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Level: Introductory |
IDEA is a computer-based file interrogation tool that is used by numerous individuals and organizations including auditors, accountants, investigators, and IT staff. It analyzes data in a multitude of ways and allows for the extraction, sampling, and manipulation of data in order to identify errors, problems, specific issues, and trends. With IDEA, you can read, display, analyze, manipulate, sample, and extract data files from almost any source - mainframe to personal computer. IDEA has functions and features not found in any other product. IDEA’s features help you to work more efficiently and effectively, and add greater value to your organization and projects.
Day 1 Topics
1: Introducing IDEA
2: Managing Databases
3: Obtaining and Importing the Data
4: Reconciling and Examining the Data
5: Isolating Specific Records
6: Profiling the Data
7: Identifying Irregularities
8: Sampling Data
9: Auditing a General Ledger File
Day 2 Topics
10: Manipulating and Adding Fields
11: Building Equations
12: Using Multiple Databases
13: Working with Output
14: Recap Exercise
15: Additional Practice
16: Documentation Standards
17: Other Products
18: Accessing Resources
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