Business intelligence quick start
Being able to collect and analyze the ever-increasing amounts of data in an actionable way is an invaluable part of doing business these days. Business Central offers many business intelligence (BI) tools—both built-in and integrated with other services—to help your company in the decision-making process.
Different roles in organizations often have preferred ways to consume and analyze data that reflect the level of data aggregation they need.
Business Central has multiple features that help you analyze your business data:
- Financial reports
- KPIs and dashboards
- Ad-hoc analysis
- Reports
To learn more about analytics, go to Analytics overview.
Analytics by functional area
The following table provides links to articles that describe how to work with analytics in specific functional areas in Business Central.
| If you work with... | See |
|---|---|
| Finance | Financial analytics |
| Sales | Sales analytics |
| Purchasing | Purchasing analytics |
| Fixed Assets Management | Fixed assets analytics |