Purchases By Purchaser (Power BI Report)
APPLIES TO: Generally available in Business Central 2024 release wave 2 (version 25.1).
The Purchases by Purchaser report provides a detailed overview of purchasing activities for each purchaser. The report lets you analyze the item categories and items that each purchaser buys most frequently, and how much they spent.
Use the report
The report is especially useful for purchasing managers and purchasers.
Purchasing managers can easily identify top purchasers and track their purchasing trends over time using the Purchases by Vendor report. This information can help you make informed decisions about future purchasing activities and optimize purchasing strategies.
Purchaser can use this report to monitor purchasing activities, including purchase amounts and quantities. This report also shows the items you bought the most and how they contribute to overall spending. This information can help you make good decisions about future purchases.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
The Purchases by Purchaser 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>
- Salesperson/Purchaser
- Item
- Value Entry
- Purchase Line
Try the report
Try the report here: Purchases by Purchaser
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 KPIs with Power BI metrics
Power BI Purchasing app
Ad hoc analysis of purchasing data
Built-in purchasing reports
Purchasing analytics overview
Purchasing overview