IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Code Char
Have you ever written a TurboIntegrator script and wanted to check the first character of a value to see if it was a number or a letter? Have you ever needed to insert a single or double quote into a string without “breaking”…
August 3, 2021
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Depreciation
P&L planning models consist of a variety of inputs, including revenue planning and various forms of expense planning. In addition to these standards, we are often asked to develop other planning components. One of these components entails a depreciation process, which leads to…
July 27, 2021
FP&A Done Right: 3 Ways to Improve Collaboration with Colleagues Outside of Finance
This is a guest blog post from our partner Workday Adaptive Planning, explaining how to improve collaboration between the Office of Finance and business managers. Many companies suffer from poor communication and collaboration between financial and nonfinancial managers. Operating managers don’t have sufficient…
July 23, 2021
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Scatter Chart vs Bubble Chart
A scatter chart is used to show relationships within your data. This type of chart is great to see patterns and groupings over a large set of values. A bubble chart is also used to show relationships and it also great to see patterns. So…
July 20, 2021
Workday Adaptive Planning CFO Indicator Survey 2020: The Path to Finance Digital Transformation
Workday Adaptive Planning’s CFO Indicator Survey 2020: Finance Digital Transformation defines digital transformation as “the implementation and use of digital technologies such as the cloud, machine learning and augmented analytics, for finance processes to improve efficacy, insight and agility.” The Case for…
July 19, 2021
Extending Revelwood’s Office of Finance Offerings with BlackLine
These are exciting times here at Revelwood! We’ve spent the past 25 years working with the Office of Finance on enterprise planning – specifically, designing and implementing solutions based on IBM Planning Analytics, Workday Adaptive Planning, and our own accelerator tools and…
July 13, 2021
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) Marker Shape
A line chart can either be a simple line or it can include markers for each data point. Most people associate a marker as a simple dot, but did you know that IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) allows you to configure the shape…
July 13, 2021
FP&A Done Right: 3 Strategic Skills for FP&A Leaders
This is a guest blog post from our partner Workday Adaptive Planning, recommending strategic skills for FP&A leaders. You stay late to meet your deadlines. You triple-check your reports to keep them error-free. You turn around one-off requests at the drop of…
July 9, 2021
Technical Bulletin: End of Support for IBM Planning Analytics Local, IBM Planning Analytics Advanced and IBM Planning Analytics Express Versions 2.0.0 – 2.0.8
IBM recently announced End of Support (EOS) dates for older versions of IBM Planning Analytics Local, IBM Planning Analytics Advanced and IBM Planning Analytics Express. Here are the important dates to know: April 30, 2022 – End of support for versions 2.0.0…