General discussion

Just saw this posted on linkedin by Audimation:

We are pleased to announce that we will be hosting the 6th IDEA User Conference and Anniversary Celebration. Audimation will be 25 and IDEA will be 30!! Mark your calendars and make plans to join us in Houston, TX on November 1 & 2, 2017. It’s going to be a great time, with sessions by our expert IDEA users and hands-on training by our top-notch team of trainers. We hope to see you there! Registration will open in the spring. - Carolyn Newman

Hi,
 
Is it possible to calculate the cumulative sum of any column in IDEA?
 
Thanks,
Bibin

Hi,
 Is it possible to get the base population file in case we are provided with only Summarized data? It is taking time to extract each summarized data (by cliking oin the number of records hyper link)and finally we need to append. Is there any easier way to do the same?. Thanks, Bibin

CaseWare IDEA has just released a white paper entitled 5 Key Areas to Test when Building an Effective Audit Plan.  This document has a list of tests that an auditor might perform in the areas of Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, Payroll and Inventory and Stock Data.  Well worth checking out.  https://www.casewareanalytics.com/sites/default/files/whitepapers/5_key…

Hi everyone,
I know this is a basic question, but is it possible to add one single column at a time to existing view?
I didn't see where this functionality exits in IDEA but maybe I missed it?  Any help would be appreciated!
Mike

I was doing a google search and came across this transcript.  I saw IDEA and recognized Carolyn Newman as being part of Audimation in the US.  I started reading the transcript and some of the things seemed funny so I went back and looked at the date and it was from Jan 2000.  If you read it you will see t

Jeff Sorenson, the new IDEA product manager has a blog post at the CaseWare Analytics web site about understanding bad data and using the bad data file.  You can find the post here: https://www.casewareanalytics.com/blog/idea-tech-tip-understanding-bad-…

Interesting video on the CFE web site by the vice president of internal audit at Cambell Soups.  She talks about using data analytics (namely CaseWare) in her Internal Audit Shop.  You can find the video here.

I just saw an interesting blog post on the CaseWare Analytics web site.  Some reasons why Excel isn't a good fit as a statistical tool.

http://www.casewareanalytics.com/blog/excel-good-statistical-tool-maybe…

One of the biggest changes in IDEA 10 is the addition of visualization and discovery to the application.  Alain Soubliere who is the Chief Product Strategist for IDEA is blogging about it at the CasewareAnalytics site.  You can find the first part here:  http://www.casewareanalytics.com/blog/visualize-your-success-idea-part-1