adding new fields to business central standard/native reports

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Hi all,

How do I add new dataset fields to business central standard/native reports???.

I am using business central 15.

Kindly assist.

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There is no way to extend reports. You can create custom layouts, but you can’t add fields to the dataset.

To make a modified version of a standard report you can create a copy of a standard report and modify that

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Hi Daniel,
Wow to copy a std. Report?

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Guess you didn’t say WOW, but ment HOW?

The copy part is easy. Open the Zipped base application (in applications\BaseApp\Source on the DVD and in bcartifacts.cache). Here you find the .al and .rdlc (or .docx) files of the original standard report.

The next part is to either create a new extension for the report, or add it to an existing extension. Give the report object a new name (i.e. add your suffix/prefix) and a new number. If you rename the file, make sure to update the layout reference.

I think [mention:7b760359dfe84e1486ba231d57699789:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05] may have made a video on how to do it, that you can find on youtube.

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I don’t think I have a video on this, but I know that Steven Renders has a blog post about it here: thinkaboutit.be/…/