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Month-end reports that take days? Five versions of the same number? Data stuck in Business Central?
Dynamics 365 business intelligence & Power BI consulting in Sydney & Melbourne — one live, trusted view of your business
We build Power BI dashboards
We connect Business Central
We forecast with AI
We build on Microsoft Fabric
Dynamics 365 business intelligence turns the data in Business Central, Dynamics 365 Sales and your other systems into live Power BI dashboards, reports and forecasts. Eagle360 designs the data model, builds the reports and adds Copilot, forecasting and Microsoft Fabric when you need them — so finance, sales and operations work from one version of the truth.
✓ Free 60-minute assessment ✓ Senior Power BI consultant ✓ No obligation
Power BI dashboards on Business Central & Dynamics 365
Copilot, forecasting and anomaly detection
Microsoft Fabric data platform when you need it
A governed data model, documented and handed over
Most businesses already own the data ➜ but it is locked in Business Central, CRM and spreadsheets ➜ so reports take days and nobody agrees on the numbers.
We connect Business Central, Dynamics 365 and your other systems to Power BI, build one governed data model and deliver dashboards that refresh themselves — inside the Microsoft 365 you already use.
The result: decisions made on today’s numbers, not last month’s spreadsheet.
What is Dynamics 365 business intelligence — and how does Power BI fit with Microsoft 365 and Power Platform?
Dynamics 365 business intelligence is the reporting and analytics layer on top of your Microsoft business systems — usually built with Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft’s business intelligence platform. Power BI connects to Dynamics 365 Business Central, Dynamics 365 Sales and Customer Service, Excel, SharePoint, SQL and hundreds of other sources, combines them in one governed data model and publishes dashboards that refresh automatically. Power BI is part of Microsoft Power Platform (with Power Apps, Power Automate and Copilot Studio) and runs inside Microsoft 365 — reports open in Teams, Excel, SharePoint and PowerPoint — while Microsoft Fabric adds a data lake, data engineering and AI for larger estates. Eagle360 is a Microsoft partner in Sydney and Melbourne that designs, builds and supports Power BI and Fabric solutions for Australian businesses running Business Central and Dynamics 365.
What is Dynamics 365 business intelligence?
Business intelligence for Dynamics 365 means turning the data in Business Central, Dynamics 365 Sales and your other systems into live dashboards, reports and forecasts — usually with Microsoft Power BI. Instead of exporting to Excel, everyone works from one trusted, automatically refreshed version of the numbers.
Is Power BI part of Microsoft 365 and Power Platform?
Yes. Power BI is part of Microsoft Power Platform, alongside Power Apps, Power Automate and Copilot Studio, and it runs inside Microsoft 365 — reports open in Teams, Excel, SharePoint, PowerPoint and Outlook. Power BI Pro is included in Microsoft 365 E5.
How much does Power BI cost in Australia?
Power BI Desktop is free. Power BI Pro is AU$21.00 per user per month and Premium Per User is AU$35.90 (Microsoft list prices, ex GST, paid yearly). Larger organisations can buy Microsoft Fabric capacity instead; from F64, people with a free licence can view reports.
Does Business Central work with Power BI?
Yes. Microsoft provides nine Power BI apps for Business Central — Finance, Sales, Purchasing, Inventory, Inventory Valuation, Projects, Manufacturing, Sustainability and Subscription Billing — and since 2024 release wave 2 the reports can open inside Business Central. We extend them with your own measures, budgets and other data sources.
Can Copilot answer questions about my data?
Yes — Copilot in Power BI answers questions in plain English, summarises reports and suggests visuals. It needs a paid Fabric capacity (F2 or higher) or Power BI Premium (P1 or higher); a Pro or Premium Per User licence alone is not enough.
How long does a Power BI project take?
It depends on how many sources you connect and how clean the data is. We start with one high-value dashboard on a solid data model, put it in front of real users, then extend — so you see value early instead of waiting for a big-bang release.
Power BI and Microsoft Fabric — connected to your ERP and the Microsoft 365 you already use
Power BI
Microsoft Fabric
OneLake
Copilot in Power BI
Power BI Embedded
Semantic models
DAX
Power Query
Dataflows
Data pipelines
Direct Lake
Paginated reports
Row-level security
Microsoft Purview
Dynamics 365 Business Central
Dynamics 365 Sales
Dynamics 365 Customer Service
Dataverse
Microsoft Teams
Excel
SharePoint
Azure SQL
SQL Server
Microsoft Power Platform
Microsoft 365
Shopify
Xero
Salesforce
REST APIs
25+ yrs
Building Microsoft business solutions
9 Power BI apps
For Business Central, ready to extend
AU$21 /user
Power BI Pro per month, ex GST
1 version of the truth
A governed model, documented and handed over
From spreadsheets to insight
Still reporting from spreadsheets?
Exports from Business Central, copy-paste between workbooks and five versions of the same number. Scroll to watch the same data become one live, trusted dashboard.
- Month-end reports take daysLive P&L, cash and margin — refreshed automatically
- Every team has its own version of the numbersOne governed data model with agreed definitions
- Data is exported from Business Central into ExcelReports connect straight to Business Central
- Nobody notices problems until it is too lateAlerts and anomaly detection flag issues early
- Only the analyst can answer questionsAnyone can ask Copilot in plain English
Illustration with sample data.
Your questions, answered
Whatever your reporting problem — we’ve solved it before
The 26 questions Australian businesses ask us most about Power BI, Business Central reporting and Microsoft Fabric. Open any card to see how we fix it.
Showing 26 of 26 questions
Our month-end reporting takes days. Can Power BI fix that?
Finance & reporting
Yes. We connect Power BI directly to Business Central (or your ERP), build the P&L, balance sheet, cash and budget reports once, and schedule them to refresh. Month-end becomes reviewing numbers, not building spreadsheets.
Finance app · Budgets · Scheduled refresh
Different managers bring different numbers to the same meeting.
Finance & reporting
That is a data model problem, not a report problem. We build one governed semantic model with agreed definitions — revenue, margin, active customer — so every report and every person uses the same logic.
Semantic model · Certified datasets
Can we see cash flow and aged debtors every morning?
Finance & reporting
Yes. A cash and receivables dashboard shows bank balances, expected receipts, aged debtors and late payers, refreshed before you start work — and can be emailed or pushed to Teams.
Liquidity KPIs · Aged receivables · Subscriptions
We budget in Excel. Can we compare budget with actuals in Power BI?
Finance & reporting
Yes. Budgets can stay in Excel or SharePoint, or move into Business Central budgets. We bring them into the model so actual versus budget and forecast updates automatically, by month, department and dimension.
Budget vs actual · Dimensions
We have several companies or entities. Can we consolidate?
Finance & reporting
Yes. We combine companies, currencies and charts of accounts into one model, with intercompany eliminations and drill-down to each entity — without copy-paste consolidation workbooks.
Multi-company · Currency · Drill-down
Do we still need paginated, printable reports?
Finance & reporting
Often, yes — for statutory packs, invoices or board papers. Power BI paginated reports produce pixel-perfect, printable output from the same trusted model as your dashboards.
Paginated reports · PDF export
Sales managers cannot see the pipeline and the orders together.
Sales & operations
We combine Dynamics 365 Sales (or your CRM) with Business Central orders and invoices, so the same dashboard shows pipeline, bookings, revenue and margin by rep, customer and product.
Dynamics 365 Sales · Business Central
We run out of stock on some items and hold too much of others.
Sales & operations
Inventory dashboards show stock cover, slow movers, availability and supplier performance. Forecasts based on your sales history help you buy the right quantities at the right time.
Inventory · Forecasting · Purchasing
Which customers and products actually make money?
Sales & operations
Profitability analysis by customer, product, channel and salesperson — including discounts, freight and rebates — shows where margin is made and lost, so you can act on it.
Profitability · Decomposition tree
Can project managers see budget, actuals and WIP in one place?
Sales & operations
Yes. Project dashboards show budget versus actual, profitability, realisation and WIP for each project and task, from Business Central jobs or your project system.
Projects app · WIP · Timesheets
Can we track manufacturing capacity, scrap and variances?
Sales & operations
Yes. Manufacturing reports cover work centre and machine centre load, capacity and consumption variance, scrap and production order WIP — and we add the measures specific to your plant.
Manufacturing app · OEE-style KPIs
Our warehouse and online store data never match the ERP.
Sales & operations
We bring Shopify, marketplaces, warehouse and EDI data into the same model as Business Central, reconcile it and highlight exceptions, so you can trust stock and order numbers again.
Shopify · EDI · Reconciliation
Our data lives in Business Central, CRM, Excel and an old SQL database.
Data & integration
That is the most common starting point. We connect each source with Power Query, dataflows or Microsoft Fabric, clean and combine the data once, and build one model on top — no more manual merges.
Power Query · Dataflows · Fabric
Business Central reports are slow or time out.
Data & integration
Large reports should not query transactional tables live. We use API pages, incremental refresh, aggregated tables or Fabric (including the new Business Central mirroring) so reports stay fast without slowing down the ERP.
Incremental refresh · Fabric mirroring
Do we need a data warehouse or Microsoft Fabric?
Data & integration
Not always. Many businesses do well with Power BI and a good model. Fabric makes sense when you have large volumes, many sources, near-real-time needs or data science plans. We tell you honestly which you need.
Power BI · Fabric · Lakehouse
Can we combine our data with external or industry data?
Data & integration
Yes — weather, exchange rates, ABS statistics, marketplace or supplier data can be joined to your own data so you can explain trends, not just report them.
External data · APIs
Our data is messy. Is it worth starting?
Data & integration
Yes — and reporting is the fastest way to find out where the data is wrong. We profile it, fix what matters most, and show data-quality exceptions in their own report so they get corrected at the source.
Data quality · Exception reports
Can customers or suppliers see their own reports?
Data & integration
Yes. With Power BI Embedded we put secure, branded reports into your portal or app, and row-level security makes sure each customer only sees their own data.
Power BI Embedded · Row-level security
Can our team ask questions about the data in plain English?
AI & Copilot
Yes. Copilot in Power BI answers questions, summarises pages and explains changes. We prepare the model — clear names, descriptions and synonyms — so the answers are accurate.
Copilot · Q&A · AI-ready models
Can Power BI forecast sales, demand or cash?
AI & Copilot
Yes. We build forecasts from your history — from simple seasonal models inside Power BI to machine-learning models in Fabric — and show the range of likely outcomes, not just one line.
Forecasting · Fabric data science
Can we be alerted when something unusual happens?
AI & Copilot
Yes. Anomaly detection highlights unusual values, and alerts can notify the right person in Teams or email — for example when margin drops, a customer stops ordering or stock falls below cover.
Anomaly detection · Alerts · Teams
Is Copilot in Power BI available in Australia?
AI & Copilot
Yes, but check two things: you need a paid Fabric capacity (F2+) or Premium (P1+), and because Australia is outside the US and EU data boundary, your admin must allow Copilot data to be processed outside your region. We walk you through the settings and the risk.
Tenant settings · Data boundary
We already have Power BI but nobody uses the reports.
Adoption & existing Power BI
Usually the reports answer the wrong questions or nobody trusts the numbers. We review what exists, talk to the people who should use it, rebuild around real decisions and train them — then measure usage.
Report review · Adoption
Our Power BI reports are slow and hard to change.
Adoption & existing Power BI
We optimise the model — star schema, efficient DAX, incremental refresh — remove duplicated logic and document it, so reports are fast and changes take hours, not weeks.
Performance tuning · DAX
Our only Power BI expert left the company.
Adoption & existing Power BI
We take over the reports, document the model and logic, fix what is fragile and support you — or train your people so the knowledge stays in the business.
Managed BI · Documentation · Training
Can we have reports on our phones and in Teams?
Adoption & existing Power BI
Yes. Power BI reports work in the mobile apps and inside Teams channels and chats, and we design mobile layouts for the reports people check on the go.
Mobile · Teams
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How it works
From Business Central to the boardroom — in five steps
Every reliable dashboard sits on the same foundation: connected sources, a governed model and insight delivered where people already work. Click a step or play the whole journey.
🏢 Business Central
🤝 Dynamics 365 Sales
📗 Excel & SharePoint
🗄️ SQL & legacy
🛒 Shopify & Xero
🔌 Connect: Your sources
Business Central, Dynamics 365 Sales, Excel, SharePoint, SQL, Shopify, Xero and APIs — connected securely, no manual exports.
Business Central APIsDataversePower QueryGateways
🌊 Store: Fabric & OneLake
When volume or complexity grows, data lands in a Fabric lakehouse or warehouse — including Business Central mirroring and Dataverse Link to Fabric.
OneLakeLakehouseMirroringPipelines
🧠 Model: One semantic model
A star-schema model with agreed definitions, DAX measures and security — the single version of the truth every report uses.
Star schemaDAXRow-level securityCertified
📊 Visualise: Dashboards & reports
Executive and operational dashboards, paginated reports and mobile layouts, designed around the decisions people make.
DashboardsPaginatedMobile
⚡ Act: Insight where you work
Reports in Teams, Business Central and Excel; alerts, subscriptions and Copilot answers — so insight turns into action.
TeamsCopilotAlertsEmbedded
Dashboards for every role
The right numbers for every person who decides
A CFO, a sales manager and a warehouse lead need very different dashboards — built on the same trusted data. Pick a role to see what theirs looks like.
💰 CFO & finance
Cash, margin and month-end — without the spreadsheet pack.
- Is margin going up or down — and why?
- Which customers pay late?
- Are we on budget this month?
📈 Sales manager
Pipeline, bookings and margin by rep, customer and product.
- Which deals are at risk this month?
- Who are our most profitable customers?
- Are we hitting target by region?
📦 Operations & inventory
Stock cover, slow movers and on-time delivery.
- What will run out before the next delivery?
- Which suppliers deliver late?
- Where is cash tied up in stock?
🧭 CEO & board
The whole business on one page, every morning.
- Are we growing profitably?
- Which division needs attention?
- What changed since last month?
🛠️ Projects & services
Budget, WIP and profitability for every project.
- Which projects are losing money?
- What can we invoice this week?
- Who is over-allocated?
Illustrations with sample data. Every dashboard we build is designed with the people who use it.
AI & Copilot
From what happened to what’s next — and why
Copilot, forecasting and anomaly detection turn your reports into answers. Pick a question to see how AI reads the same chart.
Monthly sales AU$ thousandsRefreshed from Business Central
✦Copilot in Power BI
What you need: a paid Fabric capacity (F2+) or Power BI Premium (P1+). In Australia your admin must also allow Copilot data to be processed outside the region — we help you decide.
Copilot in Power BI
Ask questions in plain English, summarise report pages and get suggested visuals — answers respect each person’s security.
Forecasting
Seasonal forecasts in Power BI, and machine-learning forecasts in Fabric for demand, cash and churn.
Anomaly detection & alerts
Spot unusual values automatically and alert the right person in Teams or email before it becomes a problem.
Illustration with sample data.
Power BI licensing in Australia
Which Power BI licence do you actually need?
Pro, Premium Per User, Fabric capacity or free? Answer up to three questions and we will show you the plan that fits — with Microsoft Australia list prices.
Question 1 of up to 3
Do other people need to see your reports?
How many people will view reports?
Do you need very large models, frequent refreshes or AI features?
Power BI Desktop (free)
AU$0
Build and explore reports on your own PC. To share them with anyone, you will need Pro or a capacity.
Free downloadFull report designerNo sharing
Power BI Pro
AU$21.00
per user / month. Every person who creates or views shared reports needs Pro. Included in Microsoft 365 E5 and Office 365 E5.
Share and collaborateUp to 8 scheduled refreshes a dayModels up to 1 GB
Premium Per User
AU$35.90
per user / month. Everything in Pro plus larger models, more frequent refreshes and advanced features — but everyone viewing PPU content needs PPU.
Up to 48 refreshes a dayModels up to 100 GBXMLA endpoint access
Fabric capacity (F2 and up) + Pro
From about AU$400
per month pay-as-you-go for F2 (indicative, varies by region). Unlocks Copilot in Power BI and Fabric data engineering. Below F64, viewers still need Pro. Reservations save up to 40.5%.
Copilot in Power BILakehouse & mirroringPause or scale
Fabric capacity F64 or larger
Quoted on size
From F64, people with a free licence can view reports — so at scale a capacity can cost less than Pro for everyone. Report creators still need Pro.
Free viewers (F64+)CopilotEnterprise scale
Microsoft Australia list prices, ex GST, paid yearly, checked October 2026. Fabric capacity prices vary by region and term; reservations save up to 40.5% over pay-as-you-go. We confirm current pricing in every proposal.
Honest comparison
Power BI or what you use today?
Most businesses already report with Excel, built-in ERP reports or another BI tool. Here is how Power BI typically compares — and where your current tool is still the right answer.
Great for analysis and modelling — painful as a reporting system.
Built-in reports and Power BI apps are a great starting point — not the whole picture.
A strong visualisation tool — but outside the Microsoft stack you already use.
Older on-premises BI and custom SQL reports are hard to change and expensive to keep alive.
Our assessment for typical Australian small and mid-sized businesses. Scores out of 5 · grey: alternative · green: Power BI.
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What we deliver
Power BI and Fabric services — from first dashboard to data platform
Start with one problem and grow from there. Every engagement includes a governed data model, documentation and training.
🚀
Power BI quick start
Your first trusted dashboard, fast
We connect Business Central (and up to a couple of other sources), build a clean model and deliver one high-value dashboard your team uses from day one.
- Business Central Power BI apps set up and extended
- Finance or sales dashboard
- Hand-over and training
📊
Dashboards & reporting
Reports built around decisions
Executive, finance, sales, inventory, project and manufacturing reporting — interactive dashboards plus paginated reports for packs and statements.
- KPI design workshops
- Mobile and Teams layouts
- Paginated reports
🏗️
Data platform on Microsoft Fabric
All your data, one foundation
Lakehouse or warehouse on OneLake, Business Central mirroring, Dataverse Link to Fabric and pipelines from your other systems — governed and documented.
- Fabric architecture
- Mirroring & pipelines
- Capacity sizing
✨
AI, Copilot & forecasting
From hindsight to foresight
AI-ready semantic models for Copilot, demand and cash forecasting, anomaly detection and alerts that reach the right person in Teams.
- Copilot readiness
- Forecast models
- Alerts & anomaly detection
🌐
Embedded analytics
Reports inside your portal or app
Power BI Embedded for customer, supplier or partner portals — branded, secure and filtered so each organisation sees only its own data.
- Power BI Embedded
- Row-level security
- Power Pages portals
🛡️
Managed BI & training
Keep it fast, accurate and used
Monitoring, refresh failures fixed, new requests delivered and people trained — so reporting keeps up with the business after go-live.
- Support & enhancements
- Usage monitoring
- Role-based training
Our method
From scattered data to dashboards people trust
One dashboard or a full data platform, you see the decisions, the data model and a fixed price before we build.
01
Discover
A workshop on the decisions you need to make, the questions behind them, your data sources and data quality.
You get
A prioritised list of dashboards and a clear scope.
02
Model
Source connections, data cleansing and a governed semantic model with agreed definitions and security.
You get
A trusted, documented data model.
03
Visualise
Report design with your users, built in short iterations with real data — desktop, mobile and Teams.
You get
Dashboards live in production.
04
Adopt & improve
Training, usage monitoring, Copilot readiness and ongoing enhancement as the business changes.
You get
Reporting that keeps improving.
Governance & security
Numbers you can trust — and protect
A dashboard is only useful if people believe it and only the right people can see it. Every Eagle360 Power BI project includes these safeguards.
- Row-level securityEach person sees only the companies, regions or customers they are allowed to.
- Microsoft Entra IDSign-in, multi-factor authentication and conditional access from Microsoft 365.
- Certified datasetsApproved, documented models marked as the source of truth.
- Sensitivity labelsMicrosoft Purview labels follow data into Excel, PDF and PowerPoint exports.
- Deployment pipelinesChanges move from development to test to production — never edited live.
- Usage & refresh monitoringWe watch refreshes, capacity and adoption, and fix issues before users notice.
Thinking about Fabric or Copilot?
Get a Fabric & Copilot readiness review
We check your data, licences, capacity and tenant settings — including the Australian data-boundary setting Copilot needs — and give you a clear plan and budget.
Why Eagle360
Business intelligence built by people who know your ERP
Most BI projects fail on the data, not the visuals. We implement Business Central ourselves, so your reports reconcile to the ERP — and we support them from Sydney and Melbourne.
Business Central at the core
We implement Business Central, so we know its tables, dimensions and posting logic — not just its API.
For you: numbers that reconcile to the ERP.
Decisions, not decoration
Every dashboard starts from a decision someone has to make and the question behind it.
For you: reports people actually use.
One model, governed
Agreed definitions, row-level security and documentation are part of every project.
For you: no more arguing about whose number is right.
AI-ready from day one
Models designed for Copilot, forecasting and anomaly detection — on Microsoft Fabric when you need it.
For you: a platform that grows with you.
Trusted by Australian leaders
Results delivered across diverse industries
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The Iconic
Fashion e-commerce
Eagle360’s implementation of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Tasklet Factory optimised warehouse efficiency, vendor satisfaction, and employee productivity, positioning us as a leader in Australian online retail.
Challenge
High-volume online orders and warehouse throughput
Solution
Dynamics 365 + Tasklet Factory mobile warehouse
Outcome
Optimised warehouse efficiency, vendor satisfaction and productivity
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Air-Conditioners Australia
HVAC distribution
Since 2016, Eagle360 has partnered with us to enhance business workflow and customer engagement — delivering engineering excellence through modern, integrated business systems.
Challenge
Growing workflows and customer engagement needs
Solution
Integrated Microsoft business systems, partnered since 2016
Outcome
Enhanced business workflow and customer engagement
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Boardroom Limited
Corporate services
Eagle360 successfully upgraded us from NAV 2015 to Dynamics 365 Business Central, transforming our financial processes with cloud-based, scalable ERP and AI-driven features.
Challenge
Ageing Dynamics NAV 2015 system
Solution
Upgrade to cloud Dynamics 365 Business Central
Outcome
Transformed financial processes with scalable, AI-ready ERP
Got a reporting problem? Let’s find the quickest win.
In a free 60-minute assessment we review your reports and data sources, pick the dashboard with the biggest payoff and propose a fixed-price first release.
What is Microsoft Power BI?
Power BI is Microsoft’s business intelligence platform. You connect data sources, build a data model, and publish interactive reports and dashboards that refresh automatically and can be shared securely across your organisation, in Teams and on mobile.
Is Power BI part of Microsoft Power Platform?
Yes. Microsoft Power Platform includes Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, Copilot Studio and Power Pages. They share connectors, security and Dataverse, so a Power BI report can trigger a Power Automate flow or be embedded in a Power App.
Is Power BI included in Microsoft 365?
Power BI Pro is included in Microsoft 365 E5 and Office 365 E5. With other Microsoft 365 plans you can use Power BI Desktop and the free account, and add Pro licences for people who share or view shared reports.
What is the difference between Power BI Desktop and the Power BI service?
Power BI Desktop is a free Windows application for building data models and reports. The Power BI service (app.powerbi.com) is where reports are published, shared, refreshed and secured, and where dashboards, apps and subscriptions live.
Power BI or Excel — which should we use?
Both. Excel is ideal for ad-hoc analysis and modelling. Power BI is better for shared, automatically refreshed reporting with one version of the truth and security by user. Many teams analyse a Power BI model directly in Excel.
What is a semantic model?
A semantic model (previously called a dataset) holds the tables, relationships, measures and security behind your reports. Getting the model right is what makes numbers consistent, reports fast and Copilot answers accurate.
What is Dynamics 365 business intelligence?
It is reporting and analytics on top of Microsoft Dynamics 365 — Business Central, Sales, Customer Service or Finance — usually with Power BI and, for larger data estates, Microsoft Fabric.
Which Power BI apps does Business Central include?
Microsoft provides Power BI apps for Finance, Sales, Purchasing, Inventory, Inventory Valuation, Projects, Manufacturing, Sustainability and Subscription Billing, with ready-made reports for each area that we install, configure and extend.
Can Power BI reports open inside Business Central?
Yes. Since Business Central 2024 release wave 2, Power BI reports can be embedded and opened directly inside Business Central pages, so users see analytics without leaving the ERP. Viewing them requires a Power BI licence.
How does Power BI connect to Business Central?
Through the Business Central connector and API pages, or through Microsoft Fabric. Microsoft has also announced Business Central data mirroring to Fabric, which replicates selected tables in near real time without using API limits.
Can Power BI combine Business Central with Dynamics 365 Sales?
Yes. Dynamics 365 Sales data comes from Dataverse — directly or through Link to Microsoft Fabric — and we join it with Business Central orders, invoices and margins in one model.
Do you only work with Business Central?
No. We also connect MYOB Acumatica, Dynamics 365 Finance, SQL Server, Excel, SharePoint, Shopify, Xero and most systems with an API or database.
How much does Power BI cost in Australia?
Microsoft list prices (ex GST, paid yearly, checked October 2026): Power BI Pro AU$21.00 per user per month and Premium Per User AU$35.90 per user per month. Power BI Desktop is free. Fabric capacity is priced by size and region.
Who needs a Power BI Pro licence?
Anyone who publishes or shares content, and — unless content sits on an F64 or larger capacity — anyone who views shared reports. On F64+ capacities, viewers can use a free licence.
When does Microsoft Fabric capacity make sense?
When you need Copilot in Power BI, Fabric data engineering, very large models, or when hundreds of people view reports and free viewing on F64+ becomes cheaper than Pro for everyone.
How much does a Power BI implementation cost?
It depends on the number of sources, the state of the data and how many reports you need. After a free discovery workshop we give you a fixed-price proposal for an agreed scope.
Are there ongoing costs after go-live?
Licences or capacity, plus optional managed BI support for monitoring, fixes and new reports. Many clients start with a small monthly support plan and scale it as reporting grows.
What is Microsoft Fabric?
Microsoft Fabric is Microsoft’s end-to-end analytics platform — data engineering, data warehousing, real-time analytics, data science and Power BI — all on one data lake called OneLake.
Is Power BI part of Microsoft Fabric?
Yes. Power BI is the reporting experience inside Fabric. You can use Power BI on its own with Pro licences, or with Fabric capacity when you need the wider platform.
What do I need for Copilot in Power BI?
A paid Fabric capacity (F2 or higher) or Power BI Premium (P1 or higher), the Copilot tenant setting turned on, and a supported region. A Pro or Premium Per User licence alone is not enough.
Is our data safe with Copilot?
Copilot respects your existing Power BI permissions and row-level security. In Australia, Copilot requires your admin to allow processing outside the local region — we explain what that means so you can decide.
Can Power BI do forecasting and anomaly detection?
Yes. Line charts include built-in forecasting and anomaly detection, and Fabric adds machine-learning models for more advanced demand, cash or churn forecasts.
How long does it take to build a Power BI dashboard?
A focused first dashboard on a clean source is usually quick; connecting several systems or fixing data quality takes longer. We agree the timeline in discovery and deliver in short iterations.
Can you fix or take over our existing Power BI reports?
Yes. We review your models and reports, fix performance and accuracy problems, document what exists and support it going forward.
Do you provide Power BI training?
Yes — role-based training for report viewers, self-service analysts and administrators, using your own data and reports.
Where are you based?
Eagle360 has teams in Sydney and Melbourne and works with businesses across Australia and New Zealand.
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Reports, dashboards or a data platform — let’s make your data work
Book a free 60-minute assessment with a senior consultant in Sydney or Melbourne. We’ll review your reporting, find the quickest win and propose a fixed-price first release.
- Senior consultant
- Business Central expertise
- Fixed-price proposals
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