Integrating Analysis Views in Business Central Extensions
Business Central AL 17.0 Runtime adds the ability to package and deploy Analysis Views in extensions. You can export Analysis View definitions as JSON files, include them in page or page extension AL code, and deploy them to automatically add pre-built analysis views to list pages in any Business Central environment.
post Aardvark Labs
"The Business Central AL 17.0 Runtime adds a feature that allows for the packaging and deployment of Analysis Views."
Key points
- Analysis views built in the UI can be exported as JSON definition files with Export Definition
- AL runtime 17.0 adds an analysisviews section to pages and page extensions, with DefinitionFile pointing to the JSON
- Page extensions need an addfirst or addlast anchor; your own pages do not
- Views shipped in an extension are locked against editing, but users can duplicate them and edit the copy; locked views can be hidden, but the author found no way to unhide them
- The feature was pending release in Wave 1 2026 at the time of writing
Quotes
- “The Business Central AL 17.0 Runtime adds a feature that allows for the packaging and deployment of Analysis Views.” (Establishes the new capability being introduced and the version where it becomes available)
AL objects mentioned
As named in the post. A name that matches one object page by exact type and name links to it; the others stay as named.
- page 143 “Posted Sales Invoices”
- other “ARD_Posted Sales Invoices page extension”
- page “ARD_ItemListAnalysisView”
Not found in BC28-30: page “ARD_ItemListAnalysisView”.
Context
- Features: Analysis Views, Copilot integration, Page Extensions, Extension packaging, JSON configuration, Analysis view export
- Versions: AL 17.0, Wave 1 2026
Source: Aardvark Labs, community blog. Summary, key points and quotes are derived (CONTENT-NOTICE.md); read the original for the full text.