Are You Bringing Yesterday's Reporting into Today's ERP? Recently, I worked with a client who wanted to recreate one of their legacy financial reports in Business Central. Their users had relied on this report for years, so naturally they wanted the new system to look exactly the same. Instead of immediately agreeing to customize it, I suggested something different. Before we build a custom report, let's first look at what Business Central already provides out of the box. After reviewing the standard reporting capabilities and analyzing the data in Excel, the conversation changed completely. The client began to see that the goal wasn't to recreate the old report—it was to provide a better way to analyze the business. I believe every Business Central consultant should take this approach. Before customizing a report, first ask whether the standard Business Central report, combined with Excel, Analysis Mode, or Power BI, already meets the business need. Many times, the a...
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