Today I received a call from a partner that was going crazy on a problem during the preview of some statistical reports in Dynamics 365 Business Central.
The report was a custom modification of an existing one (done via a reportextension object). In this reportextension, the partner added some global variables used to perform filters and actions on the report’s dataitem, but the report seems not working correctly on preview (global variables changed in the request page was cleared).
Today I would like to talk about a interesting topic, how to simulate Mobile Devices to open Business Central with Device Mode in Chrome and New Edge.
As you might know, if you want test the Business Central UI in phone or tablet, you can use the following pattern to access BC from the URL.
If you want to check if the windows client is run in config mode at runtime, then there is an easy method to do that:
Configuration mode is a setting in Microsoft Dynamics NAV that allows you to customize the user interface (UI) for a particular role. It will enable an Administrator or Super User to customize a profile themselves and then assign it to different users. That way, the users (especially novice users).
There is a feature in SSRS reporting that is not so easy to find when you have grouping in a report and need the headers and/or subsequent rows to repeat on each page. To accomplish this, you need to use a feature in the Report Designer called the “Advanced Mode”. To access it in the Visual Studio Report Designer, click on the arrow in the top right section of the Column Groups, and select “Advanced Mode”.