Project resourcing, time & expense capture and milestone billing for consultancies and agencies — built as a per-tenant AL extension on your Business Central environment, installed and supported by ECOSIRE. Built to order by ECOSIRE for Dynamics 365 BC (build-to-order) — indicative price from $499.00 USD; request a quote for a scoped proposal.
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Project resourcing, time & expense capture and milestone billing for consultancies and agencies — built as a per-tenant AL extension on your Business Central environment, installed and supported by ECOSIRE.
Aucune configuration à faire vous-même — une app fonctionnelle conçue, installée et prise en charge par ECOSIRE.
Commencez par un prix de développement unique. Nous cadrons le projet avec vous au lancement.
ECOSIRE la développe, la configure et l'installe sur votre Dynamics 365 Business Central.
Vous êtes en ligne en 2–4 semaines environ, avec une période d’assistance après le lancement.
Professional Services Automation for Business Central is a build-to-order AL extension that turns Business Central's standard Jobs/Projects engine into a complete delivery-and-billing system for consultancies, agencies and other services firms. It is not an instant AppSource download. ECOSIRE scopes it against your real engagements, builds it, installs it as a per-tenant extension on your tenant, and supports it after go-live.
The extension layers on top of native Project (Job) functionality rather than replacing it. We add table and page extensions to the Project, Project Task, Project Planning Line and Resource tables; introduce a resourcing board with capacity vs. demand; and capture time and expenses through web and Business Central mobile, plus optional Power Apps entry written back via the BC REST/OData v4 API. Approvals run through native workflow and the job queue so nothing depends on a person remembering to post.
Billing supports milestone (fixed-fee), time-and-materials and mixed engagements, producing standard Sales Invoices so VAT/tax, dimensions and your chart of accounts stay native. WIP and revenue recognition use Business Central's Job WIP methods with cost/sales accruals posted to G/L. Event subscribers keep custom fields and KPI tables in sync without modifying base objects, so the solution stays upgrade-safe across Microsoft's monthly releases.
Reporting covers utilization, realization, billable vs. non-billable hours, project margin and backlog — surfaced as Business Central pages and queries, and exposable to Power BI or Dataverse via Power Platform integration. Dedicated permission sets keep delivery, finance and partner access separated. You receive the AL source, the deployable .app, and a documented hand-over so you are never locked in.
Owns resource allocation and project margin. Needs a real-time capacity-vs-demand view, accurate utilization, and confidence that billable hours are captured and invoiced without spreadsheet reconciliation.
Responsible for WIP, revenue recognition and invoicing accuracy. Wants milestone and T&M billing to flow into native Sales Invoices with correct tax, dimensions and G/L postings, and clean month-end accruals.
Runs a project-based business on Business Central and needs realization, backlog and margin reporting to price work and forecast — without buying a separate PSA platform or duplicating data across systems.
| Critère | ÉCOSIRE | Construction personnalisée | Concurrent | Odoo natif |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Built specifically around your billing rules and engagement types | Inclus | Inclus | Prise en charge partielle | |
| Native project resourcing / capacity-vs-demand board | Inclus | Prise en charge partielle | Prise en charge partielle | |
| Milestone, T&M and mixed-mode billing into native Sales Invoices | Inclus | Prise en charge partielle | Prise en charge partielle | |
| WIP & revenue recognition posted to G/L with dimensions | Inclus | Prise en charge partielle | Prise en charge partielle | |
| Utilization & realization reporting (BC pages + Power BI) | Inclus | Prise en charge partielle | Inclus | |
| Upgrade-safe (extensions + event subscribers, no base-object mods) | Inclus | Prise en charge partielle | Inclus | |
| Installed, configured and supported on your tenant by the vendor | Inclus | Non inclus | Non inclus | |
| You receive full AL source and avoid per-user SaaS lock-in | Inclus | Inclus | Non inclus |
No. This is a build-to-order solution. ECOSIRE scopes it against your engagements, develops it in AL, and installs it as a per-tenant extension directly on your Business Central tenant. It is not a self-service AppSource listing, so there is no instant download link — delivery is a managed engagement.
After a scoping call we confirm requirements and timeline. A standard build is typically delivered in roughly 3 to 6 weeks depending on the complexity of your billing rules, integrations (Power BI/Dataverse/Power Apps) and the number of approval workflows. We install to your sandbox first for UAT, then promote to production once you sign off. Exact dates are agreed in writing before work begins.
The price includes a post-go-live support window covering bug fixes and a compatibility check against Microsoft's monthly Business Central release waves. Because it's built with table/page extensions and event subscribers rather than base-object modifications, it stays upgrade-safe. Beyond the included window, ECOSIRE offers an optional support and enhancement retainer. You also receive full AL source, so you're never locked to us.
The extension builds on Business Central's native Project (Job) module and posts through standard Sales Invoices and G/L, so your tax, dimensions and chart of accounts stay intact. We install to a sandbox first to validate against your other installed extensions and resolve any object-ID or event collisions before touching production.
Yes. Time and expense capture work in the Business Central web client and mobile app out of the box. We also expose REST/OData v4 API pages so a custom Power App or Power Automate flow can write entries back into Business Central, and we can integrate with Dataverse virtual tables for low-code scenarios where that's in scope.
Yes. On completion you receive the full AL source code and the deployable .app file, plus deployment and admin documentation. The solution runs on your own tenant under your control, so you can have any qualified AL developer maintain it in future.
Project resourcing, time & expense capture and milestone billing for consultancies and agencies — built as a per-tenant AL extension on your Business Central environment, installed and supported by ECOSIRE.