Tip #18: How to disable export from the reports
Sometimes there is a requirement to stop users from being able to export CRM reports. Take away Export to Excel privilege and reports will be displayed without the export button. Dependency on Excel...
View ArticleTip #43: Embed a pre-filtered report in an iFrame
One of the benefits of the Microsoft Dynamics CRM SSRS pre-filtering capabilities is that you can run a report in context of a record, such as an account, so when you run the report, it just shows data...
View ArticleTip #44: Reflecting current user in CRM SSRS reports
It is a best practice to reflect the user running the report in an SSRS report and when the report was run in the report footer. This gives you a snapshot of who ran the report, and if there are any...
View ArticleTip #53: Prepare your SSRS reports for CRM Online
If your SSRS report works fine in BIDS and on-premises instances but fails to upload with very unhelpful message: An error occurred while trying to add the report to Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Try adding...
View ArticleTip #299: Schedule CRM on premise reports
Jim “Sourdough Master” Steger sent us a fresh reminder that, despite all the advantages of CRM Online deployments, on premise installations have a few aces up their sleeves when it comes to reporting,...
View ArticleTip #335: CRM upgrades and dead reports
Evan “Doc” Watson sends a tip to remember to clear out old/unused reports prior to upgrading to CRM 2013/2015. The dependency check in the upgrade process will kill your upgrade if any entities...
View ArticleTip #358: How to delete deleted report
No, it’s not a typo – I am going to talk about deleting the deleted. – “What?!” Let me explain. We all have that Rupert/Vernona/Joe/Jill on our team who think they know best and, for some inexplicable...
View ArticleTip #681: Hunting down invisible timeouts
Application Request Routing (ARR) feature allows creating a reverse proxy front-end for your on-premises deployment. Web Application Proxy (WAP) is another (newer) kid on the block allowing DMZ...
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