What's New: Enhanced Analysis Mode (2026 release wave 1)
Enhanced analysis mode in Business Central (2026 release wave 1): developers can package analysis views in AL apps via exported JSON files, page extensions and profile customizations. Also covers view descriptions as tooltips, read-only shipped views, and built-in views announced for 28.x.
- Introduction and Investment Rationale
- Live Demo: Packaging Analysis Views in AL Apps
- Deployed Environment and View Management
- Analysis Views in Business Central Application
- Resources and Documentation
- Partner Resources and Communities
- YouTube Channel and Content Organization
Overview
The video explains why analysis mode is getting further investment and demos how to ship analysis views from AL apps. The workflow is to set up a view in Business Central, export it as JSON, and reference that file from a page extension or source page using the definition file property.
The demo then shows the result in a deployed environment. Shipped views appear read-only with a locked icon, users can duplicate them to get editable copies, and users can hide views through personalization. The presenter also announces built-in analysis views for sales, finance, inventory and purchasing pages, coming in 28.x.
Key points
- Analysis views can be exported from Business Central as JSON files (Share > Export definition) and packaged in AL apps through page extensions, page customizations or source pages.
- Page extensions use a definition file property that points to the exported JSON file; caption, tooltip and visibility properties set in AL override the settings in the JSON file.
- Views can be added to page customizations assigned to a profile or profile extension, so they are available only to users with that role.
- Views shipped in an app are read-only and show a locked icon; the filter pane is removed, and users can duplicate a view to edit the copy.
- Users can add a description to a view through the rename action in analysis mode; it shows as a tooltip.
- Users can hide views they do not need through personalization mode.
- Built-in analysis views are coming in 28.x for sales orders, change log entries, user lists, GL register, fixed asset ledgers and item ledger entries (inventory and purchasing).
Features
| Feature | Status | At | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Support for analysis views in AL | status not stated, demoed | 1:28 | |
| Analysis view descriptions and tooltips | status not stated, demoed | 2:41 | |
| Analysis views in page extensions | status not stated, demoed | 4:01 | |
| Analysis views in page customizations and profiles | status not stated, demoed | 4:38 | |
| Read-only shipped analysis views | status not stated, demoed | 5:47 | |
| Analysis view personalization | status not stated, demoed | 6:40 | |
| Built-in analysis views across Business Central application areas | announced | 7:35 | “These are coming in 28.x. So, for sales we aim to have analysis views on sales orders” (7:50) |
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.
- page 25 “Customer Ledger Entries” at 2:11
- page 595 “Change Log Entries” at 8:06
- page “user lists” at 8:06
- page “GL register” at 8:06
- page “fixed asset ledgers” at 8:06
- page 38 “Item Ledger Entries” at 8:06
- page 48 “Sales Orders” at 7:50
Not found in BC28-30: page “user lists”, page “GL register”, page “fixed asset ledgers”.
Quotes
- 0:32 “it’s the most used analysis feature in Business Central ever. Almost every single customer have users who use analysis mode”
- 1:02 “you can ship analysis views from your AL apps, but also as a user you can describe your AL your your views and they”
- 1:28 “Basically, it should be as simple as 1 2 3. One, you go to a Business Central, set up your analysis view directly. Two,”
- 4:22 “I can also set some additional properties such as the caption or the tool tip or also the visibility which will override the settings”
- 5:58 “You can see this is an a view that comes from my app because it has this locked icon. So, this basically means that”
- 7:50 “These are coming in 28.x. So, for sales we aim to have analysis views on sales orders on for security related pages on the”
Disclaimers in the video
- 7:50 coming-later: These are coming in 28.x
Presenters (as heard): Kenny Pontepedra, Blanca.