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1. CaseWare IDEA 10.3
Release Webinar

2. Presenters
Rohit Kundu, CIDA
Enterprise Account Executive
Jeffery Sorensen, CIA, CIDA, CISA
Industry Strategist

3. • Introduction
• About CaseWare
• Working with IDEA
• Introducing IDEA 10.3
Agenda

4. About CaseWare
27Years Experience
400,000+
Users
130
Countries
16
Languages

5. What’s New in IDEA 10.3
• Character Field Stats
• Duplicate Key Detection in
Visualization
• Stratified Random Sampling
• Python Integration
• IDEAScript Commands and
@Functions
• Other Enhancements

6. What’s New in IDEA 10.3
• IDEA 10.3 Benefits:
• One-Click Insights
• Faster Results
• Deeper Analysis
• Built for practitioners
• Raises the bar for audit analytics

7. IDEA 10 Release Evolution
IDEA 10
New Look and Feel /
Discover and Visualize
● Pie, Bar, Tree map charts
● Dashboards
Other
● Fuzzy duplicate detection
● Passport
IDEA 10.1
Discover and Visualize
● Scatter, Line charts
● Drill-down
● Create IDEAScript
from dashboards
Other
● Windows 10
compatibility
IDEA 10.2
Discover and Visualize
● Multi-series charts
● Dashboard reuse
SmartAnalyzer
● Merge & share apps
● Pivot tables
● Batch run of audit tests
● Dialogue to prepare VAT
data
IDEA 10.3
Discover and Visualize
● Duplicate key detection
● Chart zooming
● SmartAnalyzer tests can now
include Visualizations
Other
● Character field stats
● Python integration
● Performance improvements
● Windows Server 2016
compatibility
● SmartAnalyzer enhancements

8. Field stats is used to get statistics
on Numeric, Time and Date fields in
database
For example, find...
1. Earliest and latest date in a Date
field
2. Average of a Numeric field
3. Transactions on days when
business is closed
Field Stats (Prior to IDEA 10.3)

9. IDEA 10.3 added the ability to
generate field stats on Character
fields:
• Number of Blanks (NumBlanks)
• Number of Categories
(NumCategories)
Character Field Stats allows users to
find potentially:
• Incomplete records
• Anomalies
• Deficiencies (e.g., transactions where
there is no authorizer)
Character Field Stats

10. Character Field Stats
• Click on the COUNT, and drill-down into the data
• Results can be saved as their own databases and used as audit findings

11. Discover tool in Visualization
shows the first field it detects
with duplicate items as part of
the dashboard it builds for you
Duplicate Key Detection in Visualization

12. From the Field Statistics
panel, drill-down to view the
specific records
Duplicate Key Detection on Dashboards

13. More Duplicate Key Detection
Further customize the dashboard
to show information about other
fields with duplicate keys or
other relevant field statistic

14. IDEA Tech Tip
Not all duplicates are audit issues
To find the potential issues, IDEA’s Discover uses its audit intelligence
to evaluate your data and look for duplicates that are exceptions
rather than the rule.

15. • Stratified Random Sampling is unique to IDEA
• Users can take a more informed audit sample
• Saves time during the sampling process
• Break transactions down into strata before selecting the sample
• Ensuring the sample is truly representative of the entire population
Stratified Random Sampling

16. Stratified Random Sampling by %
Auditors can specify the
percentage of records within each
stratum, making the process more
effective when populations and
file sizes vary greatly
The actual percentage in the
strata may change as IDEA snaps
to the closest whole number of
records for the sample size

17. • IDEA 10.3 (Desktop only) includes a
Python Interpreter and key packages
to let you leverage the power of this
tool
• Extend the functionality of IDEA by
building your own advanced analytics
or use existing Python scripts
Python Integration

18. Python Integration
Augment your analysis by calling Python
using @Python*
*A working Python script with this name must exist in the Custom Functions
Library group

19. IDEAScript Commands and @Functions
RunPython
Belonging to the Client object, this command lets IDEAScript call the Python script
of your choice, after which it resumes processing in IDEAScript.
RunPythonEx
Similar to RunPython, this command lets IDEAScript call the Python script of your
choice with multiple parameters. It then resumes processing in IDEAScript.
StratifyOnBandWithPercent
Similar to StratifyOnBand, this command lets IDEAScript specify the percentage
of records to extract for each stratum.
NumCategories
This is a new way for the FieldStats object to report the number of unique
categories for a given Character field.
NumCategoriesOutputDB
This command acts as a new way for the Database object to create an instant
summarization database from the Character Field Stats of a database with field
statistics.
NumBlanks
This new command lets the FieldStats object report the number of cells with
blanks for a given Character field.
@Python
A new @Function, @Python lets auditors extend IDEA’s existing library of
@Functions with their own creations written in Python. It is ideal for Virtual fields.
@FieldStatistics
New FieldStatistics indices have been created: “110” for # of Blanks, “111” for # of
Categories.

20. Chart Zooming
Zoom in directly from the axis scroll bar
or by using your pointer to select
an area within the chart

21. • Windows Server 2016: IDEA and IDEA
Server are compatible
• Microsoft SQL Server 2016: IDEA Server
is compatible
• Citrix XenApp: 7.6 and 7.12 supported for
IDEA and IDEA Server
• UTF-8: IDEA 10.3 automatically detects
files with international characters encoded
in UTF-8 format and imports data without
the need to change the encoding of the
source files
• Fuzzy Duplicate: Supported on IDEA
Server
• Report Reader: Support imports of PDF
formats listed as PDF/A (objects within
PDF). Users now have the option to
preserve as a text file to save time in
subsequent imports
Additional Features

22. • Improved Performance: IDEA’s processing
engine is upgraded, reducing processing
time, depending on file size, data structure,
the nature of data and hardware used
• CaseWare Working Papers: IDEA can
send Results output to CaseWare Working
Papers 2017
• Send to Excel: Save Results outputs to the
Results Library group. Supports locally
installed spreadsheet software associated
with the .XLS extension, not just Microsoft
Office
• SmartAnalyzer Enhancements: Many
enhancements included in IDEA 10.3. IDEA
10.3 and SmartAnalyzer App SDK 3.2, can
generate apps that are FIPS compliant
Additional Features

23. • Not a customer? Interested in a Demo?
• salesidea@caseware.com
• 1-800-265-4332 Ext:2800
Coming Soon:
• CaseWare Cloud Analytics
• Data Analytics & Fraud Apps
• Much more - Stay tuned for 2018 release
IDEA 10.3 Additional Information

24. connect@caseware.com
1-800-265-4332 ext. 2800