Dynamics 365 Business Central: Conditional Formatting in Word Layout

Dynamics 365 Business Central

The article discusses a workaround for enabling conditional formatting for Word Layouts in Microsoft Business Central.
The author introduces a new field in sales line and demonstrates how it looks in the web client.
In RDL, conditional formatting can be achieved by using cell properties in a Tablix and setting conditional formatting.
Conditional formatting for Word Layouts is more complex and the author created three new dataitems under a Line dataitem to achieve it.
The workaround involves creating a top-level repeater for Line dataitem and three nested repeaters inside of it.
The repeater is conditionally printed out based on the presence of lines in the dataitem it was created for.
The author acknowledges the workaround as a temporary solution and expresses a desire for better alternatives in the future.
The possibility of using Azure Functions to manipulate XML content of the Word file is mentioned as a potential alternative solution.

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