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Power BI for Finance
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Excel is arguably the most widely used business application and a key tool for any finance professional. There are extensive arguments on social media and other channels about how Power BI can address financial requirements better than a spreadsheet. Many of them focus on why one is “better than the other.” From my experiences over the last nearly 10 years, the optimal approach is to use both effectively together.
As discussed in Chapter 1, recurring and standardized Excel tasks that benefit from more advanced, interactive visualization/analytics capabilities are better handled in Power BI. Financial professionals, though, often have one-off requirements that require quick, flexible solutions, such as the following examples: