Intro of Key Features of SoftCAAT BI SQL Software

Intro of Key Features of SoftCAAT
SQL BI Version
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All-purpose
standalone and
independent
application
software to access,
interrogate &
analyse data from
multiple formats.
Designed for
generating various
types of MIS/BI
reports on large
volume of data
dynamically on the
fly by importing
from source data.
Designed with the
Simplicity of a
Spreadsheet
Software and
backed with Power
of a Database.
Simplifies BI/MIS by
empowering users
to generate
dynamic reports in
a few clicks and
reduces reliance
on IT personnel or
external vendors.
Why use SoftCAAT BI (SQL)?
Business Intelligence
Amplified & Simplified!

SoftCAAT BI-SQL: Business Intelligence
De-mystified & Amplified with SQL
An all-purpose standalone/independent software which connects to SQL Database
Designed exclusively for generating various types of MIS/BI reports dynamically on the fly by
importing from source data in a few clicks!
Access, analyse and interrogate data from multiple files/ formats.
Designed with the Simplicity of a Spreadsheet SW but with Power of SQL Database.
De-mystifies BI/MIS by empowering users to generate dynamic reports from large volume of data.
Simple and cost-effective and reduces reliance on access to source data or IT personnel or external
vendors.

Features of SoftCAAT SQL BI Version

Need for Data Analytics in age of Digital Disruption
Technology is
driving rapid
transformation in
diverse and
dynamic ways
New Business
models and
information
systems are rapidly
implemented
Software-
driven
information
systems are key
differentiator
for enterprises
High impact of
ever-changing
technology on
enterprises and
professionals

CAATTs help you to Access & Analyse data
as per Scope & Objectives of Assignment

In what
format is
Data
Available
for Audit?
What is the
KEY to access
Digital Data?

When to use CAATs/Data Analytics/BI?
Mathematics is exact but
Statistics is approximate
Data is dumb but
information is intelligent
Data Analysis is about
leveraging human
intelligence
Inference requires more
application of intelligence
Drawing inference from
data analytics is based on
applying human
intelligence to technology
to get required results.
Immense computing
power helps blend the
power of computers with
intelligence to interpret
what data is.

All-purpose
standalone and
independent
application
software to access,
interrogate &
analyse data from
multiple formats.
Designed for
generating various
types of MIS/BI
reports on large
volume of data
dynamically on the
fly by importing
from source data.
Designed with the
Simplicity of a
Spreadsheet
Software and
backed with Power
of a Database.
Simplifies BI/MIS by
empowering users
to generate
dynamic reports in
a few clicks and
reduces reliance
on IT personnel or
external vendors.
What is SoftCAAT BI (SQL)?
Business Intelligence
Amplified & Simplified!

Who can use SoftCAAT BI SQL?
• Auditors: Financial, Compliance or IT, CXOs, Fraud/Forensics
investigator….
Those who are working as:
• Infer Insights from Information from any electronic format or
software!
Those who have to use Data
Analytics to:
• Enhance skills, grow in their career and be more effective.
Those who would like to:
• Use IT Tools and skills for accessing, analysing and auditing
electronic information.
Those who have to:
• Supplement their Knowledge and Skills to provide value addition
Those who have to:
• Investigate and report on frauds in electronic information of
automated environment.
Those who have to:

Functional Capabilities of CAATs
• Enables the reading of different record formats
and file structures
File access:
• Enables the indexing, sorting, merging and linking
with another file
File reorganization:
• Enables global filtration conditions and selection
criteria
Data selection:
• Enables sampling, stratification and frequency
analysis
Statistical functions:
• Enables arithmetic operators and functions
Arithmetical functions:

Functional Capabilities of CAATs
What
Specific
objective
s that
should be
addressed
by the
analysis
When
Define the
period of
time that
will be
audited,
and arrange
with IT
personnel
to secure
the data for
that period
Where
Define the
sources of
the data to
be analyzed
(Accounts
Payable,
Payroll)
Why
Reason for
performing
the tests
and
analysis
(general
review,
Audit, FI,
BI or MIS)
How
Types of
analysis
planned to
be carried
out by the
audit (be
dynamic in
changing
your tests
as required)

CAATTs/Analytics: Key features
• Review large population and
determine true areas of risk to Isolate
“red flags” and drill down.
Drill-down
analysis:
• Begin with entire population and filter
for transactions matching specific
criteria.
Exception
analysis:
• Compare separate data files and look
for disparities or matches (e.g.,
phantom vendors)
File matching:

KEY QUESTIONS OF DATA ANALYTICS
Data Analytics
is all about Asking
Intelligent Questions to
Digital Data
Using Right Tools & Techniques
based on
your Domain Knowledge & Skills.

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Applying Thought To Technology
What is Data Analytics/BI?

What can you do with Data Analytics/BI Software?
Establish Facts & Issues
Explore Hunches & Ideas
Draw Inferences & Insights
Validate & Confirm Hindsight
Report Findings & Recommendations

Tech Skills
2bFuture Ready
Powerful
Analytics
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What type of Questions can DA Answer?
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Systematic Approach to Using CAATs
Set Objectives
Set Test
Objectives
Obtain Relevant
Data
Identify Tools &
Techniques
Perform Tests on
the Data
Evaluate Evidence
to infer Insights
Review Findings as
per Business
Context
Report Findings
and
Recommendations

Approach to using Analytics
Problems to
Analyse
Get/Process
Data
Analyse
Results
Measure
Insights
Apply
Learnings

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3i: Inferring Insights from Information

Panels Brief Description of Panels in SoftCAAT BI Ent SQL
File
Home
Provides options to create an auditee, audit, file and password.
Provides options to import different types of files as selected for performing functions of
software.
Curate Curate refers to transforming data in a standard structure to be usable for data analysis
as required. Curation of data ensures that data is formatted and purified for use in data
analytics.
Profile Data profiling refers to the act of analysing the data contents to get an overall perspective
of data. This helps in validating data at a macro level and assessing whether the data is
correct and complete.
Analysis Analysis refers to examining the data in detail to discover essential features by breaking
data into specific components by grouping, identifying and reviewing specific features.
Explore Explore refers to examining the data in detail to discover essential features by breaking
data into specific components by grouping, identifying and reviewing specific features.
Investigate Investigate refers to observing or inquiring the data in detail. This involves systematic
examination of data by making a detailed inquiry or search to discover facts and insights
to be able to come to a conclusion.
Document Documentation refers to recording critical steps of data analytics. The functions in this
panel help document the steps used during data analytics.
Relate Provides options to join, append or compare data in two tables based on specific criteria.
Utilities
Tools
Provides unique functions which complement and enhance the use of SQL and are great
time-savers.
Tools refers to specific functions which aid in simplifying routine tasks performed in SQL.

File & Home
• File
• Auditee
• Audit
• File
• Password
• Home
• Import Data
• Copy, Navigate
• Columns
• Tree, Find In
• Find
• View Details
• View File In
Provides options to
create a auditee,
audit, file and
password.
Provides options to
Import different types
of files as selected for
performing functions
of software.

Curate
•Remove Characters
•Remove Spaces
•Remove 'X' Characters
•Delete
•Convert
•Format Case
Curate refers to
transforming data in a
standard structure to be
usable for data analysis
as required. Curation of
data ensures that data is
formatted and purified
for use in data analytics.
Specific functions:

Profile
•Statistics
•Stratify
•Summarize
•Totals
•Classification
•Data
•Search
Data profiling refers to
the act of analysing the
data contents to get an
overall perspective of
data. This helps in
validating data at a
macro level and
assessing whether the
data is correct and
complete.
Specific functions:

Analysis
•Outliers By
•Identify
•Fuzzy Match
•Sort
•Filter
•Split Table By
Analysis refers to
examining the data in
detail to discover
essential features by
breaking data into
specific components by
grouping, identifying
and reviewing specific
features.
Specific functions:

Explore
•Classifier
•Stratum
•Analysis
Explore refers to
examining the data in
detail to discover
essential features by
breaking data into
specific components by
grouping, identifying
and reviewing specific
features.
Specific functions:

Investigate & Trendline
• Investigate
• Query
• Statistics
• Templates
• 3D Reports
• Trendline
• Stratify
• Classified
• Classification
• Analysis
• Results
Investigate refers to observing
or inquiring the data in detail.
This involves systematic
examination of data by making a
detailed inquiry or search to
discover facts and insights to be
able to come to a conclusion.
Trendline: Groups items as per
trendline for selected group and
displays relevant trend values in
columns with Sparklines or
charts based on results of
various types of analysis.
Specific functions:

Relate
•Join
•3-Way Matching
•Append
•Consolidate
•Compare
•Cross Tab
Provides options
to join, append or
compare data in
two tables based
on specific criteria.
Specific functions:

Utilities & Tools
• Utilities
• Columns
• Extract
• Files
• Analytical
• Rerun
• Tools
• Audit Table, Audit Log
• Comments, Settings
Utilities refers to host
of functions which
provide unique
functions which
complement and
enhance use of SQL.
Tools refers to specific
functions which
simplify routine tasks
performed in SQL.
Specific functions:

Use Case of
SoftCAAT-BI
(SQL Ver):
The Need
A Business User/CIO has the need to
generate various types of MIS/BI
Reports based on the data available
from various formats including MS
Excel/Database such as MS Access
and MS SQL.
User is finding it very cumbersome to
curate and consolidate the data from
diverse sources and generate
consolidated MIS/BI reports as per
needs of the management. The ERP
software used in enterprise is not able
to generate all reports as required.
The user finds that it is taking
considerable time to learn and
perform various types of functions in
Excel and to generate reports using
SQL Queries. The data is to be
sanitised first and then consolidated.
The report has to be done in multiple
stages and it is time-consuming.
Further, these steps have to be
repeated every time for every report.
All the required reports cannot be
generated through ERP software.
The Business User/CIO is looking for
an independent BI Software which
can import the large volume of data
from diverse sources including SQL
and have flexibility to generate
reports dynamically as required.
The Software should have standard
features for generating various types
of MIS/BI reports on the fly and in a
few clicks without spending too much
time in using complex SQL Queries or
Macros in MS Excel.

Use case of
SoftCAAT-BI
(SQL Ver):
Walk-through
of Functions
• SoftCAAT-BI (Business
Intelligence) is an
Independent Data
Analytics/BI Software
which has been
exclusively designed to
dynamically generate
various types of reports
in few clicks.
• The user must import
the data from any of the
multiple formats and
then select and perform
any of the more than
175 Functions.
• These functions
enable to user to
generate MIS/BI
reports in a few
clicks.
• User has a quick
walk-through of the
Tabs which include:
• File /Home
• Curate
• Profile / Analysis
/Explore
• Investigate /
Relate / Trendline
• Utilities / Tools

Use case
of
SoftCAAT-BI
SQL Ver:
User has
walk-through of
the various
powerful
functions available
in
Panels of:
• Import Data
• Navigate
• Find
• View Details
• Remove
Characters/Remove
Spaces
• Format Case
• Statistics
• Stratify
• Summarize
• Totals
• Classification
• Data
• Search
• Outliers By
• Identify
• Fuzzy Match
• Sort
• Filter
• Split Table By
• Classifier
• Stratum
• Analysis
• Investigate
• Query
• Templates
• 3D Reports
• Analysis
• Results
• Extract
• Analytical
• Rerun
• Audit Log
• …….

Use Case of
SoftCAAT-BI
(SQL):
Understand
Relevant
Functions
The user selects the relevant functions in the
Curate panel to transform data in a standard
structure to be usable for data analysis as
required. The various functions of curate enable
user to format and purify the data so that it is
easy to perform analysis of data as required.
The user selects the relevant functions in Profile
Panel to analyse the data to get an overall
perspective of data. This enables the user to
validate data at a macro level and in assessing
whether the data is correct and complete.
The user selects the relevant functions in
Analyse panel to examine the data in detail to
discover essential features by breaking data
into specific components by grouping,
identifying and reviewing specific features.

Use Case of
SoftCAAT-BI
(SQL):
Understand
Relevant
Functions
The user selects the relevant functions in the Investigate
panel which empower the user to observe or inquire the data
in detail with systematic examination by making a detailed
inquiry or search to discover facts and insights and to infer
insights.
The user selects the relevant functions in the relate tab which
provides options to join, append or compare data in two
tables based on specific criteria.
The user selects the relevant functions in the Documentation
Panel to record critical steps of data analytics. The functions
in this panel help document the steps used during data
analytics.
The user selects the relevant functions in Utilities and Tools
Panel to perform unique functions which complement,
enhance and simplify routine tasks performed in Excel and
Save Time.

Use case of SoftCAAT-BI (SQL): Key Benefits
The user gets the source data from multiple formats such as Excel or Database such as SQL and imports it into SoftCAAT-BI
and generates various types of MIS/Business Intelligence reports using the powerful functions of software in a few clicks!
The user is able to work on large volume of data available in SQL to generate specific reports which identifies patterns,
irregularities, exceptions, outliers and verifies conformances and validates compliances as required.
The easy-use-to-use interface provides quick access to the comprehensive collection of DA/MIS/BI functions.
The user finds that the software has look and feel of Excel and power of SQL Database which makes Data Analytics Simple,
Effective and Accessible to all users.
The software de-mystifies BI/MIS by empowering users to generate various types of reports in a few clicks!
The software is simple to easy, cost-effective and reduces reliance on access to source data or IT personnel or external
vendors.
You can see the Complete List of Functions with Brief Description at:
https://wincaat.com/Features_SoftCAAT_BISQL/Functions.aspx

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