Hi Guys,
after a hard and pain fully way implementing and using SSRS Reports in AX 2012, we actually think about to go back to the old AX report technologie. Mainly think about the external reports invoice, packing slip and so on, because these are the mostly used and customized reports.
In our experience customization and deployment times are exploded comparing the old technologie to SSRS Reports. Actually we do not see realy advantages in the field (except EP but do not use external reports in EP).
Mainly points for disappointment are..
- slow development with many waiting and thus unproductive times
- complicated and slow deployment
- loose of AX integration (cross references, comparing layers)
- overhead of configuration ending in error prone environments
- strang differents between preview and real printing
- slow first time call performance
- high resource consumption: development capacities, hardware, cost, time, nerves
.
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I do a test implementation of an old AX 2009 packing slip in AX 2012, need one our to make them run and I am happy with it. I think using the old fashioned way as long as it exits is an option and hopping for better days.
Please share your experiences.
Regards, Dirk