Financial Close & Consolidation
Modern Accounting: What is Accounting Automation?
This is a guest blog post from our partner BlackLine. The author, Jason Brisbane, defines accounting automation and details its top five benefits. What is Accounting Automation? The need for on-demand visibility and actionable insights to navigate today’s dynamic business environment has…
August 27, 2021
Workday Adaptive Planning Insights
Dashboarding in Workday Adaptive Planning
Are you eager to learn how easy it is to create a dashboard in Workday Adaptive Planning? Dashboards are a great way to convey performance data and monitor your business. Watch this video for a hands-on demonstration on how to do dashboarding.…
August 25, 2021
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Columns and Sections of Stacked Columns
Today’s IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks post is a new video demonstrating how to define the columns and the sections of a stacked column chart. You will learn an approach that allows you to quickly view your data in different formats…
August 24, 2021
FP&A Done Right: 3 Pitfalls to Avoid with Rolling Forecasts
This is a guest blog post from our partner Workday Adaptive Planning, detailing three mistakes you don’t want to make with your rolling forecasts. It’s not just meteorologists who can get forecasting wrong. If FP&A pros don’t take a thoughtful approach to…
August 20, 2021
Workday Adaptive Planning Tips & Tricks
Workday Adaptive Planning Tips & Tricks: Common Questions Asked During Training
My next five Workday Adaptive Planning Tips & Tricks posts will explore the most-frequently asked questions during my Workday Adaptive Planning training classes. In each tip/trick article I will present the question, the reason it is being asked and my well-rehearsed response.…
August 18, 2021
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Excel DATE Function Updated
Some of you may remember an Excel feature that I posted about last year which explained how the DATE function will convert invalid dates into real ones. For example, DATE(2020,7,35) will be converted to August 4, 2020 since there are not 35 days…
August 17, 2021
What Does Revelwood Do?
When you think of consumer companies, you might only think of them in terms of their flagship product or service. Coca-Cola sells soft drinks. McDonald’s sells hamburgers. Uber provides ride shares for people. Those companies actually do more than just what they…
August 12, 2021
Planning in Workday Adaptive Planning
In this demonstration, we explain how to do Planning in Workday Adaptive Planning. Workday Adaptive Planning is used by companies of all sizes, across all industries, for annual budgeting, monthly forecasting, what-if scenario planning and more. Watch this video to learn how…
August 11, 2021
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: PAW Lines vs Area for Multiple Elements
A line chart is typically used to show values over time. This type of chart is great to see trends with your data. An area chart is also used to show values over time and is sometimes referenced as a line chart…