Category: Power BI

MADIC dynamics Knowledge Hub Webinars: Reporting with Business Central

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MADIC dynamicsIn our most recent webinar here at MADIC dynamics, we took a look at Reporting with Business Central.

If you want to catch up on this webinar, you can do so here.

  1. Introduction
  2. List Pages
  3. Standard Reports
  4. Financial Accounting
  5. Jet Reports
  6. Jet Analytics
  7. Power BI
  8. 3rd Party BI
  9. Conclusion

Introduction ^

In this webinar we took an introductory look at the reporting tools which come with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central as standard, such as list pages, standard reports and financial reporting, as well as then taking a look at the commonly used third-party reporting tools which include Jet Reports and Power BI.

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Upcoming Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Knowledge Hub Webinars (Feb-Apr 2024) from MADIC dynamics

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MADIC dynamicsEvery month, on the third Tuesday, at MADIC dynamics we will be presenting a Knowledge Hub Webinar on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and related products; I will be presenting the first few webinars, but in future other consultants will be getting involved, so there will be a variety of presenters through time.

We aim to have the next three monthly Knowledge Hub Webinars scheduled and details of them available; the webinars are open to everyone, not just customers of MADIC dynamics. The next three webinars, starting this month, are:

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New Functionality In Microsoft Power Automate 2024 Wave 1: View a Power Automate Visual in a Power BI Report

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Power AutomateThis post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Power Automate 2024 Wave 1 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Power Automate 2024 Wave 1.

The 3rd of the new functionality in the Cloud Flows section is view a Power Automate visual in a Power BI report.

This feature helps you translate insights to action. With Power Automate visual, you can run an automated flow from a Power BI report. Furthermore, the executed flow can be data contextual, passing in dynamic data based on the filters you set.

Enabled for: Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically
Public Preview: –
Early Access: –
General Availability: Apr 2024

Feature Details

When you create a Power Automate visual in a Power BI report, your users can run an automated flow, just by selecting a button in your report. The flow can be data contextual, meaning that the flow inputs can be dynamic, based on the filters the users set.

You can later edit the flow with different data fields to use as data inputs. You can also change formatting, such as button text, font color, font size, or fill color of the button. You can enable permission for any user to edit the flow, in addition to running it.

This feature is currently in public preview and documented in Create a Power Automate visual for Power BI (preview).

With the general availability update, you can see flows outside the Default environment and support for all regions Power Automate is available in.

My Opinion

This sounds interesting. It gives the users to initiate a flow from a Power BI report or dashboard. The linked article from the Power BI side shows how it can be setup and configured.

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New Functionality In Microsoft Power Automate 2024 Wave 1
Receive Intelligent License Recommendations for Admins
Be More Productive with Power Automate and Excel Desktop
View a Power Automate Visual in a Power BI Report
Monitor Performance for Cloud and Desktop Flow Activities
Connect to Other Environments from the Microsoft Dataverse Connector
Push Cloud Flow Execution Data into Application Insights
Use Your Own Encryption Key for Encrypting Data At-Rest for Existing Environments
Create Power Automate Flows in Excel
View Two Action Properties Panes Simultaneously
Use Undo and Redo While You Build Cloud Flows in the Designer
Use Copy-Paste for Container Actions Like Scope, Condition, and Apply to Each
Use a Simplified OData Editor in Actions like Get Items and Get Files
Manage Unpublished Solution-Aware Cloud Flows Using Admin APIs
Cancel all Flow Runs for a Version of a Flow
Create a Flow on a File in Teams
Cloud Flows are Automatically Defined in Dataverse Solutions
Get Quick Insights and Recommendations in Copilot for Process Mining
Troubleshoot with Copilot for Cloud Flows Execution
Automate With Ease Using the AI Recorder
Enter into a Conversation-first Copilot Experience to Build Flows
Transform Scripting Using AI-driven Natural Language
Maximize Your Productivity with Generative Answers
Streamline Workflow Creation with the Next Best Action
Generate Flow Description Using AI
Use Natural Language to Create a Flow in Teams
Leverage Desktop Automation with the Power Automate Plugin for Windows Copilot
Set Up Fallback UI Automation Mechanism
Power Fx Integration with Power Automate for Desktop
Use Power Platform Connectors in Power Automate for Desktop Actions
Use CyberArk Credentials in Desktop Flow Connections
Use Azure Key Vault Credentials in Flow Connections
Connect Your Own Virtual Network with Hosted Machine Group
View Attended Desktop Flow Runs Using Picture-in-Picture Execution Mode
Self-heal UI and Browser Automation Actions at Execution with AI
Use the Run Power Fx Expression
Use Python v3 in Power Automate for Desktop
Use Machine to Credential Mapping in Desktop Flow Connections
Create a Reusable Collection of UI Elements
Use Customer-managed Encryption Key for Hosted RPA
Automation Center to Monitor and Manage All Your Automations and Related Assets
Ingest Process Data from Customers' Data Lake
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Recent ISC Software Webinar: Business Intelligence with Microsoft Dynamics GP

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ISC Software SolutionsIn our most recent webinar, we took a look at Business Intelligence with Microsoft Dynamics GP. In this webinar, we covered how business intelligence can be used with Microsoft Dynamics GP. If you want to catch up on this, or any other, webinar, you can do so here.

  1. Introduction
  2. What is Business Intelligence?
  3. What is Jet Analytics?
  4. Reporting options with Jet Analytics
  5. What is Power BI?
  6. Reporting options with Power BI
  7. Conclusion

Introduction ^

I think this webinar was the first one in which we didn’t even open Microsoft Dynamics GP. This because this webinar focused on how business intelligence can be used with Microsoft Dynamics GP. We focused on two business intelligence products which can be used to quickly build required dashboards and reporting for business intelligence.

The two products we looked at are complimentary and can be used both together or independently. They are Jet Analytics and PowerBI

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Microsoft Dynamics GP PowerBI Content Pack

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Microsoft Dynamics GPMicrosoft Dynamics GP 2018 RTM has recently been released. and I have been taking a hands on look at the installation (and soon the new functionality). The series index for the Hands On series of posts is here and will automatically update as posts go live.

This post is not part of the hands On series, mainly because I currently have little experience with PowerBI (Perfect Image have a Business Intelligence team who do most of the PowerBI work).

It was announced some time ago that there would be a Microsoft Dynamics GP content pack for PowerBI available. I’ve not seen any blog announcement on it, but Pam Misialek did tweet back in December 2017 that it was now available.

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Hands On With MDGP 2018 RTM
Download the Installation Media
Confirmed – SQL Server 2017 Is Supported
Installing the .NET Prerequisite
Install Dynamics GP Client
Deploy System Database
Deploy Sample Company
Create A Company
Desktop Client First Run
Before Deploying the Reporting Services Reports
Deploy Reporting Services Reports
Deploy Excel Reports
Install eConnect on Client
Install Integration Manager
Integration Manager First Run
Install eConnect on Server
Configure eConnect Service
Configure eConnect Incoming Queue
Set eConnect Incoming Queue Permissions
eConnect Incoming Queue Bug Fixed
Add Web Component Runtime Feature
Configure Web Components
Install Web Components Help
Install GP Web Resource Cache
Verify Web Client
Verify Web Management Console Functions
Install Web Services Runtime
Configure Web Services
Verify Web Services
Install GP OData Service
Configure & Use OData Service
Microsoft Dynamics GP PowerBI Content Pack
Install GP PowerShell
Get Available GP PowerShell Commands
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Dynamics GP Tech Conference 2017: Power BI Enhancements

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Microsoft Dynamics GPMicrosoft Dynamics GPThis post is part of the series I am doing on the Dynamics GP Tech Conference 2017.

Power BI is more the area of Belinda Allen or Mark Polino than mine, but I’ll be getting more of a look at it soon as I have one of my team about to take a more in depth look, so it is nice to hear there will be more new stuff coming in the next version of Dynamics GP:

  • Support for paging in OData Services
  • Support for filtering in OData Services
  • Support for OData v4
  • GP Power BI Content Pack – I need more information on this, but it sounds like a set of pre-packaged reports which will be welcome.
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MDGP 2016 R2 Feature of the Day: PowerBI On The Web Client Home Page

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Microsoft Dynamics GPThe Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP blog has started a series Feature of the Day posts for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2016 R2; as the most recent versions have been, these posts are in the form of PowerPoint slides; I am reposting them here so they can be read more easily.

The series index for this series of posts is here.

The twentieth Feature of the Day is PowerBI On The Web Client Home Page.

Power BI on GP Web Client Home Page

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MDGP 2016 R2 Feature of the Day
SmartList Designer SmartLists in Advanced Lookups
SmartList Favorite Protection
Cancel PO Linked To A Requisition
Batch Edited Message
Requisition Inquiry Icon
Display Tax Percent for Historical Sales Transactions
GL Distribution Line Display UI Change
Link Credit Card Invoices to Original Invoice
Receivables/Payables Dist Line Display Expanded
Bank Rec Tracks History
Credit Limit Warning Calc for Unposted Credit Docs
Safe Pay File Displays Check Name From Check
POP to FA Link to Include Taxes
Payroll Admin Can Print W2 Using Self Service Report
Save Fixed Asset ID With Suffix
Track Termination/Rehire Dates
New Project Accounting Timesheet Status Report
Project Accounting Line Distributions Edited By Item
HTTPS Support for Management Reporter
PowerBI On The Web Client Home Page
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MDGP 2016 R1 Feature of the Day: PowerBI Reports on the Home Page

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In February 2014 Microsoft launched PowerBI for Office 265 and are now bringing it to the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2016 R1 home page (but only the home page of the desktop client):

PowerBI on the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2016 R1 home page

The main features of are:

  • New part on Home Page to display Power BI Reports.
  • Click on the report to take you out to your Power BI site.

I’m not entirely sure how to feel about the addition of PowerBI to Dynamics GP; it almost feels like a scatter gun approach is being used for reporting with Dynamics GP. There are standard reports, Metrics, Excel Reports, SSRS Reports (which for most clients replace the Metrics to the extent I had to lookup the name of Metrics), Management Reporter (with an unknown roadmap/future) reports and now PowerBI reports.

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MDGP 2016 R1 Feature of the Day
HTML 5 Web Client
Web Client Search
Sales All-In-One Document View
Inventory All-In-One Document View
Project Accounting on Requisitions
Payroll Document Attach
Payables Credit Card Payment Run
Excel Export as Numbers
Inactive Pay Codes Lookup
Prepayments on Purchase Orders
Payroll Posting Accounts
Budget Import Exception Report
Analytical Accounting User Access Settings
Export/Import in SmartList Designer
SmartLists from Favorites
Word Templates for Batch Approval Workflow
Workflow Condition Management
Workflow Reassignment Notification
Named Self Serve User
Automatically Batch Deposit Cash Receipts
Manage or Edit Attachment Flows
Budget Import Duplicate Accounts Import Exception Report
PowerBI Reports on the Home Page
OData Service Deployment
OData Service
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