EY FDD(Transaction Diligence) professionals, which analytical tools do you use the most?

Alteryx? Power Query? Power Pivot? Power BI?

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Plain-vanilla - Excel

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And don’t forget about Think-cell for presentations. Always welcome.

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As a core FDD person alteryx is the most useful to know. Our analytics focused teams use PBI for visualization

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Don’t forget slide decks in power point

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Alteryx and power BI are what we use for businesses with larger datasets.

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If you're joining the west, Power BI and Alteryx. Can't speak for other regions as we all operate differently. Good news is most big4 audit practices offer internal trainings and enterprise licenses for Alteryx. Awesome tool, learn it even if you're getting out of the big4!

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