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# Introduction to Business Central (2025)

> Introduction to navigating Business Central (2025): role-based home pages, activity KPIs, quick access to lists, performance charts, the navigation bar, page and report search, and guided tours for new users. A 2-minute orientation video.

[Watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqrqKLdFvr0) · Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (YouTube) · 2025-05-22 · 1:44 · tier official · reviewed (checked by Opus)

## Overview

This short video shows how to get around Business Central and where to find information. It starts with the role-based home page, which holds tasks and information for roles such as business manager, accountant, production planner and sales manager.

It then walks through the parts of the home page: an activities section with operational KPIs, quick access to lists such as customers, vendors and items, actions for creating documents and processing transactions, and charts of performance KPIs. It ends with the navigation bar for other departments' features, search for pages and reports by name, and guided tours for getting started.

## Key points

- Home pages are role-based, with similar pages for business managers, accountants, production planners and sales managers.
- The activities section gives an immediate overview of operational KPIs.
- Common lists such as customers, vendors and items are reachable quickly from the home page.
- Actions on the home page let users create new documents, process transactions and view detailed reports.
- A series of performance charts on the home page can be flipped through.
- The navigation bar gives access to features and lists that belong to other departments.
- If you know the page or report name, you can search for it instead of browsing; guided tours, videos and articles help new users get started.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqrqKLdFvr0&t=0s) Role-based home pages overview
- [0:10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqrqKLdFvr0&t=10s) Pages for different roles
- [0:21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqrqKLdFvr0&t=21s) Activities, KPIs, and quick access
- [0:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqrqKLdFvr0&t=45s) Actions and performance metrics
- [0:58](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqrqKLdFvr0&t=58s) Navigation and department features
- [1:13](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqrqKLdFvr0&t=73s) Page and report search
- [1:23](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqrqKLdFvr0&t=83s) Getting started with guided tours

## Features

| Feature | Status | At |
|---|---|---|
| Role-based home pages | status not stated, demoed | [0:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqrqKLdFvr0&t=0s) |
| Activity overview with operational KPIs | status not stated, demoed | [0:21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqrqKLdFvr0&t=21s) |
| Fast access to common lists | status not stated, demoed | [0:21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqrqKLdFvr0&t=21s) |
| Guided tours | status not stated | [0:31](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqrqKLdFvr0&t=31s) |
| Document creation and transaction processing | status not stated, demoed | [0:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqrqKLdFvr0&t=45s) |
| Performance charts and metrics | status not stated, demoed | [0:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqrqKLdFvr0&t=45s) |
| Navigation bar for department features | status not stated, demoed | [0:58](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqrqKLdFvr0&t=58s) |
| Page and report search | status not stated | [1:13](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqrqKLdFvr0&t=73s) |
| Getting started resources | status not stated | [1:23](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqrqKLdFvr0&t=83s) |

## Quotes

- [0:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqrqKLdFvr0&t=0s) "This video shows how to get around Business Central and where to find information in the product."
- [0:10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqrqKLdFvr0&t=10s) "We have similar pages for other roles like accountants, production planners, and sales managers."
- [0:21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqrqKLdFvr0&t=21s) "Under activities, we have an immediate overview of our operational KPIs so we quickly see what's going on in our business."
- [0:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqrqKLdFvr0&t=45s) "We can create new documents, process transactions, and view detailed reports."
- [0:58](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqrqKLdFvr0&t=58s) "we can get to features and lists that belong to other departments by using the navigation bar."
- [1:13](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqrqKLdFvr0&t=73s) "if we know the name of the page we want to open, we can also search for a page or report."