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By analysing and retrieving data from Business Central pages, the add-on transforms it into an easy-to-understand graph. Whether the add-on is available on sales orders, bank accounts, assets and item pages users can spot trends, patterns, and anomalies that might go unnoticed when viewing the entire page. Therefore it gives the user a quick overview of the page in a very concise manner.
Below are the pages where the PowerBi Extra add-on is available when enabled:
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Adding a PowerBi Report
Users can add a new report by clicking on the ‘Select reports’ hyperlink. This in turn directs the user to a modal to choose the desired PowerBi Report.
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If the user needs to edit something within the report visualization itself it can be done by choosing the ‘Manage Report’ option from the drop-down.
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Edit Mode:
Once this option is chosen, the user will be directed to a more detailed aspect and view of the report itself. The user will be set inside the ‘Edit Mode’ panel at first as seen below.
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The report layout can then be resized accordingly on the mobile diagram.
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If the user wants to edit the report on the mobile layout view, they must do use using the Visualizations pane.
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Moreover, the edited report can be saved from the File drop-down menu within the ribbon as explained previously.
View Mode:
The user also has the option to view the report in an enlarged mode and also apply filters to by choosing the View Mode button.
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Refreshing the Page:
The available Power BI graphical report can be refreshed using the Refresh Page button.
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Uploading a New Report
the user can choose a new report layout to upload from the PBIX file by clicking on the Upload Report option from the below drop-down.
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Once clicking on this option, a modal will pop up and the user will be able to choose the needed report by clicking on the three dots as show below.
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Then the user must drag and drop or select a PBIX report file from his device.
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After choosing the report, Upload Report should be chosen to proceed.
Resetting All Reports
The last option within the drop-down menu is the Reset All Reports functionality. This button resets all Power BI setup in Business Central, for all users. Reports with the users Power BI workspace are not affected but need to be removed manually.
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Pages where Power BI Extra is available:
Below are the pages where the PowerBi Extra add-on is available when enabled:
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