Understanding purchasing performance is critical for managing costs, forecasting demand, and building strong vendor relationships. The updated Power BI Purchasing app in Business Central delivers richer analytics and new KPIs, giving businesses deeper insights into purchasing trends and supplier performance.
What’s new in this release:
- Refactored semantic model — cleaner structure, ready for open source customization.
- Map visuals to display purchasing data by location.
- Flexible filtering — add dimensions as filters or slicers to refine analysis.
New report pages include:
- Key Purchasing Influencers – uncover drivers of purchasing activity.
- Purchase Forecast Report – anticipate future buying needs.
- Vendor Quality Analysis Report – track vendor reliability and performance.
- Purchase Quote Overview – monitor quotes and negotiations.
- Purchase Returns Overview – analyze return trends and reasons.
Enhancements to existing reports:
- Sales Returns Overview – new measures for return rates (amount and quantity).
- Purchases by Item – new ribbon chart showing purchase value by fiscal year and item category.
- Purchase Value by Item Category – scatter plot for clearer visualization.
- Purchases by Vendor – Pareto reporting and vendor purchases map.
- Purchase by Purchaser – scatter plot of purchase value by purchaser.
- Purchase by Location – vendor location map.
These updates give purchasing managers and finance teams more powerful tools to monitor performance, improve supplier relationships, and make smarter buying decisions.
