How to fire a report from C# plugin in MS CRM 2015

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Hi All,

We are trying to execute a report from Button Click. But because of Security Privileges issues we are unable to open the report from Button. We are trying to impersonate User using Javascript but unable to find any solution as it is MS CRM 2015 version.

Here are my questions now :

How can we impersonate the User using Javascript in MS CRM 2015

Execute the report from C# plugin instead of Javascript (As we have impersonation option directly in Plugin)

Thanks

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tw0sh3ds 5,600 on at

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If impersonation from JS would be possible, it would be really big security issue of Dynamics CRM - every user can run his own JS, so he would be able to act as other users (most preferably system administrator...).

I don't know your full scenario, but based on the information I can tell that I did this once in CRM 2011 - basically I generated report from plugin and attached it in Note under the entity for which the report was generated (you can then prepare a JS function that will open that file after form reloads)

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Can you please let me know how to do it. Or else if you can share few links where I can use it to do it

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Aric Levin - MVP 30,190 Moderator on at

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You basically have to generate the report from code and attach it to a note field.

You can try calling the following code:

www.codeproject.com/.../call-ssrs-reports-by-using-csharp

www.c-sharpcorner.com/.../ssrs-report-generation-in-c-sharp1

You might also try to have the report download to client's machine, but didn't try that with CRM

As Pawel mentioned, make sure you don't compromise security.

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ashlega 34,477 on at

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Wondering what the scenario is? Dynamics is not too friendly when it comes to getting those reports built anywhere other than in the user interface.. Especially if you are planning to go online.. But, then, what I'm wondering about is: if you are planning to let the users see that report anyway, then what is the issue with security you are trying to solve?

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