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What are the available layout options for report layouts in Business Central?

Word

RDLC

Excel

Word, RDLC, and Excel

Word, RDLC, Excel, and external

Report layouts are built in. They can't be modified or customized.

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What is the purpose of report selections?

Report selections allow a user to select which report layout to print.

The Report Selections table contains the specification of which report will be printed in different situations. It also contains the report ID and report name for the report that will be printed when you work with a given document type.

Report selections are only available to a partner who customizes the database. It allows the developer to determine which report to run at runtime, when a print button is selected for a certain document.

Report selections is a depreciated feature. It's no longer used.

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For document reports in Business Central, what is the recommended layout?

Document reports that use an RDLC report layout are typically faster than those that use a WORD report layout. So, if you have the option to choose between a Word or RDLC report layout for a document report, use the RDLC report layout for the best performance.

Document reports that use a Word report layout are typically faster than those that use an RDLC report layout. So, if you have the option to choose between a Word or RDLC report layout for a document report, use the Word report layout for the best performance.

Document reports that use an RDLC report layout are typically smaller in size than those that use a WORD report layout. So, if you have the option to choose between a Word or RDLC report layout for a document report, use the RDLC report layout for the better storage requirements.

Document reports that use a WORD report layout are typically smaller in size than those that use an RDLC report layout. So, if you have the option to choose between a Word or RDLC report layout for a document report, use the WORD report layout for the better storage requirements.

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