When business users inquire about Planning Analytics for Excel (PAfE) or TM1 Perspectives, I often resort to the widely recognized phrase 'Excel on steroids' to effectively convey its true power and potential. PAfE acts as a dynamic complement to their existing Excel skills, bridging the functional gaps between the two tools to boost productivity significantly. Rather than replacing Excel, PAfE expands its capabilities, empowering users to delve deeper into analysis and unlock untapped opportunities. This professional alliance between PAfE and Excel helps businesses leverage their existing ...

According to the BARC Report 2022, market leaders included SAP, TM1, Oracle, Workday, Board and Jedox. Other popular FP+A tools like Anaplan were rated as challengers. All FP+A software companies were rated on these dimensions: Planning and forecasting Ease of use for business users Portfolio evaluation Ad hoc query and reporting Analysis Infrastructure evaluation Dashboards Formatted reporting Advanced and predictive analytics Scoring Calculating the individual ratings for all criteria and all vendors produces two scores per company: the Portfolio Capabilities score and the Market Execution ...

The role of financial planners and analysts has expanded from assessing and reporting to data science. That’s why there’s a very real need to adopt the best financial planning software. Financial planners and analysts are now expected to have comprehensive knowledge of to access and collect information from business intelligence (BI), enterprise resource planning (ERP) and other data sources. But without the right software to support them, their struggles are compounded. The financial team’s daily struggles There are many issues that financial planners and analysts face on a daily basis, ...