What are Power BI Dataflows? Power BI Dataflows are a cloud-based ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) service provided by Microsoft Power BI. They allow users to easily create and manage data pipelines, which can be used to extract data from various sources, transform and clean the data, and then load it into a destination where it … Read More →
Kennie Pontoppidan started writing some content and guidance on the topic of data extracts. It is currently on BCTech: https://github.com/microsoft/BCTech/tree/master/samples/ExtractData The focus is on how to extract data as there is tons of content on what to do once you have data in a staging area. The topics discussed in this page are: Extracting data … Read More →
The Areopa webinar “Why are dataflows so interesting for Power BI and Business Central?“, is now available on YouTube: 20221219 – Why are dataflows so interesting for Power BI and Business Central – YouTube It was an honor to be asked by Luc van Vugt to host a webinar, thanks Luc for the opportunity! If … Read More →
Recently I had a situation where a job queue failed in Business Central. Actually, it had been failing for a few days, and in Business Central, as far as I now, there’s no way, out of the box, to get a notification about that. So, I got thinking, could I be able to ‘create something’, … Read More →
You might have noticed that on some pages in Business Central where before there was a Power BI Report FactBox, it has now disappeared, like for example on the Item List. Normally you could then go into the menu and ‘activate‘ it. However, since the changes in the menu/actions in version 21 of Business Central, … Read More →
As from today, Microsoft Dataflows support Business Central, out of the box: What is a Dataflow you might think? Well a Dataflow is basically Power Query online. All tasks you typically perform in Power BI Desktop with Power Query (ETL) you can do in a dataflow and the dataflows are stored online, in the … Read More →
Do you want to learn how to create Power BI reports consuming the standard out-of-the-box API’s in Business Central? Ever wanted to know what you can use the BC API’s for in Power BI without the need for any AL development? Then have a look here: Create Stunning Power BI Reports Using the Standard BC … Read More →
A question I recently received is: I created a Power BI report with Business Central data from my Business Central tenant and now I want to publish the report to the tenant of the customer, how does that work? Let’s start with an example report. In this report I will connect to the Customers … Read More →
If you are using Business Central Telemetry in Azure Application Insights, then you might be very interested in this amazing Power BI report: BCTech/README.md at master · microsoft/BCTech (github.com) Use this link to install/update the template app: https://aka.ms/bctelemetryreport The report comes with sample data. To connect the report to an Azure Application Insights resource, you need … Read More →
In Power BI Desktop, and in the Power BI Service, Maps and Filled Map visuals might show up as follows: Don’t worry, there’s nothing wrong with your report, it’s a new setting, announced in October last year. Back in October, we announced that we were introducing a tenant-level setting to enable or disable Bing Maps … Read More →
In almost every PowerBI report at some point you will require time intelligence. You might want to display information on a timeline or create time based measures using DAX time intelligence functions. For that to work properly it’s a best practice to always create your own Date (or Calendar) table in the Power BI … Read More →
In this post I will demonstrate how you can create simple APIs of type Query and Page to be used in Power BI. The idea is to have a look at an example where we create 2 very simple APIs: a Customers Query and a Customers Page. In VSCode, create a new project using AL:Go! and … Read More →
DynamicsCon March 2022 is a FREE, 3 day virtual learning experience for 8,500+ Microsoft Business Application users and professionals. You will be immersed in programming covering Power Platform, Dynamics GP, and Dynamics 365 products: Business Central, Customer Engagement, Finance & Operations. Have a look at the agenda: Agenda – DynamicsCon And… I’m also speaking: … Read More →
Dou need to create Power BI reports for Business Central Saas that require data from one or multiple companies from your tenant, then you can use this template: blog/MultiEnvironment at master · srenders/blog (github.com) When you run the pbit file (template), you are asked to login with your office 365 BC credentials: Next a … Read More →
It’s been a while since I posted, and I have a lot of posts coming about Business Central and Power BI, but I wanted to put your attention first on some idea’s that I created. Let’s have a look at these ideas: Add Business Central as a Data Source in DataFlows Enable incremental refresh for … Read More →