Solving Financial Reporting Challenges
This is a blog post from our partner Workday, highlighting common financial reporting challenges and explaining how to solve them. Stakeholders want self-service: Reporting runs the gamut, from presenting department managers with data on how their actuals compare to budget, to showing…
May 3, 2024
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Asymmetrical Expand in PAW
Have you ever been in a situation where you have stacked dimensions in your view and only want to expand one section of it? In legacy Perspectives, an expansion of one area equates to an expansion of all areas. IBM Planning Analytics…
April 30, 2024
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: PAW Greenbar
Have you ever generated an IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) exploration and struggled to read the values in the grid? For example, how easy is it to define the travel cost for department 55 in the screenshot below? A few years ago,…
April 16, 2024
Accounting and Accounts Receivable
Financial Close and Consolidation Solutions Report
Gartner’s most recent Magic Quadrant for Financial Close and Consolidation Solutions includes our partner, BlackLine. According to Gartner, “Financial close and consolidation solutions support automation, compliance and collaboration within an organization’s group close, consolidation and reporting processes.” Market Overview This Gartner report…
April 12, 2024
The Promise of AI in Finance
This is a blog post from our partner Workday, explaining how CFOs can help bridge the AI trust gap. Potential enterprise uses of artificial intelligence and generative AI have garnered plenty of attention in recent months. AI is the next business game-changer,…
April 5, 2024
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips and Tricks: Excel’s ARRAYTOTEXT Function
Have you ever needed to export Excel data in a format that can be read by other systems? Although csv files are widely accepted, many legacy systems expect data in an array format. This can be done using the ARRAYTOTEXT formula in…
April 2, 2024
The Role of Generative AI in Forecasting
This is a blog post from our partner, Workday, highlighting findings on Generative AI from a Deloitte CFO Signals quarterly survey. In the world of finance, Generative AI has entered the chat. In a recent CFO Signals, Deloitte focused part of its…
March 22, 2024
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: PAW “Spacers”
Have you ever created an exploration in IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) that contains a lot of data and wish that you could separate the information? PAW allows you to insert blank rows and columns called “spacers” into your exploration. Here is…
March 19, 2024
Accounting and Accounts Receivable
Driving Effective Change Management in Digital Finance Transformation
In today's fast-paced business landscape, finance and accounting functions are undergoing significant digital transformation. Organizations are embracing new technologies to streamline processes and improve efficiency. In this setting, it is crucial to recognize the importance of effective change management in driving successful…