D365FO Reports with Electronic Reporting: Sharing my solution to stop using SSRS for NEW reports.

Dynamics 365 ERP - Development

The article discusses the author's implementation of a "framework" to create custom reports in Microsoft Dynamics 365 using Electronic Reporting (ER) instead of SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS).
The author provides a link to their GitHub repository where the solution can be downloaded and adapted for different projects.
The solution involves extending a few classes and creating a parameter to specify the format to execute.
The author explains the steps to implement the solution, including setting up the format to execute, extending the generic contract, controller, and service classes, and creating a menu item action.
The article also mentions the need to create the ER and provides a reference to a blog series on creating ER from scratch.
Certain parameters need to be added to the format setup in order for the ER to be executable from code, including a model node name and a Contract parameters model name.
The author emphasizes the ease and convenience of designing reports in ER compared to SSRS, and suggests that with this solution, there would be little need to create new SSRS reports in the future.
The author encourages readers to share their thoughts on the solution.

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