Financial Close & Consolidation
Modern Accounting: Improving Collaboration in Virtual Accounting
This is a guest blog post from our partner BlackLine, written by Tammy Coley, Chief Transformation Officer at BlackLine. Like most accountants, you’ve probably wasted cycles waiting for reviews or a sign-off, whether it’s for reconciliation, a financial statement, or some other accounting tasks.…
February 10, 2022
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Updating ODBC Connections for Multiple Processes
As of version 2.0.69 of IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW), you are now able to update the ODBC connection for multiple TurboIntegrator (TI) processes at once. For prior versions, you would have needed to open each process to update the connection. To utilize…
February 8, 2022
Financial Close & Consolidation
Managing your Month-End Checklist in BlackLine
How do you track your month-end checklist? Many companies use a spreadsheet, have lots of status meetings and emails among the accounting team throughout the close process. BlackLine can save you a significant amount of time on your month, quarter and year-end activities. Watch…
February 3, 2022
FP&A Done Right: Building the Case for Driver-Based Planning
This is a guest blog post from our partner Workday Adaptive Planning, providing 5 ways to increase buy-in for driver-based planning. Driver-based planning can be a game-changer for your organization—but only if everyone is in on the game. So, yes, it’s smart…
January 28, 2022
Financial Close & Consolidation
Activity Analysis in BlackLine
Did you know BlackLine can save you a significant amount of time in your month, quarter and year-end close activities? In our latest BlackLine Quick Take video, Adam Riskin demonstrates how to use BlackLine to analyze your accounting team’s activity and therefore determine how…
January 20, 2022
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Modeling Books
Did you know IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) update 57 introduced a new type of PAW book? This new type of book is called a “Modeling Book.” A modeling book can be created by selecting the “Data and Models” tile at the…
January 18, 2022
FP&A Done Right: xP&A Should be in your Future
This is a guest blog post from our partner Workday Adaptive Planning, explaining why xP&A is the future of planning. With its promise of extending FP&A principles beyond finance and into other areas of the business, xP&A (extended planning and analysis) is…
January 14, 2022
Financial Close & Consolidation
Modern Accounting: The Importance of Robotic Process Automation in Accounting
This is a guest blog post from our partner BlackLine, written by David Brightman, on the impact of robotic process automation in accounting. Robotic process automation (RPA) is a general set of automation tools for replicating any manual, repetitive process at scale, often by automating…
January 6, 2022
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: TM1PRIMARYDBNAME
Did you know there is a function to dynamically retrieve your database server name in IBM Planning Analytics for Excel (PAx)? When creating reports and input templates in Planning Analytics for Excel you must reference the TM1 server name you are pulling/pushing…