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Instead of Caseware IDEA

Stop renting Caseware IDEA. Own your audit analysis system.

We build your version around the checks your firm performs, map your Caseware IDEA exports and run it with you. Your source records, test results and review history stay together.

Caseware requests a sales conversation for IDEA. Compare your renewal quote with the cost of a version built around the work you actually do.

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Read the renewal against the work

What your Caseware IDEA licence is buying

IDEA combines import, analysis, automation and reporting. Keep the capabilities your audit work needs and agree the scope of your replacement before switching.

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Getting populations ready

IDEA imports from accounting systems, spreadsheets and other sources. Our free base starts with your exported transaction records and independent source totals.

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Testing transactions

IDEA includes audit analytics. Your own version starts with duplicate references, missing numbers, journal balances and date checks, with your thresholds.

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Repeating procedures

IDEA supports repeatable routines. Keep your replacement tests and their exact settings with the source population so the next review can follow the same steps.

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Retaining test history

IDEA records the work performed. Your version keeps saved results, who prepared them, why the test was run and the review that followed.

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Explaining the results

IDEA has dashboards and reporting. Your version produces a source reconciliation sheet and a review pack for each saved test.

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Fitting your firm

Bring the routines you rely on to the bill review. We agree which checks, specialist methods and connections your replacement must support.

Your analysis, your rules

From exported records to reviewed evidence

Source controls

Know which population you tested

Keep each imported population separate and reconcile it before relying on the results.

  • check Check the record count against an independent source
  • check Match the signed total in the engagement currency
  • check Retain original values and source row numbers
  • check Reject the whole import when a row or control total is invalid

Recurring tests

Find the entries that need a closer look

Start with checks that produce a traceable set of records for investigation.

  • check Find repeated supplier and invoice references with the same amount
  • check List gaps between numeric record identifiers
  • check Check complete journal groups for a non-zero balance
  • check Review weekend, high-value and out-of-period entries

Review evidence

Keep the result and the decision together

Save what the test returned, then record the reviewer’s conclusion and the supporting evidence.

  • check Retain the test purpose, settings, preparer and date
  • check Select the same sample again from the same source
  • check Require a separate named reviewer under your firm’s policy
  • check Add corrections as new records so earlier evidence stays intact

Your Monday review

See what is waiting before it becomes late

Ask about the work across your own populations, then adapt the review to your firm.

  • check List procedures waiting for review, oldest due first
  • check Find populations without independent control totals
  • check Draft the weekly review and evidence packs from saved records
  • check Add a firm-specific check and prove it against a known result

Make it yours

Design your own Caseware IDEA replacement

Everything starts from the open-source base. Then it gets your name, the parts you run, your rules and your data from Caseware IDEA. Try it here, and we build the real one.

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Answered from your own database

Build my version

We build it from the open-source base, bring your Caseware IDEA data across and run it for you.

What it looks like

Ask it like you would ask a colleague

Real answers from the demo data that ships with Audit Analysis for Claude Code. It runs in Claude Code inside the Claude app, so it feels like any chat you already use.

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Audit Analysis for Claude Code

Connected to your own database

Which supplier invoices appear more than once for the same amount?

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Invoice
inv-104
Amount
1250.00
Occurrences
2
Records
1001, 1002

Ask it anything

Ten questions to ask your own records

These questions run on the free demonstration today. IDEA also supports custom analysis. The difference here is owning and adapting the work.

chat_bubble Which supplier invoice references repeat with the same amount?
chat_bubble Which record numbers are missing between the first and last entry?
chat_bubble Which journal groups have a non-zero balance?
chat_bubble Which entries were posted on a weekend?
chat_bubble Which entries are exact multiples of our chosen threshold?
chat_bubble Which entries exceed the amount we want to investigate?
chat_bubble Which entries have no supplier, invoice, account or operator?
chat_bubble Which entries fall outside the engagement period?
chat_bubble Can we select the same sample again from the same source?
chat_bubble Which saved procedures are overdue for review and lack independent controls?

Moving the analysis

How to switch a transaction population from Caseware IDEA

Start with one known population and one test you can reconcile.

  1. 1

    Export the source population

    Use IDEA’s text export with field names. Retain the original records and obtain an independent count and signed total for the same population and currency.

  2. 2

    Map and reconcile

    Match your exported fields, test the import and resolve any rejected values. Compare the imported count and signed total with the source controls.

  3. 3

    Prove the replacement routine

    Run a known test, compare the exception records and have a reviewer document the result. Move specialist routines and historical evidence only after they have been checked.

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Where the real effort goes

One well-formed population imports in one step. Mapping your fields, rebuilding specialist methods and reviewing historical evidence are scoped separately.

Not ready for a call?

Get your Caseware IDEA switch plan by email

We will send you the step-by-step plan for moving your business off Caseware IDEA, what the move really involves, and how we would do it for you.

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Three ways to own it

Choose how your firm wants to run it

Open source

Do it yourself

Free, open source

  1. 1 Clone the repo, run npm install and npm run demo
  2. 2 Open it in Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode or Cursor
  3. 3 Export the IDEA population as CSV, map its fields and test the import
  4. 4 Reconcile source controls, save a test and record its review
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Built around your business

We customise it

One setup fee, then a retainer for ongoing work

  • check Your fields, test thresholds and evidence requirements
  • check Your Caseware IDEA exports mapped and reconciled
  • check Your specialist routines rebuilt and checked against known results
  • check A web interface or different technology if your team needs it
Get your version built

Omni by Enterprise DNA

We run it for you

One setup fee, then a retainer

  • check Installed with access, retention and backups agreed
  • check Population imports and recurring reviews prepared for your team
  • check Your other systems connected within an agreed scope
  • check Operated through Omni by Enterprise DNA as your firm changes
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Questions

Instead of Caseware IDEA, answered

Does this replace every Caseware IDEA feature? expand_more

The free base covers transaction checks, source controls, repeatable samples and evidence review. Bring the specialist methods and connections your team relies on to the scope discussion. We build and test those in your version before you retire the corresponding IDEA work.

Can we bring our existing IDEA work across? expand_more

IDEA supports a text export of transaction records. We map its fields and reconcile counts and totals before switching. Historical test programs, reports and attached evidence need separate migration planning. Keep the original material until each required part has been checked.

Can our reviewer trust the evidence? expand_more

Saved tests retain the source fingerprint, settings, results, purpose and preparer. Reviews add a conclusion and evidence reference. Source records and saved results cannot be edited through the normal workflow. Your reviewer still assesses sufficiency, and we agree access and retention controls for your installation.

Does an exception mean fraud or an audit failure? expand_more

No. A repeated invoice reference, weekend entry or unbalanced group is a lead for investigation. Your team decides what it means using supporting evidence. The free version does not issue audit opinions or calculate statistical assurance from a sample.

How does the cost compare with our renewal? expand_more

Caseware does not show a current IDEA price on its product page. Bring your written quote and the routines you use. Enterprise DNA scopes a setup fee followed by a retainer. You can also install and maintain the free version yourself.

Bring the IDEA bill and one routine you run every month

In a 30-minute call, Sam will work through your source records, the checks your team needs and what your own version would take to build and run.

Book a 30-minute call with Sam Get the free version

Audit Analysis for Claude Code is free and open source, published by Enterprise DNA.

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