Power BI
Business Intelligence in Business Central
Meaningful data visualizations
Manually evaluating and creating correlations between your company's key figures and KPIs is time-consuming and time-consuming?
Then use Power BI! Simply visualize, calculate and analyze the data you need. This will save you time and money.
What is Power BI?
Power BI is a tool developed by Microsoft for collecting, processing, analyzing and visualizing data relevant to corporate management. It offers a wide range of options for connecting and importing data from various apps, applications and storage locations. Cleanse, filter, visualize and transform your imported data according to your requirements. This allows you to transform your raw data into meaningful information that you can use in a targeted manner. For example, use Power BI to maintain an overview of...
Do you have different data from different sources?
Power BI makes it possible to obtain data from different sources at the same time! You can pull your raw data from different data storage locations. This makes it possible to use data directly from Business Central for your evaluations and reports. Your entered data can be logically linked in the generated tables and thus form a consistent basis for your evaluations. These can be visualized interactively in the integrated report view and displayed in diagrams, maps, tables and other view types. This gives you a direct overview of the data relevant to your company. Power BI can not only display the data you already know in diagrams or curves, but also provides you with meaningful forecasts for the future of your company based on this data.
Make the data visible to yourself and others!
The reports you create can be transferred to a wide variety of apps thanks to Power BI's direct connection to all your Microsoft 365 applications. Share reports directly with your colleagues via Teams and customize them there. You can open your data in Excel and perform an in-depth analysis of the data you have integrated. In addition, the generated reports can be easily inserted into PowerPoint presentations and used directly for important meetings. If you use your Business Central environment via the cloud, you have the option of integrating the generated reports directly into your role center. This is particularly useful if you work with highly fluctuating data and always want to keep an eye on the company's development.
Data security
Power BI offers you the option of evaluating and analyzing even business-critical data. Simply restrict access to certain evaluations and viewable reports. The reports and dashboards you create can be provided with confidentiality labels and ensure that only authorized users have access to the data and analyses they contain.
You alone determine which data can be viewed by other people.
Integration in Business Central
Integrate your data and reports from Power BI directly into your Business Central dashboard and receive an updated overview of the reports and evaluations you have created as soon as you start the application. This is particularly helpful for constantly updated key figures and data: you can see at a glance how your company figures have developed, for example, without having to open the application separately or create a new report. Integration into your Business Central environment is independent of your license model. Power BI can be used both in the cloud and on-premises.
AI powered tools
If you use Power BI as a cloud application, the app supports you in creating your dashboards with modern data analysis tools and AI-driven functions. For example, you can benefit from the Power Platform's co-pilot, which makes it easier for you to create DAX calculations. Suggested actions and the translation of the code into natural language make it much easier to create these calculations. This makes the calculated output understandable and accessible for all users. The integrated AI can also analyze your reports and point out anomalies in your data and evaluations. This helps you to gain new insights into your company and you can act accordingly.
Powered Cloud Apps
Microsoft AppSource allows you to implement Power BI apps free of charge to support your report evaluation. For example, you can add financial reports provided directly by Microsoft as add-ons to your standard layout.
These include layouts for visualizing your...
These are only available in the cloud version of Power BI. Please note that you can only integrate the generated reports into your Business Central role center if you host your BC solution in the cloud.
Our expert team will be happy to help you set up the connection between your Power BI and your Business Central environment.
How can we support you?
Do you have any questions about Power BI or would you like a personal consultation? Then please contact us!