Prior to this release, a partner had to create data analysis definitions in the client, copy and edit links, and then publish these links on a webpage. Then they needed to ask users to click the links to install the data analysis definitions.

With this release, AL developers can simply add data analysis definitions to their extensions/apps. This then makes the data analysis definitions available to users.

This is done by allowing developers to export analysis configurations created in the client as JSON files and reference them on page objects by using the new analysisviews control syntax together with the DefinitionFile property.

These packaged analysis definitions can be deployed through extensions and found directly within the Business Central client, where their availability can be controlled by admins through Designer, Personalization, and Profile Configuration modes to show or hide extension-provided analysis views across environments, users, and profiles.

We also introduce support for defining analysis view descriptions and tooltips, enabling users and developers to attach contextual metadata to analysis layouts within the application interface.

In a minor update to version 28, new read-only analysis tabs are added to list and worksheet pages across multiple application areas including Sales, Finance, Inventory, Purchasing, and Auditing, delivering predefined analysis layouts such as Sales Orders, Expected Sales Volume, Customer Sales by Volume, Aged Accounts by Month, Change Log Entries by user activity, Users by status and license type, G/L Entries by source, Fixed Asset value tracking and depreciation over time, Inventory movements and throughput, Vendor Ledger Entries, and Goods Received Not Invoiced.

These analysis tabs are found as extension-provided layouts within the application and can be duplicated from their read-only state to support additional client-side analysis scenarios based on grouping, aggregation, filtering, and column configuration defined in the exported JSON layout.