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How To Run Reports In Business Central

How To Run Reports In Business Central

Business Central has powerful built-in reporting, making it easy to report on data from all areas of the system. Examples include What reports are there in Business Central? There are a lot! Take a look at the full list for your system. You’ll see it includes things like invoices (which are treated like traditional business […]

Who Updated the Field? What the Dynamics Audit Log Tells You

Auditing your Dynamics 365 records maintains data accuracy and compliance.. It’s a systematic way to track and manage changes to data within your system. As well as auditing records, the Dynamics audit log also records user access. How to enable record auditing in Dynamics 365 Go to settings > Administration Select System Settings and then […]

Remove Secondary Axis on Dynamics 365 Charts

Remove Secondary Axis in Dynamics 365 reports

If you’ve just added a second series to a Dynamics 365 chart or a report and there’s no need for a secondary axis – here’s how to remove it. You might not want the extra axis because using two would display the data in a misleading way. Like in the example below – you want […]

How To Add Power BI Reports to Dynamics

Embedding PowerBI reports in Dynamics

In our previous post we looked at the built-in reporting options available in Dynamics. These are a great starting point, but you may find that you need more sophisticated reporting. This is where Power BI comes in. What is Power BI? PowerBI is a reporting tool which is part of Microsoft’s Power Platform. People use […]

Reports in Dynamics 365 : An Introduction

Reports in Dynamics

A step-by-step guide to running reports in Dynamics This guide will show you how to use simple Microsoft tools to create reports in Dynamics. You’ll find that you can produce detailed reports with these simple tools. However if you’re looking for more sophisticated visualisations, Power BI is better suited for this. What can I report […]

What is Power BI and How Does it Work?

Power BI

What is Power BI used for? Power BI is a cloud-based analytics tool which takes data from many sources to give you useful, visual reports, helping you make better-informed decisions for your business. Why is Power BI the preferred business reporting tool? What makes up effective reporting is the amount of relevant data analysed. Power […]

Real-Time Dashboards in Dynamics 365: Save Time and Get Better Insights

Time Saving Interactive Dashboards – Ready to go in Dynamics 365

If you’re using Microsoft Dynamics 365 and still building dashboards from scratch, you’re missing a trick. Dynamics 365 includes interactive dashboards that are ready to go with no extra setup needed. These dashboards give you instant access to important data and let you drill down into records with just one click. What do entity dashboards […]

Why’s Mark Cheesed Off? – AMS TV 40

AMS TV 40 Still

Mark’s uncovered something not quite right at AMS HQ… and it might be relevant to your business too Transcript Hi Mark here On this episode of AMS TV and we let you into a little bit of a secret because without a bit of a problem within AMS and that problem has been the fact […]

Does Microsoft Dynamics Integrate With Power BI?

PowerBI

Power BI and Dynamics are both Microsoft products and are a great way of providing useful business intelligence Does Microsoft Dynamics 365 integrate with Microsoft Power BI? The short answer is yes. Microsoft Power BI is a powerful browser-based visual tool for data analysis and business intelligence reporting. You can have charts, gauges, and other […]

Will We Have To Pay For Additional Reports?

MS Dynamics reports

There’s no need to pay for reports, but sometimes it’s better to ask your supplier to help. When you invest in a new business system, you may be concerned about paying for additional reports. You want to make sure that you can create your own reports from the system, instead of going back to the […]

Can We Report Across All Our Data? 

Can we report across all data stored in the system? 

Not all systems give you flexible reporting. Microsoft Dynamics 365 does  One of my favourite questions that people ask us about Microsoft Dynamics 365 is this: “Can we report on all data stored across the whole system?” I know the frustration of many proprietary systems that allow you to enter data into a form, […]

See Your Business Performance at a Glance – AMS TV #8

AMS TV 8 - Your Business Performance at a Glance

Find out how Microsoft Dynamics 365 helps you keep on top of your business’ performance. Discover how dashboards save you time and allow you to explore further for more detailed information Microsoft Dynamics 365 offers a centralised platform for storing data on your customers and prospects’ full lifecycle. This data can originate from various sources, […]

Episode 7 – Get Better Management Reports

Better management reporting

Management reporting shouldn’t be so difficult. Here’s an explanation of how Microsoft Dynamics 365 makes reporting simpler and gives you flexibility. Many business owners share their frustration with generating insightful reports, such as restricted database access, inflexible reporting systems, and the need to rely on suppliers for report modifications. Our belief is simple – your […]

Can You Trust Your Sales Figures? Here’s How to Be Sure

Can you confidently report on each stage of your sales pipeline? Let’s say your pipeline has the following stages: Are you sure you know And more importantly – for each of these, how do your actuals compare to your targets? Knowing your numbers is essential to growing your business Unless you can confidently report on your sales figures whenever […]

Are you missing out on insightful management information because of your current database?

“I don’t have access to all the database fields I need for my reports”

“Our reporting system isn’t very flexible and it doesn’t tell me what I need to know”

“I have to go back to our supplier each time I want a slight variation on a report, I want to do it myself!”

These are just some of the common issues we hear when discussing databases and reporting with business owners and managers […]