In checking, there does not appear to be a way to dynamically change the height.

You could submit a suggestion around this on the Ideas portal; and post a link here for others to vote:

experience.dynamics.com/.../

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Jeb Baker 15 on at

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Insert 2 rows after row 44 in your screenshot. Put a range around rows 44 - 46. Then put a range around row 45, and another range around row 46. In row 45 add a new merged cell directly under Description called Description2. In row 46 add a new merged cell directly under Description2 called Description3. In your Format Design change Description formula to just show what you can see without truncation - eg MID(@.Description, 1, 48). Then in the formulas for Description 2 and 3 just adjust the formulas to display what you would see on lines 2 and 3. On the range above Description2 changed Enabled formula to be LEN(@.Description)>49. Do same for the range above Description3 Enabled = LEN(@.Description)>99. So what this does is hide the ranges in rows 45 and 46 if the Description only takes 1 line. Otherwise the other ranges become visible if needed.

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Aparisi82 2,190 on at

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Apologies if I come back to you only now as I have a real example and your suggestion makes perfect sense.

I will try and come back to you

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Aparisi82 2,190 on at

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Dear Jeb

I used your suggestion however it would truncate words if senteces needs a carriage return , however I have used something similar.

I created 2 ranges ( one with one row ) and another range with 2 merged rows and based on the lenght of the note , I would show the first range or the second

like below.

It works flawlessly

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Rafa Araujo 30 on at

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Hi,

Is it was fixed on new D365FO versions? I'm using the 10.0.31 (update 55) and the wrap is not working too.

Thanks!

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This is already covered by a new Microsoft functionality, Auto-fit height.

Go to Electronic Reporting parameters, tab runtime and you'll find the parameter there.

Although only enabling the parameter is probably not enough, I cover it in detail with examples in my blog post and Video:

http://fernitudela.dev/2024/03/05/d365fo-electronic-reporting-dynamic-height-auto-fit-height-in-excel-rows-with-wrap-text-and-merged-cells/

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