This case can focus on generative AI and Alteryx as technologies, but the primary focus is the critical thinking involved in thinking about fraudulent data. In Part 1, students take on the role of the client and generate a fake data set. In Part 2, students are asked to design audit tests to determi...

This case has students practice and experiment with different ways to use an LLM to answer relevant tax questions by delving into four different tax scenarios. Students will deepen their understanding of when these LLM tools are useful, but also become aware of their limitations. Students will exper...

Knowing how to work with AI Large Langauge Models( LLMs), called prompt engineering, has become an important emerging technological skill. At its core, prompt engineering is about harnessing the power of language models to perform specific tasks by providing them with clear, concise and effective in...

The Process Mining Event Log Generator (PMELG) tool is a macro-enabled Excel workbook that generates data for the order-to-cash process for use in process mining applications. Process mining uses event logs from an organization's database systems to deeply analyze a process. The PMELG tool allows yo...

This case is Part 2 of a case series that provides an opportunity for students to explore XBRL data from the Security and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) system. This case provides an opportunity for students to explore Inline XBRL data from the...

For this case, the students will perform tests related to employee authentication logins. Students are asked to analyze data to determine the average number of employee logins, if logins are missing from the authentication log, if terminated employees are still attempting to login, etc. The last pro...

Advances in database systems, data visualization and the understanding of business processes have come together to create an exciting and powerful way for organizations to gain a deep understanding of their data with a technique called process mining. Process mining uses event logs from an organizat...

EY has developed a leading-class analytics platform, EY Helix, for use by its Assurance practice to leverage analytics techniques and technologies to bring more improvements and quality to each audit. EY Helix is a proprietary tool and not available for the classroom. However, the EYARC has develope...

EY has developed a leading-class analytics platform, EY Helix, for use by its Assurance practice to leverage analytics techniques and technologies to bring more improvements and quality to each audit. EY Helix is a proprietary tool and not available for the classroom. However, the EYARC has develope...

EY has developed a leading-class analytics platform, EY Helix, for use by its Assurance practice to leverage analytics techniques and technologies to bring more improvements and quality to each audit. EY Helix is a proprietary tool and not available for the classroom. However, the EYARC has develope...

This case asks students to assume the role of an internal auditor and perform various audit procedures on purchasing card (P-card) transactions for Oklahoma State University. This case covers each aspect of the analytics mindset but has a greater emphasis on the ETL process and the application of ap...

This case series focuses on data normalization and writing SQL queries of a relational database to answer accounting questions. The real-world data represents travel expenses of Canadian government workers. These cases can each be assigned independently, or they can be sequenced to provide an overvi...