Another very common scenario is to email a file instead of downloading it to the user. To run this scenario, you need to set up SMTP in your Dynamics Business Central database. This exercise assumes that the SMTP settings are ready.
Tag Archives: Export
Power BI: Export to PDF and On-Demand E-Mail Subscriptions Now Available
The first new feature is one that has long been a top customer ask – the ability to export your Power BI report as a PDF document. Now all users will have the ability to export their reports to either a PowerPoint presentation or PDF document.
Excel Buffer Patterns for Import or Update NAV Data from Excel Files
Today I want to present how to use Excel Buffer functionality in order to update/import data in NAV/D365 Business Central based on data from Excel files.
Export C/AL objects as AL from a database on a docker container on a remote host
As you might have figured in quite some sessions, threads and posts, I’m quite fond running docker images on a remote Hyper-V on my laptop. From the moment it was described by Arend Jan, I’m using it. In my opinion, it’s a much better way to run, because Windows Server is so much better in memory management as Windows 10 is (in regards of Docker that is).
Style Sheet Export to Excel vs IndentationControls
The IndentationControls property is widely used to generate indented Tree View pages, and you can learn about it here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-nav/indentationcontrols-property.
In some scenarios, where you need more flexibility and dynamically populate the tree view, you would set the page property ShowAsTree to FALSE and disable the Excel Add-In to fall back to the original Style Sheet Excel export.
RDLC Export to Excel: Some hints
When you build RDLC reports in Dynamics NAV, you can choose between 5 different output types, also known as rendering extensions:
•Preview (HTML-like, Soft Page-Break)
•Print (Hard Page-Break)
•PDF (Hard Page-Break)
•Word (Soft Page-Break)
•Excel (Soft Page-Break)
AL Extensions: Importing and Exporting Media Sets
One of the things that has changed when you are building V2 extensions for a cloud environment is that you cannot access most functions that work with physical files.
This presents a bit of a challenge when it comes to working with the media and media set field types, as the typical approach is to have an import and export function so that a user can get pictures in and out of the field.