“Imagine asking Business Central about your data… and it just answers you — in natural language, with charts and all. Today, this is real.”
That’s how I introduced the Data Insights Copilot at Directions ASIA during the keynote. And now — just weeks later — I’m thrilled to say: it’s alive!
🚀 The Data Insights Agent is now available in preview on AppSource as part of the CentralQ Chat app.
No queries development. No report builders. Just type:
"Show me top 5 customers by revenue last quarter?"
…and see the results — text, charts, insights. All from your live Business Central data.
What’s so special?
This is not just another analytics tool. The Data Insights Agent:
Understands your questions in natural language.
Generates secure, on-the-fly Python code to pull and analyze data via BC APIs.
Runs that code in a sandboxed environment (no deployment needed).
Returns answers + visualizations right in the chat.
Lets you peek under the hood to see exactly how it thinks.
And yes — follow-up questions work too!
Two options
At the keynote I shared two ways to get started with AI-powered insights:
🛠️ Open-source version — Data Insights Copilot:
Free and self-hosted
Deployment, hosting, and any associated AI costs (e.g. Azure OpenAI) are yours to manage.
🌐 AppSource app — Data Insights Agent in CentralQ Chat:
No setup required
Fully embedded chat experience in Business Central
Combines your data with Microsoft Learn, community blogs, and private docs
You choose. Both built with the same love ❤️.
Try it now
You can test the Data Insights Agent today:
Install CentralQ Chat from AppSource
Go to the CentralQ Chat Setup in BC
Activate the “Use Insights Agent”
Ask your first question
Don’t know where to start? Try:
"Which items are at risk of stockout this month?"
"What’s the cash flow trend over the past year?"
Learn more
Want to dive deeper? Check out the full documentation here:
📘 Explore the Data Insights Agent
Final thoughts
I’ve worked on this for months. From the open-source prototype to the AppSource version you see today. It’s been a ride. And it’s only the beginning.
The Data Insights Agent is now available in preview, and your feedback is more important than ever.
Please try it out — and let me know what works, what surprises you, and what you’d love to see next.
There’s so much more to come — but today, I just wanted to share this moment with you.
Go ahead. Ask your business a question.
And let CentralQ answer.
— Dmitry
