NAV Report Question

luceo

In a report that has DataItem called Customer and Record Variable called CustomerRec.. Please what is the difference between the data item and the record variable.. To me, I am new to NAV development, I need to know why making use of two tables that are the same one as Data item and the other is a record variable.

kalyankandimalla

Hi Luceo,

Below are few high level differences. Please check.

DataItem:

• Can apply required Key, Sorting Order, Filters using Data Item properties
• Can write code in default triggers of data item like OnPreDataItem, OnAfterGetRecord, OnPostDataItem

Record Variable:

• Can apply required Key, Sorting Order, Filters through code
• No default triggers, need to apply code based on requirements
  

SuD

I think it is lil bit easy to perform task on a single record with Less code with using of DataItem..With Record variable you need to write more code eg(For filtering data,sorting data etc).

kalyankandimalla

Hi Luceo,

Below are few high level differences. Please check.

DataItem:

• Can apply required Key, Sorting Order, Filters using Data Item properties
• Can write code in default triggers of data item like OnPreDataItem, OnAfterGetRecord, OnPostDataItem

Record Variable:

• Can apply required Key, Sorting Order, Filters through code
• No default triggers, need to apply code based on requirements