Data visualizations are a powerful tool used by auditors to perform risk assessments. Data is analyzed to look for anomalies within accounting transactions. Typically, auditors import data from an Excel spreadsheet to produce the visualizations. For this activity, you will access Power BI through SNHU$$s Virtual Desktop Interface, also known as the VDI, and import data to display it through visualization. The data file will be available inside the VDI.

Directions

For this assignment, you receive product sales data and the corresponding visualization from your IT Service Department. The sales data is in the form of Power BI data visualization, which can be accessed by following steps in How to Use the VDI to Open Your Power BI Visualization found in the Supporting Materials section. This sales data is for the years $2018$ and $2019,$ and the figures provide sales and product data for five different products. Use the Average Quantity Sold Report to address the rubric criteria:

Specifically, you must address the following:

Open Data Visualization and capture a screenshot that includes your login$.$

Log in to the VDI.

Open data visualization using Power BI$.$

Capture a screenshot of your view of the data visualization and paste it into a Word document.

Analyze product sales by product using sales data for $2018$ and $2019.$ Answer the following questions:

During December $2019,$ which product has a higher amount of average quantity sold?

LC$-3006$

C$-6001$

LK$-4001$

BL$-2001$