Read Dynamics NAV Table Metadata with SQL

Question

I would like to be able to read the Dynamics NAV 2013 Table Metadata directly from the SQL Server database without requiring the NAV Development Environment.

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Answer 1

Why not use webservices and get the data you need without having to do anything fancy?

Users can then use PowerPivot for Excel and create their own reports.

You could also use the Excel Add-In for NAV and just export data to excel directly from NAV and then refresh from within Excel.