Scorecards, dashboards, reports, and metrics in the Financial Reporting Analysis Module help your organization immediately begin reporting, analyzing, and monitoring financial information from existing operational systems and data warehouses.
| BUSINESS |
| Feature |
Function |
Benefit |
| Profit and Loss Statement Reports & Metrics |
Delivers reporting and analysis of all revenues and operating expenses during a given period of time |
Improved transparency into operating performance, ensuring that all personnel can access financial information relevant to their role in the organization |
| Balance Sheet Reports & Metrics |
Delivers reporting and analysis of assets, liabilities, and equity |
Unfettered analysis of assets, liabilities, and equity at any level of detail with transaction-level drilling for thorough investigative analysis |
| Cash Flow Analysis Reports & Metrics |
Tracks the inflows and outflows of cash |
Improved analysis of cash inflows and outflows across operating, investing, and financing activities in order to optimize cash on hand |
| Revenue Reports & Metrics |
Delivers reporting and analysis of revenues at summary and detailed transaction level information |
Improved reporting on revenues in statutory reports as well as ad hoc analyses |
| Expenses and Costs Reports & Metrics |
Delivers reporting and analysis of costs and expenses across multiple business dimensions for any given time period |
Reduced cost outlays by activities, employee, and business units across the organization |
| Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable Reports & Metrics |
Enables analysis of current and aging accounts, broken down by days outstanding, business organizational structure, and vendor or customer |
- Improved tracking of Accounts Receivable to increase cash on hand
- Improved tracking of Accounts Payable for monitoring all liabilities
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| Planning & Forecasting Reports & Metrics |
Delivers reports and analyses for testing accuracy of forecasts across multiple business dimensions, including business units and accounts |
Enhanced forecasting abilities and predictive analysis via what-if analysis, trend analysis, regression, and data mining capabilities |
| Scorecards & Dashboards |
Delivers at-a-glance performance management information with ability to follow workflow paths, navigate to reports, view performance indicators, perform OLAP analysis, and drill to more detailed analyses |
Improved corporate performance management for specific domain or across the entire enterprise for all business users at any level in the organization |
| TECHNICAL |
| Feature |
Function |
Benefit |
| Application Documentation |
Provides extensive references on:
- Descriptions,
usage scenarios, and screenshots for all reports and metrics
- Descriptions
and diagrams of the logical data model and physical schema tables
and columns
- Glossary of all terms
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Implement, deploy, and customize in a dramatically quicker fashion using this comprehensive roadmap |
Application Model
(Logical Schema) |
Provides conceptual model and corresponding metadata repository for:
- Relationships between business dimensions and attributes organized into hierarchies
- Facts or captured units of measurement and their time-based transformations
- Production-ready reports and metrics grouped by functional areas
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- Meet reporting needs quickly and flexibly as requirements change -- without coding
- Leverage logical model across multiple domains
- Implement modularly with only those areas of analysis relevant to the organization
- Customize and extend business dimensions, reports, and metrics
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| Data Warehouse Model (Physical Schema) |
Stores domain-specific data for implementation or reference.
- Model is not hard-wired and therefore can be replaced with existing database investments
- Entity-Relationship diagram fully explains the data warehouse structure
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- Use packaged physical schema or leverage existing investments in existing data warehouse, data mart, or multiple data sources
- Run module directly against financial and accounting systems
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| MicroStrategy Platform |
Built on and fully integrated with the MicroStrategy platform
- Development products included
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- Extend reporting, analysis, and monitoring to business users across the enterprise from any Web browser, email program, or from Microsoft® Excel, PowerPoint®, Word, and Outlook
- Centralized administration, security, and maintenance across all MicroStrategy applications
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