2024 Financial Close Buyers Guide Names & Recognizes BlackLine for its Total Cost of Ownership and Return on Investment
Ventana Research, now ISG Software Research, recently released its 2024 Financial Close Buyers Guide, which ranked BlackLine an Exemplary Vendor and Overall Leader. The report highlighted the total cost of ownership (TCO) and return on investment (ROI) that BlackLine delivers to its…
September 26, 2024
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: PAW Process Indent Script Button
One of my favorite development quotes is from a man names Martin Fowler. He said, “Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.” There are many ways to approach the definition of…
September 24, 2024
Accounting and Accounts Receivable
Mitigating Financial Risk through Automation
This is a blog post from our partner BlackLine, sharing nine best practices for streamlining your account reconciliation process. According to the Federal Reserve’s 2024 Survey of Salient Risks to Financial Stability, financial risks are expected to increase over the next 12…
September 19, 2024
Workday Named Customers’ Choice in Gartner “Voice of the Customer” for Financial Planning Software Report
Workday has placed in the upper right, Customers’ Choice quadrant for Financial Planning Software for its Workday Adaptive Planning solution, with a 96% recommendation rating. Gartner’s Voice of the Customer for Financial Planning Software covers software that uses reporting, modeling and analytics…
September 13, 2024
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: PAW Workbench Go To Rule
Have you ever referenced a view in an IBM Planning Analytics workbench and then realized that you also want to look at the rules associated with the cube? You can do this by referencing the left side navigation to scroll through the…
August 27, 2024
Accounting and Accounts Receivable
How Automating Accounting Meets the Growing Demands of Finance
This is a blog post from our partner BlackLine, explaining four reasons why CFOs are automating their accounting processes. Going into 2023, Deloitte’s Q4 2022 North American CFO Signals survey revealed that one in three Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) anticipated economic challenges…
August 22, 2024
Workday Adaptive Planning Tips & Tricks
Workday Adaptive Planning Tips & Tricks: Linked Accounts with Link Filter
Linked accounts serve as the backbone of financial modeling in Workday Adaptive Planning. They establish connections between different elements of your financial structure, enabling seamless aggregation and analysis of data across various dimensions. By linking accounts, you can bring data from different…
August 14, 2024
Accounting and Accounts Receivable
How CFOs Stay Ahead of Rapidly Changing Markets
This is a blog post from our partner BlackLine, detailing five considerations for CFOs to thrive during innovation-fueled market disruption. The rapidly increasing pace of innovation is changing the landscape of financial decision-making. As the financial leaders of their organizations, CFOs play…
August 1, 2024
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: VSTACK_HSTACK
In a previous blog, I wrote about the ability to convert a list into a set of smaller lists (create a link to the WRAPCOLS blog). But what if you wanted to do the opposite? What if you wanted to merge a…