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Can you specify a non-default layout using AL via action > runobject "report"?

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Our organization needs to offer 2 versions of a Job Quote. The first we have configured using the out-of-the-box report (1016) and are able to produce a report using Job > Print / Send > Send Job Quote. We would like to create a variation of this report with a few layout changes / some static text and add an additional action to Job Card.

Our question is: Is it possible to create a custom action on the Job Card through an extension, set RunObject = report "Job Quote" and then somehow further define which specific layout we want to use?

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    RE: Can you specify a non-default layout using AL via action > runobject "report"?

    Zhu -

    Is there a way to set the document layout using AL from the Job record?

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    YUN ZHU Profile Picture
    YUN ZHU 85,770 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at
    RE: Can you specify a non-default layout using AL via action > runobject "report"?

    Hi, Could you try the standard functions below?

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    For example.

    I have two custom layouts for 1016 Job Quote.

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    For customer 10000.

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    For Customer 20000

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    Hope this will help.

    Thanks.

    ZHU

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    Inge M. Bruvik Profile Picture
    Inge M. Bruvik 1,029 Moderator on at
    RE: Can you specify a non-default layout using AL via action > runobject "report"?

    In the current version i think substituting reports is the best option. And as MahGah says thing will be different in the next major release.

    Please have a look at this link:

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

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    MahGah 15,445 on at
    RE: Can you specify a non-default layout using AL via action > runobject "report"?

    Hi

    Please see this video  www.youtube.com/watch

    or www.linkedin.com/.../business-central-how-use-different-report-layouts-fly-héctor

    Also, looks like Microsoft is adding report selection function into Wave 1 2022  https://yzhums.com/23358/

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