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Real-Time Financial & Controlling Reporting in Excel

Imagine... Accurate, flexible and fast reporting is essential for any business using SAP. Better cost center reporting, rapid ad-hoc analysis, shorter month-end closing processes and real-time information are becoming increasingly critical as companies look to do more with less, cut costs and maximize profits.

> Overview

SAP is Complex

SAP and its reporting solutions are highly complex, making it difficult for a business user to create and modify FICO reports. Native SAP tools such as Report Painter also tend to be too inflexible for many reporting needs. Business users are often forced to rely heavily on IT resources for assistance in building and modifying reports, which is time consuming and expensive.

Accessibility

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• Real-time SAP data in Excel • Build reports with Excel wizards, with no IT support required • Leverage existing SAP Security and Roles ―  log on with SAP username/password • Single Sign-On compatible

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• Excel interface • Business user tool • Minimal training required • Users up and running in a few hours

IT Friendly

IT Friendly

• Rapid installation • No IT resources required for report creation and modification • Low cost of ownership

Finance and Controlling Require Excel FICO professionals love Microsoft Excel®. In fact, over 73% use it daily to support their reporting activities ― after all the exporting, extracting, downloading, copy/pasting or manually keying information from SAP reports into Excel. Unfortunately, these constant manual processes are time-consuming, cumbersome and error-prone. Yet, they seem like the only way to get reports in the format you need.

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GL Wand Leverages Both Platforms GL Wand is an Excel add-in that delivers real-time FICO data directly to Excel. Preconfigured against specific FICO Objects and pre-integrated with SAP Security, GL Wand can be installed and ready for use in hours, not days. Utilizing only Excel and SAP, GL Wand makes it easy to obtain, analyze, share, and present essential information when and how you need it so you can better understand your business ― and finally wave goodbye to those late nights and weekends at the office.

> How it Works

A Quick Win for FI and CO Teams With rapid installation and minimal IT support, GL Wand is a quick win and helps eliminate timewasting tools and processes while leveraging Excel to streamline reporting, analysis and distribution. GL Wand fully leverages your existing SAP Security and Roles, including account, cost center, profit center, etc. Function wizards make it easy for users to quickly build new reports and perform ad hoc analysis on the fly.

User Benefits • R  eal-time FICO reporting in Excel • Excel  functions retrieve live Balances, with drill to Line Items, Documents, and Document Attachments • U  sers build & modify reports ― solely in Excel • M  inimal training required • M  akes Excel reports live and refreshable • E  liminates manual extract/export and re-format processes • E  nables flexible, fast, efficient and deep ad-hoc analysis • A  utomates report distribution (see Report Distribution Manager)

Powerful Drill Downs: Access Line Item, Document and Attachment data in Excel with the click of a button.

IT Benefits • • • • •

SAP, HANA and Microsoft certified Fully integrates with SAP Security Fast, simple installation Enables business user self-service Real-time data for business users in their tool of choice ― Excel • Leverages existing investments in SAP and Microsoft platforms • No ABAP or consulting resources required • Only Excel skills required

Function Wizards: Easily build new reports with simple Excel Wizards that access specific SAP FI CO Objects.

Securely access with your SAP username and password

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Why It’s Loved

Customers tell us all the time how much they love GL Wand. From calling it a “dream” to it “making life worth living again,” GL Wand has helped professionals in 76+ countries with their FICO reporting, including these key areas: • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Cost-center reporting and analysis Financial reporting Trial balances Operational reporting and analysis Ad-hoc reporting Statutory reporting Planning, budgeting and forecasting Monthly reconciliations Audit compliance Drilling to details Customer and vendor balances Cost allocation models Dynamic dashboards Funds and grant management

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Report Distribution Manager

Automate Mass Creation & Distribution of Reports • Add-on solution • Easy-to-use Excel wizards • Output to email, shared folder or both • Share high-level reports or detailed reports with analysis included go.excel4apps.com/rdm

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