Purchases by Vendor (Power BI Report)

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

The Purchases by Vendor report provides an overview of purchasing activities by vendor. This report you find out which vendors supply the most frequently purchased item categories and items. It also shows how much you spend on these purchases.

Use the report

The report is especially useful for purchasing managers and purchasers.

Purchasing managers can use the report to analyze vendor performance. You can identify the vendors who supply the most frequently purchased item categories and items. This information can help you optimize purchasing strategies, negotiate better prices, and improve overall vendor management.

Purchasers can use this report to monitor purchasing activities and identify the suppliers of specific products. For example, if you need a list of suppliers for the components of dining chair assemblies, you can view the purchase quantities and amounts spent on each vendor. The report can help you select the best vendor to buy from.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

The Purchases by Vendor report includes the following KPIs and measures:

• Purchase Amount
• Purchase Quantity
• % GT Purchase Amount
• % GT Purchase Amount PY (Fiscal)

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:

• Vendor
• Item
• Value Entry
• Purchase Line

Try the report

Try the report here: Purchases by Vendor

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