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Run report and save attachment in local directory in D365FO

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Posted on by krishna.rao@dax 3,008

Hello,

It would be glad if someone could assist on below.

Requirement: Run report and save pdf attachment in local path through x++.

I have gone through below article , which worked for AX 2012 not for D365.

http://axcalated.blogspot.in/2014/06/save-sales-confirmation-report-to-pdf.html

In 365 it's prompting to save the file and to choose location. though we are explicitly 

passing directory.

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    Ludwig Reinhard Profile Picture
    Ludwig Reinhard Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi Krishna,

    Not sure if this is what you are looking for: github.com/.../wiki

    Best regards,

    Ludwig

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    Fedir Kryvyi Profile Picture
    Fedir Kryvyi 1,026 on at

    D365 and its batch runs in Azure, so all files and file processing is done in Azure blob. You cannot force browser to save some file with user permit, that is why you recieve save dialog after file is being create even so you have provided a path.

    AX2012 was hosted as an application in OS and had a full access to file system. But now it is different - imagine that AX would be opened in Safari on iOS, what kind of file path would you pass to dialog to save file?

    I would say that the best user friendly option is to save the log of reports being used(some sort of a table that stores DateTime. UserId and is related to DocuRef, and store your PDF in that table). In that case your user will be able to check and download pdfs from any of his device. But, you cannot force browser to download and save some file in OS.

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    krishna.rao@dax 3,008 on at

    Hi Fedir,

    Could you please guide me how to generate report in pdf and save in AX table as you said.

    Please suggest..

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    Fedir Kryvyi Profile Picture
    Fedir Kryvyi 1,026 on at

    Unfortunately, I don't have a good example of how you can generate pdf of the report. Basically you need to work with your Controller and pass parameters to it to make it automatically generate PDF

    This code snippet might help

    community.dynamics.com/.../run-ssrs-report-from-code-to-pdf-file

    But in your case you don't need to save file, instead you need to intercept it and get its System.IO.Memory stream. Then you can pass this stream to document management framework to save it in DocuRef. Check DocumentManagement class

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