Report options with Axapta

I am a programmer new to Axapta. I have spent the last couple weeks looking into the report generating capabilities of Axapta and found them lacking. I am not against using code, but it seems like even the simplest of reports in Axapta needs a bunch of methods behind it.

Now I am looking into report generation alternatives. I am familiar with Crystal Reports, but don't know much about tying my finished reports into Axapta. My supervisor is especially concerned with being able to schedule the running of reports automatically.

Another option I have heard about is FRx, although I know very little about it.

Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.