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Reporting Analytics vs. Financial Reporting: Is There a Difference?

Jet Global

In fact there are some very important differences between the two, and understanding those distinctions can go a long way toward helping your organization make best use of both financial reporting and analytics. As a matter of necessity, finance teams also produce financial statements for internal use by a company’s management team.

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Navigating Data Entities, BYOD, and Data Lakes in Microsoft Dynamics

Jet Global

Consultants and developers familiar with the AX data model could query the database using any number of different tools, including a myriad of different report writers. Data entities are more secure and arguably easier to master than the relational database model, but one downside is there are lots of them!

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Master Your Power BI Environment with Tabular Models

Jet Global

As the Microsoft Dynamics ERP products transition to a cloud-first model, Microsoft has positioned Power BI as the future of business intelligence for its Dynamics family of products. OLAP Cubes vs. Tabular Models. Let’s begin with an overview of how data analytics works for most business applications.