--- id: video/6lUli23t3fU type: video title: "What's New: Power BI for Projects and Inventory (2025 release wave 2)" summary: "Power BI updates for Business Central inventory and projects in 2025 release wave 2: a new Inventory Forecasting report using statistical machine learning with seasonality settings, and an open source Project Power BI app with more focus on project profitability, shown with demos of sales by type and by customer." tier: official language: en tags: - power bi - forecasting - machine learning - inventory planning - project profitability - open source - seasonality - reporting analytics system: reporting review: state: reviewed by: opus at: "2026-10-07T22:52:40.057Z" flags: [] generated: at: "2026-10-07T22:52:40.112Z" pipeline: 0.2.0 prompts: extract-video: 1 summarize-video: 2 input_hash: 4634dd69869068a08ac15c3547b3bb0f7df4075c0c4ddc7c9cc11494fd321388 evidence: - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lUli23t3fU&t=17s title: "What's New: Power BI for Projects and Inventory (2025 release wave 2)" date: "2025-10-01T00:00:00Z" commit: null t: 17 quote: The main news is that you can now forecast your inventory needs based on past performance. - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lUli23t3fU&t=63s title: "What's New: Power BI for Projects and Inventory (2025 release wave 2)" date: "2025-10-01T00:00:00Z" commit: null t: 63 quote: And if you use the project module, uh do check the updated PowerBI app as well. This is uh now open source and um - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lUli23t3fU&t=77s title: "What's New: Power BI for Projects and Inventory (2025 release wave 2)" date: "2025-10-01T00:00:00Z" commit: null t: 77 quote: one thing we added to the actual reports there is a little bit more focus on profitability of your projects. - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lUli23t3fU&t=281s title: "What's New: Power BI for Projects and Inventory (2025 release wave 2)" date: "2025-10-01T00:00:00Z" commit: null t: 281 quote: the way you can control the like the window look ahead window upper bounds and seasonality is um simply to go and modify this - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lUli23t3fU&t=333s title: "What's New: Power BI for Projects and Inventory (2025 release wave 2)" date: "2025-10-01T00:00:00Z" commit: null t: 333 quote: the seasonality here can be uh like uh one or two or three seasons depending on if you are if you sell Christmas decorations links: learn: [] objects: [] features: [] topics: [] localizations: [] videos: [] posts: [] guidelines: [] video_id: 6lUli23t3fU channel: yt-microsoft source_name: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (YouTube) url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lUli23t3fU published_at: "2025-10-01T00:00:00Z" duration_s: 652 captions: full audience: - functional consultant - developer - administrator - decision maker chapters: - t: 0 title: Introduction to Power BI Updates - t: 94 title: Inventory Forecasting Report Demo - t: 254 title: Advanced Forecasting Parameters and Seasonality - t: 363 title: Project Profitability and Sales by Type - t: 442 title: Project Sales Analysis by Customer - t: 499 title: Resources and Community Links features: - name: Inventory Forecasting Report status: unclear t: 17 verified: false status_source: video - name: Seasonality Control in Forecasting status: unclear t: 281 verified: false status_source: video - name: Project Power BI App Open Source status: unclear t: 63 verified: false status_source: video - name: Project Profitability Analysis status: unclear t: 77 verified: false status_source: video - name: Project Invoice Sales by Type status: unclear t: 377 verified: false status_source: video - name: Project Invoice Sales by Customer status: unclear t: 442 verified: false status_source: video - name: Project and Inventory Analytics Landing Pages status: unclear t: 499 verified: false status_source: video objects_mentioned: - other Inventory Forecasting - other Project Invoice Sales by Type - other Project Invoice Sales by Customer quotes: - t: 17 text: The main news is that you can now forecast your inventory needs based on past performance. check: exact - t: 63 text: And if you use the project module, uh do check the updated PowerBI app as well. This is uh now open source and um check: exact - t: 77 text: one thing we added to the actual reports there is a little bit more focus on profitability of your projects. check: exact - t: 281 text: the way you can control the like the window look ahead window upper bounds and seasonality is um simply to go and modify this check: exact - t: 333 text: the seasonality here can be uh like uh one or two or three seasons depending on if you are if you sell Christmas decorations check: exact --- # What's New: Power BI for Projects and Inventory (2025 release wave 2) > Power BI updates for Business Central inventory and projects in 2025 release wave 2: a new Inventory Forecasting report using statistical machine learning with seasonality settings, and an open source Project Power BI app with more focus on project profitability, shown with demos of sales by type and by customer. [Watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lUli23t3fU) · Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (YouTube) · 2025-10-01 · 10:52 · tier official · reviewed (checked by Opus) ## Overview The video covers what is new in Power BI reporting for inventory and projects. The main addition is an Inventory Forecasting report that forecasts inventory needs from past performance using statistical machine learning models. It shows upper and lower bounds and trend lines, and can be filtered by location, item, or item ledger entry type. The demo shows how to change the look-ahead window, upper bounds and seasonality in the forecast visual menu. For projects, the Project Power BI app is now open source and can be customized. The reports put more focus on project profitability, with billable to invoice percentage and profitability measures. The video demos Project Invoice Sales by Type and Project Invoice Sales by Customer, and points to the aka.ms landing pages for inventory and project analytics. ## Key points - The Inventory Forecasting report forecasts inventory needs from past performance using statistical machine learning models, not generative AI. - The forecast shows upper and lower bounds and trend lines, and can be filtered by location, item, or item ledger entry type. - Look-ahead window, upper bounds and seasonality are changed in the forecast visual menu; seasonality can be set to one, two or three seasons depending on the business. - Forecast quality depends on historical data and on tuning parameters to the business type. - The Project Power BI app is now open source and ready for customization. - Project reports add billable to invoice percentage and profitability measures, broken down by sales type (resources, items, GL accounts) and by customer. - Landing pages for scenarios, personas and reports: aka.ms/bcinventoryanalytics and aka.ms/bcprojectanalytics. ## Chapters - [0:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lUli23t3fU&t=0s) Introduction to Power BI Updates - [1:34](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lUli23t3fU&t=94s) Inventory Forecasting Report Demo - [4:14](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lUli23t3fU&t=254s) Advanced Forecasting Parameters and Seasonality - [6:03](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lUli23t3fU&t=363s) Project Profitability and Sales by Type - [7:22](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lUli23t3fU&t=442s) Project Sales Analysis by Customer - [8:19](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lUli23t3fU&t=499s) Resources and Community Links ## Features | Feature | Status | At | |---|---|---| | Inventory Forecasting Report | status not stated, demoed | [0:17](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lUli23t3fU&t=17s) | | Seasonality Control in Forecasting | status not stated, demoed | [4:41](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lUli23t3fU&t=281s) | | Project Power BI App Open Source | status not stated | [1:03](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lUli23t3fU&t=63s) | | Project Profitability Analysis | status not stated, demoed | [1:17](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lUli23t3fU&t=77s) | | Project Invoice Sales by Type | status not stated, demoed | [6:17](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lUli23t3fU&t=377s) | | Project Invoice Sales by Customer | status not stated, demoed | [7:22](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lUli23t3fU&t=442s) | | Project and Inventory Analytics Landing Pages | status not stated | [8:19](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lUli23t3fU&t=499s) | ## AL objects mentioned As heard in the captions. A name that matches one object page by exact type and name links to it; the others stay as named. - other "Inventory Forecasting" at [1:34](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lUli23t3fU&t=94s) - other "Project Invoice Sales by Type" at [6:37](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lUli23t3fU&t=397s) - other "Project Invoice Sales by Customer" at [7:52](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lUli23t3fU&t=472s) ## Quotes - [0:17](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lUli23t3fU&t=17s) "The main news is that you can now forecast your inventory needs based on past performance." - [1:03](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lUli23t3fU&t=63s) "And if you use the project module, uh do check the updated PowerBI app as well. This is uh now open source and um" - [1:17](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lUli23t3fU&t=77s) "one thing we added to the actual reports there is a little bit more focus on profitability of your projects." - [4:41](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lUli23t3fU&t=281s) "the way you can control the like the window look ahead window upper bounds and seasonality is um simply to go and modify this" - [5:33](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lUli23t3fU&t=333s) "the seasonality here can be uh like uh one or two or three seasons depending on if you are if you sell Christmas decorations"