Guides — practical answers for finance people learning data

Each guide answers one question in its first paragraph, then points at the free datasets, questions and recordings on findi360 that back the answer.

• Free finance datasets to practise Power BI

  Free finance practice datasets for Power BI — by industry (retail, manufacturing, logistics, hospital, real estate) and by finance area (general ledger, budget vs actual, procurement, project accounting, HR and payroll, consolidation) — with graded questions at up to five levels.

• Consolidation practice dataset for Excel and Power BI

  A free group consolidation practice set — parent and subsidiary trial balances, intercompany eliminations, NCI, FX — plus a free recorded course that builds the eliminations in Power BI.

• Power BI practice questions for finance professionals (PL-300 style)

  Free Power BI practice questions in the PL-300 style — practise sets by topic, a Scroll mode and a timed 50-question simulation — written for finance professionals. No fee.

• Hospital finance dataset for analysis practice

  A free hospital finance dataset — outpatient visits, waiting times, billing and department activity — at four levels from a 10,000-row Excel file to a multi-million-row package, with graded questions.

• Messy dataset to practise data cleaning in Power Query, Python or SQL

  Free, tool-neutral messy business datasets built for cleaning and reshaping practice — Power Query, pandas, Polars or SQL — with expected results you can check: row counts, unmatched keys, reconciled totals.

• Manufacturing dataset for Power BI practice — production, work orders and cost

  Free manufacturing practice datasets: production output, plant efficiency, work orders, material and production variance, cost, quality, supply chain and a group close — five levels, with graded questions.

• Logistics and fleet dataset for analysis practice — shipments, delivery routes, vehicles

  Free logistics practice datasets for road fleet operations: shipments, delivery orders, route performance and vehicle utilisation — graded questions at each level, files free with an account.

• Retail dataset for KPI practice — stockout rate, customer journey, promotions and margin

  Free retail practice datasets to work out real KPIs — stockout rate, customer journey, promotion effect, product profitability and inventory — at five levels, with graded questions and expected results.

• How to learn Power BI as an accountant — a free path

  A free path for accountants and finance professionals learning Power BI: free recorded sessions, PL-300-style drills, real finance datasets, a verifiable certificate, then hiring challenges.