Excel Layouts in Business Central: The feature nobody told you about…

You know that moment when a client asks:
“Can we just slightly change this report?”
And what they really mean is:
“Can you redesign the entire thing by tomorrow?” 😄

Meanwhile, in Business Central, Excel Layouts are sitting quietly in the corner like:
“I could’ve done that for you in 5 minutes…”

Yet most end users still don’t know they exist.
Not because they’re hidden.
Not because they’re complicated.
But because… nobody ever showed them!

Excel Layouts let you:
✅ Design reports yourself
✅ Add formulas, formatting, and logic in Excel
✅ Stop relying on your partner for every tiny layout change
✅ Actually own your own reporting

Instead of:
❌ Screenshotting
❌ Copying & pasting
❌ Manually “fixing” every report in Excel
❌ Sending yet another email to support…

They turn Business Central into a self-service reporting tool instead of a “please log a ticket” system.

If you’re using Business Central and you:
Didn’t know Excel layouts exist
Were never trained on them
Still export everything and rework it manually
…your system is under-utilised and your time is being over-billed

The good news?
This is one of the easiest wins in Business Central.
No code.
No extensions.
Just better reporting and fewer headaches.

If you want to know how Excel layouts actually work (not just that they exist), We would be happy to point you in the right direction 👇