From spreadsheets to smart dashboards: Power BI inside Business Central

Reporting is the heartbeat of any finance team. But when you’re exporting to Excel building formulas, and emailing PDFs across departments, it’s less of a heartbeat and more of a bottleneck.

That’s why Power BI inside Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is such a game-changer.

At Alta Vista, we work with finance leaders who are ready to ditch the manual reporting grind. With Power BI, we help them move faster, get deeper insights, and make smarter decisions with data that actually stays up to date.

Let’s break it down. 

Real-time dashboards, built for finance

Power BI is embedded directly into Business Central, no extra logins, no disconnected tools. You get visual, interactive dashboards that track what matters most: 

• Finance KPIs
• Cash flow forecasts
• Department or customer-level insights

And it’s all customizable, so you’re not stuck with one-size-fits-all reporting.

As our Director of Services puts it, reporting isn’t just about numbers. It’s about marrying your data to tell the full story of your business.

Manual reports? A thing of the past

When your data updates in real time, your reports should too.

With Power BI, you can forget the days of copying-pasting into spreadsheets. Your dashboards auto-update as the numbers change, keeping everything current and eliminating version confusion.

For project-based teams or organizations juggling multiple locations or entities, this kind of visibility isn’t just helpful, it’ critical. 

Visual storytelling that actually tells you something

Power BI doesn't just give you data, it helps you see what’s behind the numbers. You can drill into revenue by project, expense by location, or customer trends over time, all without asking IT to run a report.

Want to know why cash flow dipped this quarter? You’ll have the answer in a few clicks.

Easy to share, easy to trust

Power BI reports are:

• Shareable: built for cross-team visibility
• Secure: with role-based permissions
• GAAP-friendly: so your accountant and your CFO are both happy

Reporting, reinvented

Power BI inside Business Central isn’t just a reporting tool, it's your real-time decision engine. 

It removes the lag, the manual work, and the guesswork, so you can act on what’s happening today, not last week. 

Ready to move from spreadsheets to smart dashboards? Let’s make it happen together.