Business Central: New Reporting and Analytics!
Business owners and managers need to make informed decisions quickly. They need reliable and timely financial information to identify market trends and areas of inefficiency, manage and control costs, and monitor performance.
Business Central offers a comprehensive and flexible set of analytical tools and capabilities that can address the diverse needs and preferences of finance leaders spanning detailed data, trends, summaries and performance data, using Business Central, Excel and Power BI.
The BI triangle maps analytical scenarios to tools:
To meet business needs, Microsoft is releasing more than 70 new Power BI reports in the 2024 release wave 2 which should be generally available from November 2024. The reports will cover finance, sales, purchasing, inventory and projects.
The reports will be available out of the box and will be available in Business Central or Power BI, and across various devices as well as in Teams.
For more information on the new Power BI reports, check out Use embedded Power BI reports out of the box | Microsoft Learn
As well as new Power BI reports, 2024 release wave 2 will introduce additional customisable financial statement templates which you can read more about Use new reports and demo data for financial reporting | Microsoft Learn
Finally, if you want to know more about how Business Central and Copilot can help analyse your data using natural language and get suggestions and recommendations from an AI Assistant, check out the latest announcements from the recent Business Central Launch Event:
If you want to learn more about how Dynamics 365 Business Central can transform your business, get in touch with our team at Endeavour for a free consultation.