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Axelio BI Framework

One proven architecture for data platform, ETL, and reporting, from a single source to a complex environment.

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Record to report in Power BI

From general ledger entry to annual accounts and forecast: closing, connecting, reporting, and planning in one model.

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Order to Cash in Power BI

From order to payment, complete insight into lead times, DSO, and cash flow, available in real-time.

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Commenting in Power BI Reports

Twelve ways to add commentary to the numbers, from free and built-in to full write-back.

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Forecast to fulfill in Power BI

From demand forecasting to delivered order: inventory, lead times and logistics performance in real-time and directly manageable.

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CISSP Security Architect for Data Platforms

Risk-driven security from the architecture phase, resilient, compliant, and ready for data and AI.

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Near Real-time BI

From day-long batch reports to operational insights refreshed every 5 minutes, the foundation for AI-driven decision-making.

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Embedded Power BI for Business Central

Nine ready-to-use Power BI apps, directly in your role center. What you can do with them and where the limit lies.

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Procure to Pay in Power BI

Complete insight into spend, suppliers, and contracts: real-time, consolidated, and directly manageable.

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Embedded Power BI or Axelio BI for Business Central

Two routes to reporting on Business Central, where the standard stops and Axelio BI continues.

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Sales Funnel Analysis in Power BI

From sales opportunity to signed deal, including the history that your CRM does not keep.

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IBCS for Power BI

One visual language for management reporting, an ISO standard since June 2026. And six ways to implement it in Power BI.

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Theobald Xtract IS for SAP

The proven connector that unlocks Axelio SAP data, on-premises with SSIS or in Azure.

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FabCon Barcelona 2026 announcements

The main announcements from September 28 to October 1 in plain language: from Business Central mirroring to building AI apps in Power BI.

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The 5 business processes in Power BI

From order to payment, from planning to post-calculation, from general ledger to forecast: five business processes on one consistent data model.

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Plan to produce in Power BI

From production order to post-calculation: operations, components, feedback, downtime, and occupancy in one model.

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Data Platform for BI and AI

SQL Server, Azure Databricks, or Microsoft Fabric: one architecture, from source to semantic model and data agent.

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HR Analytics in Power BI

Absenteeism, turnover, occupancy, and labor costs in one view, with authorization and privacy set up from day one.

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Master Data App

Familiar work in Excel, with control over your master data. Manage the mappings, layouts, and reference data behind your reports, with clear ownership, quality controls, and managed publication.

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Data Lineage in BI

Knowing where each number comes from: the basis for governance, auditing, and trust with the end user.

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Orchestration and logging

One metadata-driven orchestration that loads sources, transformations, and models in the correct order, and records what happened at each step.

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Who says AI, must say BI

Gartner, Microsoft, and Axelio agree: AI agents need a guaranteed layer with business meaning. Good BI is already that layer.

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Business Central Data Extraction

APIs, bc2adls, or Fabric mirroring: three routes out of Business Central, and which fits with SQL Server, Databricks, or Fabric.

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Talk to your data

Asking questions in plain language works, as long as the underlying data is correct. Copilot and data agents are only as good as the model they read.

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