Hi, Readers.
The preview environment for Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 release wave 2 (BC21) is available. Learn more: Link.
I will continue to test and share some new features that I hope will be helpful.
Choose the report layout on request page:
Business value:
Users can choose which report layout to use on the request page. This will make it easier to use different report layouts for different purposes, especially for Excel layouts.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365-release-plan/2022wave2/smb/dynamics365-business-central/users-choose-report-layout-request-page
This is one of my favorite features of this wave.
About half a year ago, we discussed how to select a report layout before printing. This requires customization.
But with this wave, users can use a dropdown menu to choose from available report layouts for the report on the request page.👏🎊
Report Layout
Specifies the currently selected layout for this report. To use a different layout, select the field, then choose from a list of the available layouts for this report.
![](https://yzhums.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/image-197-1024x538.png)
This feature will enable your organization to have multiple layouts (like Excel layouts) for the same report dataset. For example, you could have a layout for a planning meeting, another layout used for mail merge, and a third layout for the board meeting.
![](https://yzhums.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/image-185-1024x538.png)
If you want to add new report layouts for the report, just go to Report Layouts page and add them.
Let’s see more details.
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Choose New Layout.
![](https://yzhums.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/image-187-1024x538.png)
Select Report ID, Layout Type (Format Options), and then enter Layout Name and Description for the new layout. Choose OK.
![](https://yzhums.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/image-188-1024x538.png)
Choose your layout file.
![](https://yzhums.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/image-189-1024x538.png)
Added successfully.
![](https://yzhums.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/image-190-1024x538.png)
Now, you can find the newly added layout in the dropdown menu of the Request page
![](https://yzhums.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/image-191-1024x538.png)
![](https://yzhums.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/image-192-1024x538.png)
More details: New pages for report layout administration (page 9660 “Report Layouts”)
PS:
1. Custom Layouts added in the Report Layout Selection page are not displayed in the request page.
![](https://yzhums.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/image-182-1024x538.png)
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![](https://yzhums.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/image-181-1024x538.png)
2. We don’t need to make any changes in the code, this option will be added automatically.
![](https://yzhums.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/image-193.png)
3. The report with ProcessingOnly = true does not display this dropdown menu. This is the same as Printer.
![](https://yzhums.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/image-196.png)
![](https://yzhums.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/image-195-1024x538.png)
Give it a try!!!😁
Update from Business Central Launch Event (2022 release wave 2)
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Hope this will help.
Thanks for reading.
ZHU
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