Welcome to the most comprehensive Financial Statements in Power BI walkthrough ever. In this case study, you’ll practice your BI skills by taking on the role of a Business Intelligence Developer. You will be helping a retail company automate and visualize its most important financial statements.
Creating Financial Statements in Power BI poses three significant challenges, which we will help you solve using a combination of BI tools.
Challenge 1: How to replicate financial statement layouts and formatting
Challenge 2: How to create account subtotals and other DAX summaries
Challenge 3: How to create the more complex cash flow statement
With plenty of extended student challenges and interactive exercises, this course is the perfect scenario-based case study to reinforce your fundamental knowledge of Power BI.
Interactive Financial Statements in Power BI
Power BI offers a great way to visualize and interact with high-level financial data.
Power BI Financial Statements Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, you will be able to:
Understand how to define and propose an achievable project scope.
Write an SQL query to source General Ledger Data from a database
Build a data model using a snowflake schema in Power BI
Build an Income Statement and Balance Sheet in Power BI
Create financial statements in Excel using Cube Formulas
Compare the benefits of Power BI vs. Excel for Financial Analysis
Who should take this course?
This course is perfect for anyone who wants to apply their Power BI and DAX skills in a real-world scenario. There is no better way to kick-start a career in data analysis, quantitative analysis, business intelligence, or other areas of finance with applied, practical knowledge of Power BI and related BI tools.
Why stop here? Expand your skills and show your expertise with the professional certifications, specializations, and CPE credits you’re already on your way to earning.
New Ideas
I recently published our PNL with Powerbi and it has been a great tool. I learned some alternate ways of doing this in this tutorial. It would have streamlined the experience. It does take more time to really go through these courses than the credit that is given.
Rosa Crawford
Well explained with practical usage in mind
The course has great practical significance. All concepts explained using real world situation in mind.
Farooq Anwer
very interesting course
this course give many informations about building FS in PBI and i appreciated a lot
Pierre MBRA
Great Course
Grateful for the experience
Precious Alor
New experience
I got to increase my skills in learning how to prepare income statement and balance sheet in power bi, that is something new for me, and I advice others to really try to get this course.
Amir Imeri
Financial Statements in PowerBI
quite educating and tasking
Emem Asuquo
Strong and effective material
Strong and effective material
Marco George Saad
Challenging but ultimately the best learning experience
The case study was challenging but it neatly tied together the concepts we have been learning in the previous courses. I found it to be very engaging and fun!
Judy Kaluki
Outstanding touch on Financial Statements
The power of CUBE formulas. This is a beautiful engaging case study, with great content about the real world. I highly recommend this to financial analysts / Accounting Professionals. The combined usage of SQL, Power Query, and Power BI in this case study is mind-blowing.
Linda Etuhole Nakasole
Can get a bit complicated
Can get a bit complicated but the instructor was clear
Evalyne Mbithi
Amazing lessons
Thanks for the amazing lessons
Osuo-nu-oderin Jacob
very nice
I enjoyed this course content so much
Kingsley Twumasi
Amazing case study
Gives a scenario of work that one may face at work and how to complete by looking like a star!
David Mangwana
A lot to grasp let alone master
A lot to grasp let alone master
Robin Tsungai Mavhunduke
Enjoyed creating the DAX measures on my own.
tatenda gutuza
Interesting
What Interest me most is the fact that it's challenging...I am happy I choose this path.
Oluwafemi Ayelomi
The best experience.
I would encourage to do hard things.
NYINAWUMUNTU Valentine
A great learning experience
Great learning experience but please update the course with some little on-screen messages to show how the menus in Power BI would appear in more recent versions because mine differed from the Instructors' version
Pule Molise
The case study was a eye opner
Precious Obule
Empowering!
This is a great course. Do not look for the easy way out and I promise you, you will not regret, never!
King Kyei Boakye
Awesome
Great learning experience
Charles Awematu Azakem
Another excellent training course from CFI
Another excellent training course from CFI that clearly demonstrates how to use SQL (Azure Data Studio), Power Query, Power BI, Excel and cube formulas to create data models, automate and visual reporting including improving efficiency and reporting integrity in a business environment. Highly recommended course to pursue.
ZAIN SYED
NICE COURSE
I love everything about the course.
RAPHAEL ADEMOLA ODUNAIYA
Outstanding
The instructors are highly knowledgeable on the subject.
Caswell Nofuma
Great
Great learning experience
Bright Selorm Avedzi
Great
Thanks for the opportunity
Tariye Yola
AWesome
Challenged... the best of me is in to this.
OPEYEMI OLALEYE
INFORMATIVE
The practical lessons equip you with the knowledge to create financial models using relevant tools.
Lucy Mumbua
Amazing course
I really enjoyed every minute of this course.
Mariam Ben Nasr
Great study experience
Ogaga James Ejabefio
Great Course!
Cube formulas explanations were the highlights of the course
Jyotkaran Gill
have learned how to use daxmax and cube value
FAITH OSORO
This was a good refresher course and an eye opener on the cube function
You don't understand it? No worries, continuous practice will help mastery of it. All the best to us all
Mirian Adumekwe
Very Good and Challenging
The case study was very challenging
Gustavo Bohn
GOod
Thanks for the course
Mahammad Mehtiyev
Interesting
I was inspired by the course to explore new ways of working with data
Olusegun Akinlolu
Great content
I loved every bit of the course
Boniface Mukundi
Very tricky but doable.
Please, give due attention.
Atinafu Asefa
drilling
got better knowledge
Oluwadamilola Henry Abikure
Great experience
A good learning platform
Joseph Tettey Nartey
More information for a Data Analyst
Got most of the knowledge
Mncedisi Mavuso
It was an awesome experience
Theres lots of knowledge and skills to obtain here from experienced tutors.
ALLAN TINDYEBWA
Great experience
Understand and easily relatable
sharon mariga
A very good course
Financial Statement in Power point is a very good course which should be recommended for all accountants
Charlester Serwaah Ahenkorah
Great learning experience
Great learning experience
Emmanuel Adeyinka
Fabulous
It was very educative
Micheal Ogunlana
empowered
I feel equipped as a financial analyst
Gabriel Okoth Oduor
The main character for the business intelligence of the modern world
CFI Should continue doing the initiative
Christopher Banda
Great course!
Loving the learning experience so far!
Ayodeji Kumuyi
Superb
Interesting lectures
Christiana Nkechinyere Nkume
Very Great Presentation
Easy to follow & Understand.
Amanuel Gebissa
great content!
great content and relevant examples.
Deniz Temel
Good
Thank you for great knowledge.
Karen Chebet
interesting
good real market study
Micah Othino
Excellent
It was a wonderful experience to learn these interesting concepts
Peace Oyebamiji
Wonderful Experience
Worth repeating over and over again
Titus Muga
Practical course
The case study brought to life what happens in the real world of work and took us step by step how to tackle it.
Adesola Dosumu
thank you
The course materials were engaging, clear, and informative
ABDELMOUNAIM HNIOUA
Good course
It is a great summary of the content covered in other cases.
Kayawe Makimba
Financial Statements made easy
This will definately help in;-
Connect to an enterprise database to ensure one version of the truth.
Control the display of your financial statements by creating a custom mapping table.
Gain a deeper understanding of your data by building powerful DAX measures.
Vincent Oluoch
wonderful
it was an awesome experience thank you
JULIET OFFIAH
Great lessons
Impact full knowledgeable lessons
Joseph Barasa
Lovely
I had a great time in this course
Samson Yakubu
Financial statements in Power BI
This is a wonderful course indeed. I enjoyed it and recommend it for others also
Muideen Olalekan AGBOOLA
Financial Statement in Power BI Assessment
Financial Statement in Power BI Assessment
William Ogolla
Exciting
Content broken down into simple and easy to understand concepts
Oliver Wekesa Simiyu
cube formula
effective and efficient.
Jose muriithii
very helpful
very clean and neat!
George Kartsev
Excellent
The instructor did a great job distilling complex concepts
Gloria Kasyoki
I can know automate different files using SQL and POWERBI
Lydia Angolo Endjala
Amazing course but tedious.
Raphael Oyelami
great experience
keep doing hard things
Fashina Olugbenga
good
bida is a great course
Ikedi Anonaba
Tasking!
This was a really serious case study. Thank you CFI
Stephen Akinosi
The right course for a Business analyst you can't get else where.
The case study Power BI course is what you can't afford to miss. This course worth more than it value. I'm happy I offered the course.
Adeleye Olalekan
Power BI real world example
Very informative, step-by-step process. In my case, can be instantly applied at work.
Artur Melnyk
PBI case study
Hand on and straightforward to learn course
Rodrigo González Morales
Great course
Great course content
Evans Crentsil-Taylor
Brilliant
Even if you may be slow in assimilating the knowledge, make sure you assimilate all of it, if you can.
Patrick Ramano
Great start
It's a great course to practice the PowerBI & SQL, and Excel advance topics.
Firdaus Jahan
Good Course
Excellent teaching methodology
Bolaji Ahmed
Enlighten
Taking this course was detailed and amazingly exciting!
Othello Calbert
Informative
Informative and practical course
Mouneer Awad
Out of comfort zone!
Absolutely brilliant course! so don't miss out, or give up! If your familiar with using Power BI then your ahead of the game, and if your new to Power BI, I encourage you to take up this challenge and think long term. I thoroughly enjoyed gong through the process to achieve a positive result.
Mark Williams
Real-world challenges and application of BI skills
Wow, I was truly challenged by this module. As an accounting professional I found a lot value in being able to combine and practice SQL, Power Query and Power BI. Learning about Cube Formulas was an excellent cherry on top.
Lwazi Mace
Nothing but perfect.
These courses are always really clear, engaging, and well presented. Would definitely recommend studying with CFI.
Aaron Burningham
Nothing but perfect.
These courses are always really clear, engaging, and well presented. Would definitely recommend studying with CFI.
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