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Analyze Open in Excel telemetry

APPLIES TO: Business Central 2024 release wave 2 and later

Open in Excel telemetry gathers data about when users export data from Business Central to Excel using the Open in Excel action. Learn more in Open in Excel.

Open in Excel

Occurs when a user successfully opens a page in Excel.

General dimensions

Dimension Description or value
message Open in Excel: {pageName} where {pageName} is the name of the page that was opened in Excel.
user_Id The user telemetry ID for the user. From the user card, you can use user_Id to identify the user who triggered this telemetry event. Learn more in Assign a telemetry ID to users.

Custom dimensions

Dimension Description or value
aadTenantId Specifies the Microsoft Entra tenant ID used for Microsoft Entra authentication. For on-premises, if you aren't using Microsoft Entra authentication, this value is common.
alObjectId Specifies the ID of the page that was opened in Excel.
alObjectName Specifies the name of the page that was opened in Excel.
alObjectType Specifies the type of the AL object. Value is Page.
clientType Specifies the type of client that opened the session, such as Background or Web. For a list of the client types, see ClientType Option Type.
companyName The current company name.
component Dynamics 365 Business Central Server
componentVersion Specifies the version number of the component that emits telemetry.
environmentName Specifies the name of the tenant environment. Learn more in Managing Environments.
environmentType Specifies the environment type for the tenant, such as Production or Sandbox. Learn more in Environment Types.
eventId RT0056
extensionId Specifies the GUID of the extension that defines the page.
extensionName Specifies the name of the extension that defines the page.
extensionPublisher Specifies the publisher of the extension that defines the page.
extensionVersion Specifies the version of the extension that defines the page.

Sample KQL code

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| where timestamp > ago(60d)
| where customDimensions.eventId == 'RT0056'
| project timestamp
, message
, aadTenantId = customDimensions.aadTenantId
, environmentName = customDimensions.environmentName
, environmentType = customDimensions.environmentType
, companyName = customDimensions.companyName
, clientType = customDimensions.clientType
, alObjectId = customDimensions.alObjectId
, alObjectName = customDimensions.alObjectName
, extensionName = customDimensions.extensionName
, extensionPublisher = customDimensions.extensionPublisher
, extensionVersion = customDimensions.extensionVersion

To learn more about how to set up alerting on Business Central telemetry, see Alert on Telemetry.

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