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There are 10 modules in this course
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 their 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
By the end of the course, you should be able to:
Create a SQL View containing data from multiple tables
Import the SQL View into Power BI and create a snowflake schema Data Model
Enhance the Data Model with a custom Headers Table to provide the template for building Financial Statements
Create staging DAX measures to populate the line items of the Financial Statement templates
Create a DAX measure that combines the staging DAX measures to populate the body of the Financial Statements
Create three Financial Statements in Excel using Cube Formulas that reference the Data Model
This case study is perfect for anyone who would like 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.
What's included
8 videos1 reading1 assignment
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8 videos•Total 11 minutes
Introduction•1 minute
Your Role as a Business Intelligence Developer•1 minute
Video Call with CFOVideo Call with CFO•1 minute
Challenges to Consider in the Project•2 minutes
Project Requirements Email•2 minutes
Final Project Requirements and Approach•2 minutes
Financial Statements Review•1 minute
Case Study Files Overview•1 minute
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
Case Study Student Files Download•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 10 minutes
Exercise 1 | Email Response to Mia Simpson•10 minutes
Extract Data from the Database
Module 2•1 hour to complete
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11 videos1 assignment
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11 videos•Total 23 minutes
Introduction - Extract Data from the Database•2 minutes
Download Azure Data Studio•1 minute
Student Task - Connect and Explore the Database•2 minutes
Student Task Review - Connect and Explore the Database•3 minutes
Entity Relationship Diagram•3 minutes
Plan the SQL Query•2 minutes
Student Task - Write the SQL Query•2 minutes
Student Task Review - SQL Query Part 1•3 minutes
Student Task Review - SQL Query Part 2•4 minutes
Create the SQL View•2 minutes
Chapter Review•1 minute
1 assignment•Total 10 minutes
Exercise 2 | ERD•10 minutes
Create the Data Model in Power Query
Module 3•25 minutes to complete
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8 videos
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8 videos•Total 25 minutes
Introduction - Create the Data Model•1 minute
Create the Staging Query•3 minutes
Create the Fact and Dimension Tables•7 minutes
Create the Remaining Dimension Tables•3 minutes
Student Task - Create the Data Model•0 minutes
Student Task Review - Create the Data Model•5 minutes
Create SumAmount Measure•4 minutes
Chapter Review and Summary of Challenges•1 minute
Week 1 Challenge
Module 4•20 minutes to complete
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1 assignment
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1 assignment•Total 20 minutes
Week 1 Challenge•20 minutes
Income Statement in Power BI
Module 5•2 hours to complete
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19 videos1 assignment
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19 videos•Total 73 minutes
Introduction - Income Statement•2 minutes
Financial Statements with Existing Data Model•2 minutes
Create Headers Table in Excel•2 minutes
Import Headers Table into Power BI•5 minutes
Create I/S Amount Measure•5 minutes
Create I/S Subtotal Measure•5 minutes
DAX Functions•3 minutes
Create Income Statement Measure with SWITCH()•3 minutes
Create % of Revenue Measure•5 minutes
Format % of Revenue Measure•4 minutes
Finalize the Income Statement Measure•4 minutes
Create Subcategory Display Filter•6 minutes
Finalize the Income Statement•3 minutes
Add Data Refresh Date•6 minutes
Format the Power BI Report•4 minutes
Create the Waterfall Chart Visual•3 minutes
Chapter Exercise - Income Statement•1 minute
Chapter Exercise Hints - Income Statement•1 minute
Chapter Exercise Review - Income Statement•8 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
Exercise 3 | DAX Functions•30 minutes
Week 2 Challenge
Module 6•25 minutes to complete
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1 assignment
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1 assignment•Total 25 minutes
Week 2 Challenge•25 minutes
Balance Sheet in Power BI
Module 7•1 hour to complete
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What's included
19 videos
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19 videos•Total 51 minutes
Chapter Introduction - Balance Sheet•2 minutes
Update the Headers Table•3 minutes
Create B/S Amount Measure•2 minutes
Create Cumulative Amount Measure•3 minutes
Create B/S Subtotal Measure•5 minutes
Create Balance Sheet Measure with SWITCH()•2 minutes
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I am Waleed Abdullah (CA Finalist) I found this course very helpful as a financial analyst.
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Reviewed on Mar 24, 2026
Gave me good understanding of data modelling and how can information can flow across multiple system, providing data consistency and quality
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Reviewed on Apr 27, 2025
The step-by-step videos and explanation of DAX measures was explained clearly without using much jargon, which facilitated learning the concepts and formulas.
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