What's Cooking in Business Central: More Contoso Document Data for Analytics
The Contoso demo tool in Business Central gets a new Analytics module that adds extra document types as demo data for reporting and Power BI demos. In the demo, a company without the module has 2 sales quotes, and a company with it has about 18. The presenter says it should land in Business Central 27.1ish.
- Contoso Demo Tool Overview
- Analytics Module Introduction
- Demo Without Analytics Module
- Analytics Module in Action
- Release Timeline
Overview
This short episode of “What’s Cooking in Business Central” covers a new module in the Contoso demo tool called Analytics. It adds new document types so that you have more data when you need to demo reporting or Power BI.
The video compares a demo without the Analytics module and with it, then gives a release timeline. It points viewers to the Business Central launch edition video for more detail.
Key points
- The Contoso demo tool gets a new module named Analytics.
- The module adds new document types, aimed at reporting and Power BI demos.
- Without the Analytics module the demo company shows 2 sales quotes; with it, a company shows about 18.
- Expected timing: it should land in Business Central 27.1ish, which is not a firm commitment.
- The presenter points to the Business Central launch edition video for more detail.
Features
| Feature | Status | At |
|---|---|---|
| Analytics module in Contoso demo tool | status not stated, demoed | 0:21 |
Quotes
- 0:21 “there is a new kit on the block analytics. So this is adding some new documents if you need to demo reporting or PowerBI”
- 1:12 “It’s it adds new document types and you can watch the Business Central launch edition video to learn more in a couple of weeks”
- 1:12 “you will notice that we now have a lot more quotes like 18. So uh so this is what that module does.”
- 1:27 “This should land in Business Central in 27.1ish”
Disclaimers in the video
- 1:27 coming-later: This should land in Business Central in 27.1ish