Project Performance to Budget (Power BI Report)

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

The Project Performance to Budget report can help you keep your projects under budget. For each project, it shows the budgeted total cost and the project's actual cost.

Use the report

Project managers want a clear view of projects to ensure they're on budget. The report lets them compare the budget and actual costs of each project.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

The Project Performance to Budget report includes the following KPIs:

• Actual (Total Cost)
• Budget (Total Price)
• Total Cost Variance to Budget
• Total Cost Variance to Budget %
• % Complete
• % Invoiced

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:

• Project
• Project Ledger Entries
• Project Planning Line

Try the report

Try the report here: Project Performance to Budget

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
Power BI Projects app
Built-in Projects reports
Project management analytics overview
Project management overview