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Hello Community Experts,

Please guide me on how to create report in business central.

I'm very new to this

Kindly guide,

Best Regards,

Sumaira Noor

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    Stefano Demiliani Profile Picture
    37,172 Most Valuable Professional on at

    In AL you have the snippet treport that creates the basic structure of a report object. Creating a report is a 2 phase design:

    Step 1: create the dataset with AL

    Step 2: create the layout (Report Builder or Word)

    To learn more about reports, start from here:

    docs.microsoft.com/.../devenv-reports

    Remember that you cannot modify existing reports, but in this case you need to clone the existing and then modify this copy.

  • Sumaira Noor Profile Picture
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    Thanks for the response Stefano

    Cant we create reports for business central online without coding?

    Kindly Guide

    Best Regards,

    Sumaira Noor

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    Stefano Demiliani Profile Picture
    37,172 Most Valuable Professional on at

    No, not with the built-in reports. You can use external tools like Power BI to create external reports without coding, but the internal reports need the dataset creation with AL language.

  • Sumaira Noor Profile Picture
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    Thanks again for the information Stefano

    Can we make the reports created in power bi display in business central?

    Kindly Guide.

    Best Regards,

    Sumaira Noor

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    Suresh Kulla Profile Picture
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    This link should give you a starting point on how to create reports in business central. Are you using OnPrem or Saas, if you are using OnPrem you can also use SSRS reporting services to create reports and then launch them using links.

    docs.microsoft.com/.../devenv-reports

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