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Reports

The Reports section covers the AOT objects and frameworks used to generate printed, exported, and electronic documents in Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations. D365 F&O provides two distinct reporting frameworks, each suited to different scenarios:

SSRS Reporting​

SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) is the primary reporting framework for structured, paginated business documents in D365 F&O. SSRS reports are defined as AOT Report objects containing data sets, parameters, and designs. At runtime, the reporting framework queries data through a Report Data Provider (RDP) class or an AOT query, renders the output through the SSRS engine, and presents it to the user as a printable/exportable document.

SSRS reports power invoices, packing slips, financial statements, purchase orders, and virtually every printable document in the standard application.

Sub-pages: Data Sources · Design

Electronic Reporting​

Electronic Reporting (ER) is a configurable framework for generating and parsing electronic documents — regulatory filings, payment files, tax declarations, and data exchange formats. Unlike SSRS, ER is designed for non-developer users (functional consultants, power users) to configure document formats through a visual designer without writing X++ code.

ER uses a model-mapping-format architecture: a data model defines the business data structure, a model mapping connects the data model to D365 data sources, and a format defines the output layout (XML, JSON, Excel, text, etc.).