Introduction

What Is Report Replacement?

A Lasernet report replacement can be used to replace an SSRS report when it is generated from Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations.

An SSRS data provider normally populates TMP (temporary) tables with data required for an SSRS report when the report is generated. A Lasernet report replacement can use the data from the TMP tables to create an XML file directly within Finance and Operation. The Lasernet Developer can then use the data from the XML file to create professional-looking documents.

Since all data used by SSRS reports is generated within Finance and Operations, replacement reports can reuse all the data sources for execution.

There is also an ability to enhance the data in the Lasernet replacement report by joining additional tables to the tmp tables to retrieve data that is not available with the standard SSRS report. The table joins for replacement reports can be done in the front end and require no Finance and Operations customizations.