--- id: video/vLcb31rfZ48 type: video title: "What's New: Document Reporting (2025 release wave 2)" summary: "Document reporting in the 2025 release wave 2: a new Business Central Word addin with a data picker that lets power users and consultants add fields and repeaters to Word layouts. Also covers addin installation, planned tooltips for data item fields, and the code-named Project Sequoia." tier: official language: en tags: - word layouts - data picker - document reporting - word addin - content controls - repeater fields - project sequoia - tooltips - rdl migration system: reporting review: state: reviewed by: opus at: "2026-10-07T22:54:50.807Z" flags: [] generated: at: "2026-10-07T22:54:50.845Z" pipeline: 0.2.0 prompts: extract-video: 1 summarize-video: 2 input_hash: e63c4a80ac27b771a96985cec35e9661fa2886df8523345ba9dc403d6e6887c4 evidence: - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLcb31rfZ48&t=46s title: "What's New: Document Reporting (2025 release wave 2)" date: "2025-10-01T00:00:00Z" commit: null t: 46 quote: In this wave, we introducing a new um experience in the Word addin so that any power user or consultant with a few actions - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLcb31rfZ48&t=141s title: "What's New: Document Reporting (2025 release wave 2)" date: "2025-10-01T00:00:00Z" commit: null t: 141 quote: As we can see, we have a new data control section which provides an add data action. When I click on this action, I - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLcb31rfZ48&t=198s title: "What's New: Document Reporting (2025 release wave 2)" date: "2025-10-01T00:00:00Z" commit: null t: 198 quote: Here we can see now that this inserted the content controls with both the text and the tag equal to the field that we - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLcb31rfZ48&t=441s title: "What's New: Document Reporting (2025 release wave 2)" date: "2025-10-01T00:00:00Z" commit: null t: 441 quote: Well, very soon. We didn't get it in for the demo here for the recording, but hopefully we'll soon be able to have it - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLcb31rfZ48&t=503s title: "What's New: Document Reporting (2025 release wave 2)" date: "2025-10-01T00:00:00Z" commit: null t: 503 quote: There will also be something we call project seoia. It's a code name for some very secret projects. - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLcb31rfZ48&t=525s title: "What's New: Document Reporting (2025 release wave 2)" date: "2025-10-01T00:00:00Z" commit: null t: 525 quote: It's about uh replacing most if not all of the document layouts in Business Central towards using Word. links: learn: [] objects: [] features: [] topics: [] localizations: [] videos: [] posts: [] guidelines: [] video_id: vLcb31rfZ48 channel: yt-microsoft source_name: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (YouTube) url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLcb31rfZ48 published_at: "2025-10-01T00:00:00Z" duration_s: 664 captions: full audience: - functional consultant - developer - administrator chapters: - t: 0 title: Introduction and Context - t: 70 title: Report Layouts and Word Addin Overview - t: 151 title: "Data Picker Demo: Creating Tables and Fields" - t: 304 title: Installation and User Access - t: 392 title: "Coming Next: Tooltips and Project Sequoia" - t: 525 title: Resources and Closing features: - name: Word Addin with Data Picker status: unclear t: 46 verified: false status_source: video - name: Add Data Action in Word status: unclear t: 141 verified: false status_source: video - name: Add Field Functionality status: unclear t: 188 verified: false status_source: video - name: Add Repeater Functionality status: unclear t: 213 verified: false status_source: video - name: Simplified Word Addin Installation status: unclear t: 328 verified: false status_source: video - name: Tooltips for Data Item Fields status: unclear t: 441 verified: false status_source: video - name: Project Sequoia status: unclear t: 503 verified: false status_source: video objects_mentioned: - report customer order or the summary - other saline buffer - other Report layouts page quotes: - t: 46 text: In this wave, we introducing a new um experience in the Word addin so that any power user or consultant with a few actions check: exact - t: 141 text: As we can see, we have a new data control section which provides an add data action. When I click on this action, I check: exact - t: 198 text: Here we can see now that this inserted the content controls with both the text and the tag equal to the field that we check: exact - t: 441 text: Well, very soon. We didn't get it in for the demo here for the recording, but hopefully we'll soon be able to have it check: exact - t: 503 text: There will also be something we call project seoia. It's a code name for some very secret projects. check: exact - t: 525 text: It's about uh replacing most if not all of the document layouts in Business Central towards using Word. check: exact --- # What's New: Document Reporting (2025 release wave 2) > Document reporting in the 2025 release wave 2: a new Business Central Word addin with a data picker that lets power users and consultants add fields and repeaters to Word layouts. Also covers addin installation, planned tooltips for data item fields, and the code-named Project Sequoia. [Watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLcb31rfZ48) · Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (YouTube) · 2025-10-01 · 11:04 · tier official · reviewed (checked by Opus) ## Overview The video shows a new experience in the Word addin for Business Central. A data control section offers an add data action, which opens a task pane with a tree of the datasets behind a report. Users can add single fields or repeaters to a Word layout without developer help. The demo creates a table and fields in a layout. The Word tab labels the addin as a preview version. It then covers installing the addin from the Office add-ins menu and what is coming next. Tooltips for data item fields are not in version 27, and the presenter hopes they arrive in an update. Project Sequoia is a code name for replacing most or all document layouts in Business Central with Word layouts, with office hours planned for the fall. ## Key points - The Word addin has a new data control section with an add data action, which opens a task pane on the right with a tree of the datasets behind the report. - Add field inserts a content control whose text and tag match the field name. - Add repeater creates a repeating section, shown with multiple customers in a table, using content controls marked as repeaters. - Install the addin from the Office add-ins menu by searching for Business Central; pick the version with the AD data controls description, as several versions exist. - The addin is reachable from the Home tab or the File menu, and the Word tab shows the new addin as 'business central preview'. - Tooltips for data item fields are meant to make datasets easier for non-developers; they missed the recording and are hoped for in an update to version 27 in the fall. - Project Sequoia is a code name for replacing most or all Business Central document layouts with Word layouts; details are planned for office hours in the fall. ## Chapters - [0:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLcb31rfZ48&t=0s) Introduction and Context - [1:10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLcb31rfZ48&t=70s) Report Layouts and Word Addin Overview - [2:31](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLcb31rfZ48&t=151s) Data Picker Demo: Creating Tables and Fields - [5:04](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLcb31rfZ48&t=304s) Installation and User Access - [6:32](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLcb31rfZ48&t=392s) Coming Next: Tooltips and Project Sequoia - [8:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLcb31rfZ48&t=525s) Resources and Closing ## Features | Feature | Status | At | |---|---|---| | Word Addin with Data Picker | status not stated, demoed | [0:46](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLcb31rfZ48&t=46s) | | Add Data Action in Word | status not stated, demoed | [2:21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLcb31rfZ48&t=141s) | | Add Field Functionality | status not stated, demoed | [3:08](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLcb31rfZ48&t=188s) | | Add Repeater Functionality | status not stated, demoed | [3:33](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLcb31rfZ48&t=213s) | | Simplified Word Addin Installation | status not stated, demoed | [5:28](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLcb31rfZ48&t=328s) | | Tooltips for Data Item Fields | status not stated | [7:21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLcb31rfZ48&t=441s) | | Project Sequoia | status not stated | [8:23](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLcb31rfZ48&t=503s) | ## AL objects mentioned As heard in the captions. A name that matches one object page by exact type and name links to it; the others stay as named. - report "customer order or the summary" at [1:22](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLcb31rfZ48&t=82s) - other "saline buffer" at [3:48](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLcb31rfZ48&t=228s) - other "Report layouts page" at [1:10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLcb31rfZ48&t=70s) Not found in BC28-30: report "customer order or the summary". ## Quotes - [0:46](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLcb31rfZ48&t=46s) "In this wave, we introducing a new um experience in the Word addin so that any power user or consultant with a few actions" - [2:21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLcb31rfZ48&t=141s) "As we can see, we have a new data control section which provides an add data action. When I click on this action, I" - [3:18](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLcb31rfZ48&t=198s) "Here we can see now that this inserted the content controls with both the text and the tag equal to the field that we" - [7:21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLcb31rfZ48&t=441s) "Well, very soon. We didn't get it in for the demo here for the recording, but hopefully we'll soon be able to have it" - [8:23](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLcb31rfZ48&t=503s) "There will also be something we call project seoia. It's a code name for some very secret projects." - [8:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLcb31rfZ48&t=525s) "It's about uh replacing most if not all of the document layouts in Business Central towards using Word." ## Disclaimers in the video - [2:11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLcb31rfZ48&t=131s) preview: in my word tab, I have a new uh business central preview - [7:21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLcb31rfZ48&t=441s) not-in-this-release: We didn't get it in for the demo here for the recording, but hopefully we'll soon be able to have it in some update in version 27 - [8:03](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLcb31rfZ48&t=483s) not-in-this-release: this is not in in 27 but uh now we are starting to to get productivity into word addin - [8:23](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLcb31rfZ48&t=503s) coming-later: There will also be something we call project seoia. It's a code name for some very secret projects. Presenters (as heard): Kenny Pontop, Mirao.