Meet RUX History and Statistics and Stop Building Reports from Scratch

If you manage an equipment rental business, you already know that timing, visibility, and accurate data make the difference between profit and chaos. Every missed trend, delayed invoice, or overlooked purchasing pattern can impact asset utilization and cash flow.  

This is why we are excited to introduce RUX History and Statistics, our powerful new app built specifically for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. RUX History and Statistics transforms your Business Central environment into a fully embedded analytics hub with actionable dashboards, deep drill downs, and global search capabilities. No external tools. No complex integrations. No expensive custom builds. Just insight, right where you need it.

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The Challenge: Gaps in Standard Business Central

Business Central is a powerful ERP platform, but many equipment rental managers quickly discover a few pain points and missing elements such as:

• No out of the box dashboarding

• Visualizations must be built from scratch

• External BI tools require additional licenses and links

• Searching across posted and unposted documents can be time consuming.

When you’re juggling equipment availability, customer billing, vendor lead times, and fleet investment decisions, you don’t always have time to stitch together reports from multiple different sources.

You need clarity immediately.

The Solution: RUX History and Statistics

RUX History and Statistics delivers 30 KPIs and metrics out of the box with minimal configuration. It is fully embedded inside Business Central, meaning no external licensing is needed and no switching between systems is required.

With just about one hour to implement, you can download the app and immediately see all your:

• Customer statistics

• Vendor statistics

• Item statistics

• Sales, purchase, and quantity trends.

All with full drill down capabilities directly into your Business Central data.

Real World Example: Improve Equipment Utilization

Let’s imagine you manage a rental equipment fleet that includes aerial lifts, skid steers, and generators. One of your high value lift models seems to always be unavailable during peak season, while another model sits idle.

With RUX History and Statistics, you’ll be able to instantly view the available quantity on hand, sales price trends, sales and rental volume trends by item, and average lead times. Instead of guessing, you can drill directly into historical sales and rental data. You might discover that one of your lift models has steadily increasing demand in specific regions or from specific contractors.

With that visibility, you can confidently increase purchase orders for high demand units, adjust pricing based on trend data, and reallocate underperforming assets. The result is higher utilization, better ROI on fleet investments, and fewer lost rental opportunities.

Real World Example: Strengthen Cash Flow and Vendor Performance

Cash flow is everything in equipment rental. Let’s say you are noticing that your cash position feels tighter than expected, even though revenue looks strong.

Using the built-in customer statistics in RUX History and Statistics, you can instantly review average pay days by customer, sales trends by customer, and posted and unposted sales documents.

You might be able to identify that a handful of large contractors consistently pay beyond terms. With this insight, your team can proactively adjust credit limits, tighten payment policies, or negotiate revised terms. At the same time, vendor statistics allow you to evaluate purchases by item category, on time delivery performance, and lead time trends.

If a critical equipment supplier frequently delivers late, causing rental delays, you can also see this clearly. That gives you leverage to renegotiate terms or diversify suppliers before it impacts your customer satisfaction.

Global Search Across Your Entire Database

One of the most powerful features of the app is the ability to globally search your Business Central database across all sales record types, including posted and unposted documents.

For equipment rental managers, this means no more digging through multiple pages to track down a contract, invoice, or quote. You can view filtered records in a structured tree view with headers and lines, sort data instantly, and add additional filters directly in the data grid.

This will save you time daily and reduces the risk of missing critical information.

Enhanced Change Logs for Better Accountability

Have you ever wondered who adjusted a customer credit limit or modified an item’s pricing? RUX History and Statistics provides enhanced change logs directly on master data cards and records.

For growing rental businesses with multiple users, this visibility improves accountability and protects your data integrity.

Quick Wins, Immediate Value

The best part? You don’t need to plan for a massive implementation project. Within about an hour, you can install the app, open your dashboards, and begin analyzing real time KPIs.

No building from scratch. No expensive BI consultants. No external dashboard links. You get 30 KPIs ready to go, fully embedded inside your Business Central system.

Built for Rental Managers Who Want Better Visibility and Control

Equipment rental is a data driven business. Every asset, every contract, every purchase order tells a story. RUX History and Statistics helps you see that story more clearly.

When you can track trends across customers, vendors, and items in one place, you move from reactive to proactive management. You’re better equipped to make smarter purchasing decisions. You can strengthen cash flow. You’ll improve fleet utilization. And you gain confidence that your ERP system is working for you, not against you.

If you’re ready to fill the reporting gaps in your Business Central system and unlock the full power of your rental data, RUX History and Statistics is the upgrade your business has been waiting for. Contact us to see a demo today!