Business Central – Enhanced Analytics for Manufacturing

From April 2025, the improvements in reporting and analytics for the manufacturing area will help your business track new KPIs and scenarios in Power BI. Customizable Excel layouts for many reports allow you to tailor them to your needs, while enriched datasets provide more comprehensive analysis. The deprecation of legacy RDLC layouts and the addition of new reports ensure you’re using the most up-to-date tools. Comprehensive documentation and teaching tips can help you fully leverage these new features.

In this release wave, Microsoft have significantly improved reporting and analytics for the manufacturing area.

For most things that you can analyse with existing reports, there are new tools for Power BI, data analysis, and Excel.

• You can track new KPIs and scenarios in the updated Power BI Manufacturing app.
• Many existing analytical reports now have an Excel layout that lets you change the report as needed. The datasets are enriched with fields that report extensions often add. The legacy RDLC layouts are deprecated.
• New reports with Excel layouts are available.
• Many existing list reports now have a Word and a simple Excel layout that lets you change a report as needed. The datasets are enriched with fields that report extensions often add. The legacy RDLC layouts are deprecated.
• Many of the existing analytical reports have been marked as deprecated. (Removal date set to 2027 release wave 1.) For each report, Microsoft have specified their replacements.
• All existing reports have teaching tips and are documented, including deprecation and replacement options.
• Microsoft have also added a new Manufacturing analytics section in the documentation.

If you’d like to discuss more about Business Central’s upcoming changes, or about making the move across to BC, reach out today to Brookland Solutions for a no obligation discussion. Get in touch!