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Import a view from SQL Server Management Studio into Visual Studio

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Hi everyone,

I am currently working on my first reporting project. The information I need to report on is available via 3/4 different tables within AX. In order to simplify this (as I am not well versed with coding), I created a View in SQL Server Management Studio which now shows all the information I need. I am wondering how I can now use this view as data source for my report? And is this the best way to create this report since i'm new to reporting.

Thanks in advance,

Henna

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    You shouldn't access data in AX database directly; you should always do it through AX. Namely you should design a query or a view in AOT and then you can easily use it in a AX reports.

    Going through AX will deal with partitions and data areas, enum values, will apply labels, allow you to use business logic defined in AX, will apply security and so on...

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    Hi Martin,

    Thanks for getting back. So would you recommend creating a query with the specified fields and using this as a direct datasource for visual studio? Because I have also done this but find that (as far as I can see) - the data is now showing correctly as I haven't specified the relationship between the tables.

    Additionally - do you know of any material or resources where I can read up on this other than the reporting cookbook? As I am new to this.

    Thanks,

    henna

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    Martin Dráb 237,924 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Using a query is a possible way. But if you say that your query doesn't work correctly, trying to use it in a report doesn't make sense. You should fix (and test) your query first. It seems you already know what's wrong...

    Regarding documentation, you can look at TechNet: Development Tasks for Reporting, for instance (although the cookbook it pretty good).

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