BC data in Power BI

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Presently to build visualised Power BI report out of BC data we get the details through API’s. (API’s will be written by BC team)

Current Process as best Practice – API’s---à DW--à Power BI or API’s directly to BI and modelling will happen in BI.

I would like to know the other ways and means to visualise Power BI Reports from BC. All other available modes and their reliability will really help us to way forward in the Reporting.

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Gerardo Rentería Ga... 27,623 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

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Hi

The flow is the one mentioned in the official documentation.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/across-how-use-financials-data-source-powerbi

BR

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YUN ZHU 103,811 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

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Another data that can be accessed is OData in Web Service.

Although the performance is not as good as the API page, this is still a convenient method. Users only need to publish the page to Web Service, and then it can be accessed in Power BI. The fields are the same as on the page.

For example,

Hope this helps.

Thanks.

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Steven Renders 5,698 Moderator on at

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Best is to use APIs. Out of the box APIs or custom APIs, based on queries.

I recommend not to use web services anymore, they will become obselete in the future.

Creating a Datawarehouse is an option, but maybe first give dataflows a try?

Here are some great trainings:

Business Central Power BI Training - Business Central Booster

Microsoft Business Central Advanced Power BI training (businesscentralbooster.com)