Sales Overview (Power BI Report)

APPLIES TO: Generally available in Business Central 2024 release wave 2 (version 25.1).

The Sales Overview report provides a high-level summary of your organization's sales activities. The report showcases key performance metrics (KPIs), such as:

  • The number of outstanding sales orders
  • Shipped-but-not-invoiced orders
  • Posted sales invoices

It shows the monetary values for each KPI.

This report also gives a quick view of sales amounts by salesperson, highlights the top five customers by sales amount, and shows the gross profit from the top five items.

Screenshot of the Sales Overview Power BI report

Use the report

The report is intended for the following roles:

  • Executives
  • Directors
  • Other high-level decision makers

CEOs regularly monitor the organization's sales operations to ensure the business is meeting its goals and operating efficiently. To get a quick, high-level overview, you turn to the Power BI Sales Overview Report to review:

It shows the monetary values for each KPI.

Screenshot of the Sales Overview KPIs Power BI report

Key performance indicators

The report includes the following KPIs and measures:

Click on the link for a KPI to learn more about what it means, how it is calculated, and what data was used in the calculations.

Tip

You can easily track the KPIs that the Power BI reports display against your business objectives. To learn more, go to Track your business KPIs with Power BI metrics.

Data used in the report

The report uses data from the following tables in Business Central:

  • Sales Line
  • Value Entry
  • Customer
  • Item
  • Location
  • Salesperson

Try the report

Try the report here: Sales Overview

Tip

If you hold down the CTRL key while you select the report link, the report opens on a new browser tab. In this way, you can stay on the current page while you explore the report on the other browser tab.

See also

Track your business KPIs with Power BI metrics
Ad hoc analysis of sales data
Built-in sales reports
Sales analytics overview
Sales overview

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