Use new properties on a report layout
Important
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| Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|
| Users, automatically | - | Apr 2025 |
Business value
The new properties added to report layouts significantly enhance the flexibility and functionality of your reporting. The ObsoleteState property allows developers to mark layouts as deprecated, ensuring a smoother transition and better management of future updates. Meanwhile, the ExcelLayoutMultipleDataSheets property enables more complex and customized Excel reports without compromising existing layouts. These enhancements streamline your reporting processes, reduce the risk of errors, and ultimately save time and resources for your business.
Feature details
The following new properties are available for report layouts:
- ObsoleteState
- ExcelLayoutMultipleDataSheets
With the ObsoleteState property, a developer can signal that a layout is deprecated and will be removed in a later release. The property is shown on the Report Layouts page.
With the ExcelLayoutMultipleDataSheets property, a developer can override the global property defined on the report object to the layout context. For reports where the global property ExcelLayoutMultipleDataSheets wasn't set (and therefore interpreted as False), a developer can add Excel layouts that use the ExcelLayoutMultipleDataSheets feature without adding the risk of breaking existing Excel layouts that users added.
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