To create an RDLC layout, you use Visual Studio Report Designer or Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services Report Builder from the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Development Environment. With RDLC layouts, you can add useful features to your report layouts, such as:

You generally display most data in the body of a report, and you use the header to display information before any dataset fields are displayed. For example, you can display a report title, company, and user information in the header of a report.

For general information about Visual Studio Report Designer, see Report Designer (Visual Studio).

For general information about SQL Server Report Builder, see Report Design View (Report Builder).

Working with SQL Server Report Builder or Visual Studio Report Designer

By default, Visual Studio Report Designer is used when you work with RDLC layouts if it is installed on the computer that is running the development environment. Otherwise, SQL Server Report Builder is used. SQL Server Report Builder is installed with the development environment.

If your computer is running both Visual Studio Report Designer and SQL Server Report Builder, you can configure the development environment to use SQL Server Report Builder when you design layouts instead of Visual Studio Report Designer.

To configure the development environment to use SQL Server Report Builder

  1. In the development environment, on the Tools menu, choose Options.

  2. Set the Use Report Builder field to Yes.

  3. Choose the OK button.

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