Box 1: Data contract class

A data contract class defines the parameters for a report that is bound to a report data provider (RDP) class. You can specify one or more groups of report parameters, the order of the groups, and the order in which the report parameters appear in a print dialog box.

Box 2: Report data provider class

Report data provider class – processes business logic based on parameters and a query, and then returns the tables as a dataset for the report.

Box 3: DataContractAttribute

DataContractAttribute – This attribute is applied to an X++ class and specifies that the class can be used as a data contract (that it should be serialized).

Box 4: DataMemberAttribute

DataMemberAttribute – This attribute is applied to a parm (parameter) method on an X++ data contract class and specifies that the data member should be serialized.

Box 5: SRSReportParameterAttribute

You set the SRSReportParameterAttribute attribute to the data contract you created for the RDP class.