--- id: video/R57aHqQRrAA type: video title: "What's New: Enhanced Power BI for Purchasing (2025 release wave 2)" summary: "Updated Power BI app for purchasing in Business Central 2025 release wave 2: four new and four updated report pages. They cover vendor and purchaser concentration risk, geography, returns, quotes, single supplier risk, AI key purchase influencers and statistical purchase forecasting. The app's code is also being open sourced." tier: official language: en tags: - power bi - supply chain risk - vendor analysis - pareto analysis - purchase analytics - forecasting - quality analysis - single supplier risk - machine learning - statistical models - seasonality system: purchasing review: state: reviewed by: opus at: "2026-10-07T22:54:06.748Z" flags: [] generated: at: "2026-10-07T22:54:06.791Z" pipeline: 0.2.0 prompts: extract-video: 1 summarize-video: 2 input_hash: 045df6c062626455251669be27052265afb24f92d01c5ebc94613dff383cd877 evidence: - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=16s title: "What's New: Enhanced Power BI for Purchasing (2025 release wave 2)" date: "2025-10-01T00:00:00Z" commit: null t: 16 quote: 31% of customers stated that supply chain disruptions have impacted their business - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=55s title: "What's New: Enhanced Power BI for Purchasing (2025 release wave 2)" date: "2025-10-01T00:00:00Z" commit: null t: 55 quote: with the updated PowerBI app for purchasing, we are trying to help you as a procurement manager to uh forecast future uh procurement needs - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=105s title: "What's New: Enhanced Power BI for Purchasing (2025 release wave 2)" date: "2025-10-01T00:00:00Z" commit: null t: 105 quote: we are also open sourcing the everything uh all the code for the PowerBI app for purchasing - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=275s title: "What's New: Enhanced Power BI for Purchasing (2025 release wave 2)" date: "2025-10-01T00:00:00Z" commit: null t: 275 quote: 80% of the value I buy across all vendors is supplied by vendor 1, two and three. that means that my like risk exposure - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=377s title: "What's New: Enhanced Power BI for Purchasing (2025 release wave 2)" date: "2025-10-01T00:00:00Z" commit: null t: 377 quote: Maybe there's a single purchaser risk in this company because we have some people working in procurement and then we have Jim - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=639s title: "What's New: Enhanced Power BI for Purchasing (2025 release wave 2)" date: "2025-10-01T00:00:00Z" commit: null t: 639 quote: The next report also new is a symmetry for what we did for sales last semester. These are key purchase influencers. - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=745s title: "What's New: Enhanced Power BI for Purchasing (2025 release wave 2)" date: "2025-10-01T00:00:00Z" commit: null t: 745 quote: This is one of my also one of my favorite new reports in the release. Uh here you have the single supplier risk on - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=801s title: "What's New: Enhanced Power BI for Purchasing (2025 release wave 2)" date: "2025-10-01T00:00:00Z" commit: null t: 801 quote: Those with only one vendors mean that you are like you have to make sure that that particular one vendor can supply or can - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=883s title: "What's New: Enhanced Power BI for Purchasing (2025 release wave 2)" date: "2025-10-01T00:00:00Z" commit: null t: 883 quote: The forecasting here is a classical data mining or machine learning. It is AI but it is old school AI. It's a statistical model - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=883s title: "What's New: Enhanced Power BI for Purchasing (2025 release wave 2)" date: "2025-10-01T00:00:00Z" commit: null t: 883 quote: The forecasting here is a classical data mining or machine learning. It is AI but it is old school AI. - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=900s title: "What's New: Enhanced Power BI for Purchasing (2025 release wave 2)" date: "2025-10-01T00:00:00Z" commit: null t: 900 quote: We have chosen I think 3 months of the future to be predicted. We have chosen to show up or lower bounds. - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=927s title: "What's New: Enhanced Power BI for Purchasing (2025 release wave 2)" date: "2025-10-01T00:00:00Z" commit: null t: 927 quote: You can change those seasonality settings and everything related to the forecast visual here by editing the the report and and kind of change - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=995s title: "What's New: Enhanced Power BI for Purchasing (2025 release wave 2)" date: "2025-10-01T00:00:00Z" commit: null t: 995 quote: We have four new report pages, four updated pages in the purchasing app. Purchasing app was the one thing that got the most love - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=1024s title: "What's New: Enhanced Power BI for Purchasing (2025 release wave 2)" date: "2025-10-01T00:00:00Z" commit: null t: 1024 quote: There's a PowerBI um landing page for purchasing analytics and that landing page you can reach to from aka.ms/bc purchasing analytics. links: learn: [] objects: [] features: [] topics: [] localizations: [] videos: [] posts: [] guidelines: [] video_id: R57aHqQRrAA channel: yt-microsoft source_name: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (YouTube) url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA published_at: "2025-10-01T00:00:00Z" duration_s: 1210 captions: full audience: - functional consultant - administrator - end user - decision maker chapters: - t: 0 title: Introduction and Power BI Purchasing App Overview - t: 116 title: Purchase Quantity by Location and Quality Risk Analysis - t: 186 title: Purchases by Item Category and Trends - t: 250 title: Pareto Analysis and Vendor Geographic Risk - t: 336 title: Purchaser and Warehouse Location Risk Analysis - t: 465 title: Purchase Returns Overview and Quality Exposure - t: 589 title: Purchase Quote Overview and Key Purchase Influencers - t: 735 title: Vendor Quality Analysis and Purchase Forecasting - t: 883 title: Purchase Forecasting Details and Key Takeaways - t: 1009 title: Landing Page, Documentation and Community Resources features: - name: Updated Power BI app for purchasing status: unclear t: 55 verified: false status_source: video - name: Open source Power BI app code status: unclear t: 105 verified: false status_source: video - name: Purchase quantity by location visual status: unclear t: 127 verified: false status_source: video - name: Purchases by item report status: unclear t: 186 verified: false status_source: video - name: Pareto analysis for vendors status: unclear t: 260 verified: false status_source: video - name: Vendor geographic location mapping status: unclear t: 322 verified: false status_source: video - name: Purchases by purchaser report status: unclear t: 347 verified: false status_source: video - name: Purchases by warehouse location analysis status: unclear t: 422 verified: false status_source: video - name: Purchase returns overview report status: unclear t: 478 verified: false status_source: video - name: Purchase quote overview report status: unclear t: 589 verified: false status_source: video - name: Key purchase influencers report status: unclear t: 639 verified: false status_source: video - name: Vendor quality analysis report status: unclear t: 735 verified: false status_source: video - name: Purchase forecasting with machine learning status: unclear t: 837 verified: false status_source: video objects_mentioned: [] quotes: - t: 16 text: 31% of customers stated that supply chain disruptions have impacted their business check: exact - t: 55 text: with the updated PowerBI app for purchasing, we are trying to help you as a procurement manager to uh forecast future uh procurement needs check: exact - t: 105 text: we are also open sourcing the everything uh all the code for the PowerBI app for purchasing check: exact - t: 275 text: 80% of the value I buy across all vendors is supplied by vendor 1, two and three. that means that my like risk exposure check: exact - t: 377 text: Maybe there's a single purchaser risk in this company because we have some people working in procurement and then we have Jim check: exact - t: 639 text: The next report also new is a symmetry for what we did for sales last semester. 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[Watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA) · Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (YouTube) · 2025-10-01 · 20:10 · tier official · reviewed (checked by Opus) ## Overview The video walks through the updated Power BI app for purchasing, aimed at procurement managers who need to forecast procurement needs, analyze supplier quality and look at supply chain risk. It cites that 31% of customers said supply chain disruptions have affected their business. The demo goes through the app page by page: purchase quantity by location, purchases by item category, Pareto analysis and vendor map, purchases by purchaser and warehouse, returns, quotes, key purchase influencers, vendor quality (single supplier risk) and forecasting. It closes with a landing page, documentation and community resources, and notes that the app code is being open sourced. ## Key points - The purchasing app has four new report pages and four updated pages. Update or install the app to get them. - The purchases overview shows purchase quantity by location, including posted invoices and return orders, so warehouses with many returns stand out. - Pareto analysis for vendors shows what share of purchase value comes from the top vendors, for example 80% from three vendors, which shows concentration risk. - A world map of vendor locations shows geographic concentration. Purchases by purchaser can flag single purchaser risk. - The vendor quality analysis report shows items with only one vendor, with the financial exposure for each item. - Purchase returns by reason code (damages, defects, warranty) and the purchase quote overview show quality risk and unusual quoting behavior. - Key purchase influencers is an AI-driven report with influencer and segmentation views for each document type, matching key sales influencers. ## Chapters - [0:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=0s) Introduction and Power BI Purchasing App Overview - [1:56](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=116s) Purchase Quantity by Location and Quality Risk Analysis - [3:06](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=186s) Purchases by Item Category and Trends - [4:10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=250s) Pareto Analysis and Vendor Geographic Risk - [5:36](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=336s) Purchaser and Warehouse Location Risk Analysis - [7:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=465s) Purchase Returns Overview and Quality Exposure - [9:49](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=589s) Purchase Quote Overview and Key Purchase Influencers - [12:15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=735s) Vendor Quality Analysis and Purchase Forecasting - [14:43](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=883s) Purchase Forecasting Details and Key Takeaways - [16:49](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=1009s) Landing Page, Documentation and Community Resources ## Features | Feature | Status | At | |---|---|---| | Updated Power BI app for purchasing | status not stated, demoed | [0:55](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=55s) | | Open source Power BI app code | status not stated | [1:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=105s) | | Purchase quantity by location visual | status not stated, demoed | [2:07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=127s) | | Purchases by item report | status not stated, demoed | [3:06](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=186s) | | Pareto analysis for vendors | status not stated, demoed | [4:20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=260s) | | Vendor geographic location mapping | status not stated, demoed | [5:22](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=322s) | | Purchases by purchaser report | status not stated, demoed | [5:47](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=347s) | | Purchases by warehouse location analysis | status not stated, demoed | [7:02](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=422s) | | Purchase returns overview report | status not stated, demoed | [7:58](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=478s) | | Purchase quote overview report | status not stated, demoed | [9:49](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=589s) | | Key purchase influencers report | status not stated, demoed | [10:39](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=639s) | | Vendor quality analysis report | status not stated, demoed | [12:15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=735s) | | Purchase forecasting with machine learning | status not stated, demoed | [13:57](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=837s) | ## Quotes - [0:16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=16s) "31% of customers stated that supply chain disruptions have impacted their business" - [0:55](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=55s) "with the updated PowerBI app for purchasing, we are trying to help you as a procurement manager to uh forecast future uh procurement needs" - [1:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=105s) "we are also open sourcing the everything uh all the code for the PowerBI app for purchasing" - [4:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=275s) "80% of the value I buy across all vendors is supplied by vendor 1, two and three. that means that my like risk exposure" - [6:17](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=377s) "Maybe there's a single purchaser risk in this company because we have some people working in procurement and then we have Jim" - [10:39](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=639s) "The next report also new is a symmetry for what we did for sales last semester. These are key purchase influencers." - [12:25](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=745s) "This is one of my also one of my favorite new reports in the release. Uh here you have the single supplier risk on" - [13:21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=801s) "Those with only one vendors mean that you are like you have to make sure that that particular one vendor can supply or can" - [14:43](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=883s) "The forecasting here is a classical data mining or machine learning. It is AI but it is old school AI. It's a statistical model" - [14:43](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=883s) "The forecasting here is a classical data mining or machine learning. It is AI but it is old school AI." - [15:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=900s) "We have chosen I think 3 months of the future to be predicted. We have chosen to show up or lower bounds." - [15:27](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=927s) "You can change those seasonality settings and everything related to the forecast visual here by editing the the report and and kind of change" - [16:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=995s) "We have four new report pages, four updated pages in the purchasing app. Purchasing app was the one thing that got the most love" - [17:04](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57aHqQRrAA&t=1024s) "There's a PowerBI um landing page for purchasing analytics and that landing page you can reach to from aka.ms/bc purchasing analytics."