Self-Service BI & Data Visualization for Financial Intelligence

The rental equipment and service provider host their data in various sources, out of necessity. Their rental contracts, sales invoices and inventory reside in Dynamics NAV; journal entry and general ledger accounting reside in QuickBooks; employee payroll is processed by ADP; and contractor payroll is processed by an external staffing company. As you can imagine, CFO and his staff would have quite a challenge exporting the data from all the disparate sources, time and time again, and perform side-by-side analyses such as Forecast vs. Actual, Budget vs. Actual, and Labor Cost vs. Revenue, etc. Getting and maintaining income statement and balance sheet in a desired layout was cumbersome and time-consuming, when done in Excel.

IQubz team automated imports from all four data sources using SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) into a single SQL Server database. They developed Power BI dashboard reports and charts which present revenue and cost insights by the “who-what-when-where” perspectives, such as customer, event, salesperson, employee and period. Based on these insights, managers and decision-makers can dig into the “why” and determine “what next.”

The team configured data models in SQL Server for efficient retrieval of pre-aggregated high-level summaries, quick drill-downs to details, and ad-hoc data visualization capabilities for self-service BI. As a result, salespeople, event managers and accounting staff now get a comprehensive view of their sales, labor costs, accounts receivable, past and upcoming events, equipment availability and usage, all in a single BI portal.

The team also developed financial statements including Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow statement in SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). Users can download reports on-demand, or subscribe to receive them in their mailbox at a designated time.

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