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# What's Cooking in Business Central: Sneak Peek into New Financial Reporting Enhancements (part 1)

> Financial reporting enhancements announced for the Business Central 2025 release: an internal description field for report definitions, editable introductory and closing paragraphs, and a negative amount format option (parentheses). All three are demoed in a 5-minute part 1 video.

[Watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adsSh_dm9BY) · Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (YouTube) · 2025-01-16 · 4:52 · tier official · reviewed (checked by Opus)

## Overview

This short "What's Cooking" video from January 2025 previews three financial reporting changes coming in the 2025 release. The presenter demos each one on a balance sheet report.

Report authors get an internal description field that is separate from the regular description column, which shows as a heading. Users can add text above and below a report through a new menu action, and that text appears in PDF and Excel exports. A negative amount format option shows negative numbers in parentheses instead of with minus signs. The presenter says more features will come in another video.

## Key points

- The internal description field is announced for report authors to describe what a financial report is for. It is set via Definitions > Edit report definition.
- Keep internal notes out of the regular description column. That column appears as a heading in the report, so use the internal description instead.
- The Edit introductory and closing paragraphs action adds text above and below a report. The text shows when you export to PDF or Excel.
- The demo uses the introductory and closing text to mark a report as a preliminary version and to note that it was checked by an internal auditor.
- The negative amount format option lets you show negative numbers in parentheses instead of minus signs.
- The negative amount format can be chosen in Options when viewing the report on screen, and in the request page options when exporting to PDF.
- All three features are announced for the 2025 release, and the presenter says further enhancements will be covered in another video or at the Business Central launch event.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adsSh_dm9BY&t=0s) Introduction to 2025 financial reporting enhancements
- [0:27](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adsSh_dm9BY&t=27s) Internal description field for report authors
- [1:08](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adsSh_dm9BY&t=68s) Introductory and closing paragraphs feature
- [2:33](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adsSh_dm9BY&t=153s) Negative amount formatting for accountants
- [3:46](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adsSh_dm9BY&t=226s) Export and formatting options summary

## Features

Every feature below: announced, demoed.

| Feature | At | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Internal description field | [0:07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adsSh_dm9BY&t=7s) | "if you work with financial reporting in business Central we have a few things coming up in the 2025 release" ([0:07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adsSh_dm9BY&t=7s)) |
| Edit introductory and closing paragraphs | [1:08](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adsSh_dm9BY&t=68s) | "if you work with financial reporting in business Central we have a few things coming up in the 2025 release" ([0:07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adsSh_dm9BY&t=7s)) |
| Negative amount format option | [2:33](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adsSh_dm9BY&t=153s) | "if you work with financial reporting in business Central we have a few things coming up in the 2025 release" ([0:07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adsSh_dm9BY&t=7s)) |

## 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 "balance sheet" at [0:47](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adsSh_dm9BY&t=47s)

## Quotes

- [0:07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adsSh_dm9BY&t=7s) "if you work with financial reporting in business Central we have a few things coming up in the 2025 release"
- [0:27](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adsSh_dm9BY&t=27s) "this allows you as a report author to describe what this report is for as an internal description"
- [1:28](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adsSh_dm9BY&t=88s) "edit introductory and closing paragraphs this allows you to put some text"
- [3:28](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adsSh_dm9BY&t=208s) "a new a new part of this menu is called negative amount format I can choose parenthesis instead"
- [4:26](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adsSh_dm9BY&t=266s) "we have a lot more here so you'll have to wait for another video to see that maybe in what's cooking"

## Disclaimers in the video

- [0:07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adsSh_dm9BY&t=7s) coming-later: we have a few things coming up in the 2025 release