Although accounting information systems offer vast value to accountants and their clients, they often lack the data analytical capabilities desired for creating additional value. QuickBooks, for ...

Data can feel overwhelming, especially when it’s scattered across spreadsheets, databases, and countless other sources. If you’ve ever stared at rows of numbers, wondering how to make sense of it all, ...

We have all been there, perhaps at work, staring at a massive spreadsheet filled with data that needs to be transformed into a meaningful report by the end of the day. You feel overwhelmed and unsure ...

A slide shown showing the AP’s data journalism and interactives workflow during a presentation at Microsoft’s Data Insights Summit this week in Seattle. The Associated Press will use Microsoft’s Power ...

When Microsoft debuted the browser-based Power BI data analytics and business intelligence service in July 2013, its scope was confined more or less to Office users. But given Microsoft’s ambitions, ...

In today’s data-driven world, organizations of all sizes are inundated with vast amounts of information. Extracting actionable insights from this data can be overwhelming and time-consuming. Microsoft ...

After more than half a year in limited preview, Microsoft today launched Power BI for Office 365, its Business Intelligence for Office 365 Enterprise subscribers. In combination with Excel, Power BI ...

Microsoft Power BI is a powerful Business Intelligence (BI) tool that lets people with a limited technical background perform complex analysis in just a few clicks. Big data is how you can empower ...

Accountants often are tasked with tracking the performance of their organization (or client organizations). That process usually requires referring to multiple sources to gain insight on the trends of ...

Microsoft has added R data visualizations to its Power BI data analysis cloud service — options which no longer require either knowledge of R or having R on a local system. These new custom ...