Spaces:
Sleeping
Sleeping
| title: x++ Add custom DMF entity to form; Open in Excel | |
| date: 2019-01-18T21:53:06.000Z | |
| lastmod: 2019-01-18T21:53:06.000Z | |
| description: Use x++ form extension to add custom DMF data entity to a form's Open in Excel menu. | |
| tags: x++, DMF, Open in Excel, D365, Excel | |
| author: Michael Stashwick | |
| author_url: https://www.d365stuff.co/author/michael/ | |
| publisher: D365 Stuff | |
| publisher_url: https://www.d365stuff.co/ | |
| 18 January 2019 / [x++](/tag/x/) | |
| # x++ Add custom DMF entity to form; Open in Excel | |
| We all know that data entities that have the same root datasource (table) as a | |
| form will cause the data entity to automagically appear in the form's Open in | |
| Excel menu option. What if you need to force add this option via extension? | |
| It's a very reasonable request that you'll get asked to do, and is | |
| surprisingly hard to research. Until now. | |
| The code has changed a bit throughout D365's evolution. If anything, it's | |
| gotten simpler since you no longer have to implement any ExportToExcel* | |
| classes. | |
|  | |
| Need more fields to appear in your Excel sheet? Add them to the AutoReport | |
| fieldgroup of the table! | |
|  | |
| #### [Michael Stashwick](/author/michael/) | |
| Read [more posts](/author/michael/) by this author. | |
| [Read More](/author/michael/) | |