How can I Find Data in Documents

Business Central has one of the best and most intuitive search engines that will give you results even when you have some typos. For example, to find Purchase Invoices, you can type: P Inv Pur Inv, or even Inoice or puchase or innoice Either typo can still give you the correct result. What about looking […]
Using Advanced CRM included with Business Central

Customer Relationship Management is an increasingly important tool in a business’ repertoire to facilitate growth. It is easier and more financially worthwhile to retain an existing customer rather than acquiring a new customer. Usually, BCS recommends Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales as a fully loaded CRM solution, but some businesses do not require such a robust […]
Reporting on Business Central Using eOne’s Query Builder

When it comes to business intelligence, anyone who has made the transition from Microsoft Dynamics GP to Business Central begins to miss the eOne Solutions SmartList Builder tool. SmartList Builder allows even the lay user to easily pull data from any GP table. Now, thanks to eOne’s Query Builder tool, users can pull data from […]
Import and Export Data in Business Central with Insight Works’ Free App

As a Microsoft Partner, we seek out various tools and solutions that synergize with Business Central to help streamline business processes, enhance productivity, and improve overall performance. One such tool is the incredibly useful Import Export PowerTool by our partner, Insight Works. The Import Export PowerTool is a free app that provides users with the […]
Visualizing Data and Creating Detailed Reports

Microsoft Power BI presents data from Business Central graphically, as shown here: The remaining pages of this blog discuss (a) extracting this data and (b) using Visualizations to present the above report for end users and stakeholders. Seeing Business Central expressed graphically allows for better understanding of its data and emphasizes the usefulness of Power […]
Using Mover.io to Migrate to Microsoft 365

One of the most important parts of the integration process is the Data Migration. In this step all of your company’s most important data is transferred to the new environment. Whether you are moving to Office 365, OneDrive, or another Microsoft tool, Mover.io can facilitate the transition with ease and quickness. Mover.io is a Microsoft […]
What is the Essential Business Insights Extension?

One of the most overlooked features in Business Central is the Essential Business Insights extension. The Essential Business Insights extension finds business facts in your company data and displays them. The insights could be from the last week, month, three months from the current date, being updated every 10 minutes. For example, in the Favorite […]
The Best 3rd Party Reporting Tools for Business Central
Financial reporting and analysis tools are critical to any business. Although the native Business Central reporting tools meet requirements for many companies, some organizations find the Business Central tools lack the flexibility for complex and robust reporting needs. Bond Consulting Services has partnered with two fantastic companies that offer reporting tools for Business Central providing […]
What is a Paginated Report?

There are two different ways to create reports in Power BI, Power BI reports and Power BI paginated reports. Power BI reports are interactive with multiple helpful visuals, which are great for analytics and can be developed in Power BI Service or Power BI Desktop. For a more detailed view into these visualizations there are […]
Helpful Tools for the A/P Check Run in Business Central

Upon trying to conduct an A/P check run in Business Central’s Payment Journal, a mistake within just one vendor’s data prevents processing the check run. Sure, you could cut checks for one vendor at a time at that point as an alternative to conducting a check run for multiple vendors. But, doing so prevents you […]