When Xero meets Power Bi
Back to a couple years ago we talked about using excel to build a dynamic dashboard to show the financial results, then we talked about how those business intelligence tools such as Qlikview or Tableau to change the way of the accountant representing the figures. Now translating troves of financial data into accessible visual analytics is even getting so much easier. You don’t need to export data into the excel spreadsheet to manipulate it anymore, as it can’t be drilled down to show the real figures behind the scene; you also don’t need to hire someone to implement BI tools and build templates for you either, it is costly. How? Xero and Microsoft Power BI enabled interaction between their software. They aim to give businesses a freedom to get insight of their business. Xero is one of the well-known cloud accounting systems in the Australian market, and Microsoft Power BI is a widely used tool for analysing and visualizing data. Xero’s...