report optimization

navisionerin
navisionerin Member Posts: 161
in NAV Three Tier
hello, when writing reports what is the better option in regards to optimization time and space to run reports - use rdlc hardcoded captions or labels?

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  • lubost
    lubost Member Posts: 633
    Time is probably the same. Data transfers differs, because labels have to be transferred. But any hardcoded part is wrong approach.
  • navisionerin
    navisionerin Member Posts: 161
    so in that regard, woudl it be better to hardcode the header captions..
  • bbrown
    bbrown Member Posts: 3,268
    The short answer to most questions of this nature is "it depends". Captions are sent per dataset row, but labels only once. Therefore the advantage of labels increases as the number of captions and dataset rows increases.

    There are no bugs - only undocumented features.
  • navisionerin
    navisionerin Member Posts: 161
    I mean rdcl captions, i.e. textboxwith letters in it
  • bbrown
    bbrown Member Posts: 3,268
    navisionerin wrote: »
    I mean rdcl captions, i.e. textboxwith letters in it

    Similar. Likely not much difference in a small report with few captions and\or rows. But could be more pronounced in larger reports.

    There can also be other considerations. Such as how they can then be modified. And who needs that access. Putting them in the layout makes it easy for end-users to modify thru custom layouts. But also loses some advantages of being in the dataset such as multi-language etc.

    There are no bugs - only undocumented features.

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