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IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Excel’s Camera Tool
The Linked Picture tool (aka Camera tool) is a little-known feature in Excel that you can use to give your dashboards and reports greater flexibility. In summary, the linked image is an image that is connected to the source data and updates…
July 11, 2023

Financial Close & Consolidation
The Power of Technology in Recruiting and Retaining Finance and Accounting Talent
This blog post is based on a white paper from our partner BlackLine. In today's competitive business landscape, recruiting and retaining top finance and accounting talent is a priority for organizations striving for success. However, the labor and skills shortage, compounded by…
July 6, 2023

Professional Services Firms Need Future-Ready Forecasting
This is an excerpt from a blog post from our partner Workday Adaptive Planning. It highlights some approaches for professional services firms to keep up with the breakneck pace of work. Professional services firms don’t have the luxury of gradually adjusting to…
June 29, 2023

IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Headcount Analysis
Did you miss our recent webinar on headcount analysis? Here’s a high-level recap of what we covered. In short, IBM Planning Analytics is a powerful, flexible tool for headcount analysis. Headcount analysis is a critical component of any organization's workforce planning and…
June 27, 2023

Enterprise Planning Helps Professional Services Firms Adapt to Changes
Professional services firms make money based on the number of hours they service clients. These companies need to have many consultants with desirable skills as billable as possible. They also have to have enough resources available to start new projects as soon…
June 23, 2023

Financial Close & Consolidation
Are your Accountants Quitting?
This is a guest post from our partner BlackLine, examining the drivers behind the mass exodus in accounting roles. Like everything else in accounting, the numbers tell the story. The profession is experiencing a steep decline in qualified personnel, as many trained…
June 22, 2023

IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Waterfall Charts
Did you miss our webinar on waterfall charts in IBM Planning Analytics? Here’s our take on best practices and how and why to use waterfall charts. Waterfall charts, also known as bridge charts, floating column charts, or cascade charts, are a data…
June 20, 2023

Financial Close & Consolidation
Intercompany Financial Management Benchmarks
This is a guest post from our partner BlackLine, highlighting some results from their recent survey, Intercompany Financial Management: Benchmarks, Challenges and Expectations For companies that transact intercompany business, intercompany operations have a big impact on the financial results. However, there are…
June 15, 2023

Revelwood Expands Best-in-Class Solution Portfolio to Include Incorta
We’re expanding our best-in-class solution portfolio to include Incorta’s open data delivery platform, giving our clients an analytics hub for the Office of Finance. Incorta’s technology simplifies the data ingestion and delivery approach, giving clients unrivaled data access to deliver fast, accurate…