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         One major advantage of                                     column contains account information, we can filter
                                                                    unwanted accounts by clicking on the Split column,
         the QuickBooks interface                                   then clicking on the drop-down arrow   on the
                                                                    right side of the column header. Uncheck any un-
                                                                    wanted accounts for analysis purposes, deselect any
         approach is that data is                                   bank accounts and the Accounts Payable account,
                                                                    then click OK. Upon completing this step, select
                                                                    Close & Apply to load the data into Power BI (see
         automatically updated                                      the screenshot “Removing Unwanted Rows” on the
                                                                    previous page).
                                                                      Power BI now contains the transformed data
         upon reentering Power BI                                   for the Transaction Analysis via visualization. Data
                                                                    can be viewed by selecting the Data View mode
                                                                    (described earlier).
         after QuickBooks data                                      QUICKBOOKS INTERFACE APPROACH

                                                                    QuickBooks data is connected directly to Power
         has been modified.                                         BI using the QuickBooks interface connector
                                                                    when using the QuickBooks interface approach.
                                                                    To use this approach successfully, it’s best that
                                                                    users are knowledgeable about primary key
                                                                    and foreign key databases in order to de-
                                                                    velop the necessary relationships for Power BI
                                                                    data analysis.
                                                                      To use this approach, open the Power BI


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