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# Introducing: Discover and Explore Reports (2025 release wave 1)

> Report discovery in Business Central 2025 release wave 1: the Report Explorer, Microsoft Learn report documentation reached through aka.ms links, and teaching tips on request pages and in the help pane. Shows how these link together for finding and understanding reports.

[Watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXz3ZlSioWQ) · Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (YouTube) · 2025-04-01 · 8:09 · tier official · reviewed (checked by Opus)

## Overview

The video shows three ways to discover and explore reports in Business Central 2025 release wave 1. The first is the Report Explorer, which lists reports by topic and departmental role. It can be reached through Tell Me, the role center symbol, or the all reports link on role centers.
The second is Microsoft Learn, where aka.ms links lead to a report overview table by functional area, with scenario descriptions, links that open reports in Business Central, and articles per report. The third is teaching tips on report request pages and in the help pane, which link back to the documentation. The video also shows information icons on report links and opening reports in a new window.

## Key points

- You can open the Report Explorer in three ways: from Tell Me search, from the role explorer (explore more roles, then reports and analysis), or from the all reports link at the top of role centers.
- The Report Explorer lists departmental role centers. Expand one, such as finance, and choose the ellipses to expand all its topics for an overview of the reporting capabilities.
- When you hover over a report link, you see either an information icon or an open-in-new-window icon. The information icon shows the report's full title and description without opening the report, and it only appears if a teaching tip is defined on the report object.
- New in wave 1: reports opened from the Report Explorer open in a new window, so the explorer stays open while you explore several reports.
- The aka.ms BC analytics link leads to the Microsoft Learn report overview, which lists reports by functional area. Each report has a scenario description, a link that opens it in Business Central, and an article with use cases for different personas.
- If you Ctrl+select a link in the documentation, it opens in a new window and the documentation page stays open.
- For many reports, choosing the title or caption on the request page opens a teaching tip. This works even if teaching tips are turned off by default.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXz3ZlSioWQ&t=0s) Introduction to Report Discovery Methods
- [0:27](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXz3ZlSioWQ&t=27s) Getting to the Report Explorer
- [1:11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXz3ZlSioWQ&t=71s) Report Explorer Overview and Departmental Roles
- [2:12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXz3ZlSioWQ&t=132s) New Information Icons and Window Opening Feature
- [3:51](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXz3ZlSioWQ&t=231s) Discovering Reports via Microsoft Learn Documentation
- [4:42](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXz3ZlSioWQ&t=282s) AKA Links and Report Documentation Tables
- [6:21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXz3ZlSioWQ&t=381s) Teaching Tips and Help Pane Integration
- [7:21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXz3ZlSioWQ&t=441s) Summary: Integrated Report Discovery Across Channels

## Features

Every feature below: status not stated, demoed.

| Feature | At |
|---|---|
| Report Explorer | [0:07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXz3ZlSioWQ&t=7s) |
| Information Icons on Report Links | [2:12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXz3ZlSioWQ&t=132s) |
| Open Report in New Window | [2:51](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXz3ZlSioWQ&t=171s) |
| AKA Links for Report Documentation | [4:08](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXz3ZlSioWQ&t=248s) |
| Report Overview Table in Microsoft Learn | [4:42](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXz3ZlSioWQ&t=282s) |
| Teaching Tips on Report Request Pages | [6:41](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXz3ZlSioWQ&t=401s) |
| Help Pane Integration with Documentation Links | [7:01](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXz3ZlSioWQ&t=421s) |

## 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.

- report "Fixed Asset Posting Group Net Change" at [3:51](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXz3ZlSioWQ&t=231s)
- [report 5603 "Fixed Asset Register"](../objects/report/5603.md) at [3:51](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXz3ZlSioWQ&t=231s)
- report "Customer Top 10 List Excel" at [6:21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXz3ZlSioWQ&t=381s)
- report "Fixed Asset Book Value" at [6:41](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXz3ZlSioWQ&t=401s)

Not found in BC28-30: report "Fixed Asset Posting Group Net Change", report "Customer Top 10 List Excel", report "Fixed Asset Book Value".

## Quotes

- [0:07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXz3ZlSioWQ&t=7s) "let's discover and explore reports in business Central 2025 release wave 1 in this video I'm going to show you three different ways you"
- [1:11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXz3ZlSioWQ&t=71s) "these are meant to be showcasing functionality for different roles in an organization"
- [1:52](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXz3ZlSioWQ&t=112s) "if we then choose the ellipses here and expand all of these this is your overview of all the reporting capabilities that exist within"
- [2:51](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXz3ZlSioWQ&t=171s) "a new thing here in the in the business Central as in in wave one is that this opens up in a new window"
- [3:31](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXz3ZlSioWQ&t=211s) "the difference like why would this have one and this one would not that's just a matter of whether there's a teaching tiip defined"
- [4:08](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXz3ZlSioWQ&t=248s) "the the easiest way I find the report documentation is through an AKA link let me show you what that is"
- [5:20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXz3ZlSioWQ&t=320s) "if you use this little tip of Control Plus selects when you when you select the link it will open up in a new"
- [7:42](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXz3ZlSioWQ&t=462s) "that's how how the exploration and discoverability of reports come hand in hand both in the business Central role Explorer in the request page"

## Disclaimers in the video

- [1:52](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXz3ZlSioWQ&t=112s) preview: as a new thing here in wave one
- [2:51](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXz3ZlSioWQ&t=171s) preview: a new thing here in the in the business Central as in in wave one is that this opens up in a new window