How to Deployment Report Layouts in a Multitenant in NAV2015

In a multitenant Microsoft Dynamics NAV deployment, the built-in report layouts are stored in the application database because they are part of the report objects. Therefore, built-in report layouts are available to all tenants.  You cannot modify a built-in report layout from the Microsoft Dynamics NAV client but you use them as a starting point for building your own custom report layouts. Custom report layouts are stored in the business data database; therefore they are specific to the tenant. This enables you to create separate report layouts for each tenant.    

      A report can only have one built-in RDLC report layout and one built-in Word report layout. By default, the built-in RDLC report layout is used when the report is run in the Microsoft Dynamics NAV client unless there is only a built-in Word report layout, in which case, the built-in Word report layout is used.

                 

users can also create custom report layouts that are based on the built-in report layouts. This enables users to have several different layouts for the same report which they can switch among. Custom report layouts are managed from page 9650 Report Layouts in the Microsoft Dynamics NAV client. Unlike built-in report layouts, which are part of the report object, custom report layouts are stored in table 9650 Report Layouts of the database.

Custom layouts are report layouts that you design to change the appearance of a report. You typically create a custom layout based on a built-in layout, but you can create them from scratch or from a copy of an existing custom layout. Custom layouts enable you to have multiple layouts for the same report, which you switch among as needed. For example, you can have different layouts for each Microsoft Dynamics NAV company, or you can have different layouts for the same company for specific occasions or events, like a special campaign or holiday season.

You can create custom Layouts as shown below

              

Once we select the Boolean Insert Word Layout,Insert RDLC Layout,it will create the layouts.

As shown below

Now change the layout that is used on a report as shown below

1.      In the Search box, enter Report Layout Selection, and then choose the related link.

The Report Layout Selection window lists all the reports that are available for the company that is specified in the Company field at the top of the window.

The Selected Layout field specifies the layout that is currently used on the report.

2.      Set the Company field at the top of the window to the company that includes the report.

3.      To change the layout that is used by a report, in the row for the report in the list, set the Selected Layout field to required options among RDLC (built-in), Word (built-in) and Custom  

       

Now custom layout will run whenever the report executes in the test company.