Big Five Reports in Controlling – Excel BI & Power BI

Status report - Period comparison - YTD report - Target/actual comparison - Forecast

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This training is held in German.
The goal of numerous data analyses conducted in Controlling using Excel BI and Power BI is to create well-structured, target-audience-oriented reports. Five classic report types cover the majority of these requirements: status reports, period comparisons for years, quarters, and months, YTD reports, budget-to-actual comparisons, and forecasts. The training both key calculation functions and general working techniques using practical examples, enabling controllers to significantly increase controllers efficiency when creating reports.

Contents

Direct implementation on your own laptop!

Transformation and structuring of basic data for report preparation

  • Accessing external data using Power Query.
  • Create additional assignment criteria.
  • References to the same query for multiple evaluations.

 Key areas of focus for developing dynamic reports

  • Requirements for the structuring of tables and data models.
  • Incorporating control mechanisms into a report.
  • Control mechanisms to prevent incorrect input.

Key DAX functions for rankings and time intelligence functions

  • Calculating rankings using Rank() versus RankX().
  • Calculations of dynamic time series in the YTD report using TotalYTD or DatesYTD and analogous time series.
  • The calculation tools for year-over-year analyses.
  • Forecasts' calculation tools, such as the moving average.

Various techniques for comparing actual results with targets

  • The multi-fact-star schema and bridge tables for resolving m:n relationships.
  • Advanced Power Query techniques, such as unpivoting budget data across multiple files.

Tips and Tricks for Data Visualization

 

Please bring your own laptop to the training . You can find more detailed installation instructions under Methods.

Learning environment

In your online learning environment, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services for this training course once you have registered.

Your benefit

During training , you training important practical skills for systematically structuring recurring reporting tasks and dynamically managing report content. This will enable you to efficiently create concise reports.

Methods

Presentation, step-by-step implementation of sample solutions using example files, exercises, technical discussion, Q&A.

 

You will need your own laptop to participate.

Please note the following installation instructions: Microsoft Power BI and Microsoft Excel (version 2016 or later with the Power Pivot COM add-in enabled).

Recommended for

This training for controllers who have a solid understanding of Power BI and Excel. We recommend that participants have completed the Power BI, Power Query, DAX, and Data Models courses.

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