Since the dawn of accounting software, financial reports have focused on function over form, generally replicating the look and feel of the paper reporting and ledger books that came before them. The critical components have always been the numbers, and the most direct way to confirm numbers is to look at … a table of numbers. But for me, someone who wants to see the numbers but is not a trained accountant and who wants to truly understand what the numbers mean for the business, a table of values only helps to a degree. The raw numbers give me data, but not insights; I can see balances but not business decisions. Turning data into something that helps drive action and decisions is something that Microsoft Power BI is designed … [Read more...] about How to find meaning behind the numbers with Power BI