Adding Payment Links to Custom Reports

The standard Business Central Sales Invoice and Good Looking Documents Sales Invoice support Payment Links.

This is a technical document on how to add Payment Link to a custom report. Use the following steps integrate the Payment Reporting Argument object into both the report object and layout.

Update the Report Structure

You need to add a new DataItem and implement the OnAfterGetRecord trigger.

Add the Payment Reporting Argument Data Item

Include the PaymentReportingArgumentas a child of your header data item (e.g., Sales Invoice Header):

dataitem(PaymentReportingArgument; "Payment Reporting Argument")
{
    DataItemTableView = sorting(Key);
    UseTemporary = true;
    column(PaymentServiceLogo; Logo) {}
    column(PaymentServiceLogo_UrlText; "URL Caption") {}
    column(PaymentServiceLogo_Url; GetTargetURL()) {}
    column(PaymentServiceText_UrlText; "URL Caption") {}
    column(PaymentServiceText_Url; GetTargetURL()) {}
}

Implement the OnAfterGetRecord Trigger

Call the CreateReportingArgs function in the OnAfterGetRecord trigger of your header data item:

PaymentServiceSetup.CreateReportingArgs(PaymentReportingArgument, Header);

Update the Report Layout

In your report layout, use the columns defined earlier in the PaymentReportingArgument data item: