Al: Extend existing dataset of any report

Created on 18 Jan 2019  路  3Comments  路  Source: microsoft/AL

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
At this moment there is now way to add new field inside the existing report.

Describe the solution you'd like
As a Business Central dev I would like:

  1. Extend existing dataset of any report (standard and own maded) as we do with pages and tables.
  2. I would recommend split AL report object to dataset object and layout object
    Eg: dataset Id MyExtension extends MyTargeDataset
    {
    fields
    {
    // Add changes to datasset fields here
    }
var
    myInt: Integer;

}

  1. After extending the dataset I would like to add new custom field to report layout with DEV tools or with business central report layout designer

Describe alternatives you've considered
As a business Central dev I would like to set up dataset extensions:

  1. I would like to use Business Central and extend or add new datasets inside applications without any coding. More like the click and point.
  2. I would like to make those datasets also available to AL developer.
  3. After defining the dataset inside Business central I would like to add new custom field to report layout with DEV tools or with business central report layout designer

Additional context
Sorry if it sounds like a dublicate!

suggestion

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Hi @worldofthenavcraft!

This is an interesting idea, I'll mark it as a "suggestion" and then we'll take a look when we have time. Thanks!

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Hi @worldofthenavcraft!

This is an interesting idea, I'll mark it as a "suggestion" and then we'll take a look when we have time. Thanks!

see Report extendibility #1452

Thanks @gudrunleos, I'll close this as a duplicate of #1452.

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