Description

This session will review practical applications for Power BI in a CPA firm today. The attendees will walk away with a basic understanding on how to build out a basic Power BI dashboard.

Learning Objectives:

• Summarize business intelligence (BI) and its use in decision making
• Determine practical applications of BI in CPA firms as well as well as in other decision making environments
• Compare and contrast Excel and Power BI as to their similarities and differences, as well as how Excel compliments the use of Power BI
• Illustrate the construction of a Power BI dashboard and usefulness of constructed visualizations

Speaker(s):

• Dr. William S. Thomas, CPA, CGMA, PhD, W. Stewart Thomas, CPA, CGMA, PhD, University of North Carolina at Pembroke