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AI-Powered Accounting with Excel and Power BI
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AI-Powered Accounting with Excel and Power BI

by Lance Rubin
July 2026
Intermediate
372 pages
8h 35m
English
Packt Publishing
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Module 5 – Mapping Tables and Source Systems

Module 5 takes the 3-way driver-based financial model – the most complex artifact in this program – and asks AI to do the boring-but-critical work of mapping every account in the trial balance to the model's chart of accounts. This is the work that, done badly, breaks every report the model produces. Done well, it disappears into the background.

The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

  • The workflow problem behind source-system-to-model mapping
  • The structure of the PL_Mapping and BS_Mapping sheets
  • The Module 5 prompt and its controls around valid dropdown values
  • Tool-by-tool results from Claude, TAB AI, Copilot Chat, and Copilot Agent Mode
  • The verification protocol for signing off ...
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ISBN: 9781808087950