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FAME : Financial Analysis Made Easy December 2012

FAME: Financial Analysis Made EasyFrom Bureau Van Dijk (BvD)Contact for SSU Students and Staff for Help with using the FAME database:Mary Hudson: mary.hudson@solent.ac.uk OR Room ML107 in the Mountbatten Library

Access FAME from the Library Portal

FAME : Financial Analysis Made Easy December 2012

FAME : Financial Analysis Made EasyDecember 2012

Click on FAME

FAME : Financial Analysis Made Easy December 2012

Select your organisation

Enter your university username and password, click Login

FAME : Financial Analysis Made Easy December 2012

FAME Home Page To find a report for a single company enter company name in top search box on left of screen

FAME : Financial Analysis Made Easy December 2012

FAME Home Page: To find reports for more than one company click on “Company name” in lower half of screen.

FAME : Financial Analysis Made Easy December 2012

FAME : Financial Analysis Made Easy December 2012

Company search screen:Click on company name and enter your company in the search box. Select by ticking in the box to the left of the name: repeat this step as many times as you require and click on OK, at bottom right of screen.

FAME : Financial Analysis Made Easy December 2012

The Next screen confirms the Search Strategy. Now click on “View List of Results” and from

this screen either:Click on the company name to view its report

ORClick on “Peer Analysis” to the right of the

screen

FAME : Financial Analysis Made Easy December 2012

The Company ReportEach Report is laid out in the same way with the information in the same order. Use the “Export button” to send it to an Excel Spreadsheet or word document

Peer AnalysisCompare one company to another:

Select the variables you wish to compareSelect the years you wish to compare – remember they may

not have filed the current year’s accounts yetDecide how you want to see the results – table, bar chart,

pie chart, Lorenz Curve, Etc.

FAME : Financial Analysis Made Easy December 2012

Help for using FAME from BvD

FAME online HELP is really good. There is:

FAME Help that includes an online user guide, Index and Glossary

Quick Tour includes 4 silent videos looking at Search, List,

Report and Statistical Analysis

Tips of the Day includes 8 pages of useful tips

Find HELP from the right of the top toolbar from any screen in FAME

FAME : Financial Analysis Made Easy December 2012

Library Help for using the FAME database

Help from the Library includes:FAME FactsheetFAME FAQsHelp in person from ML107Look out for Library Drop-ins on FAME

FAME : Financial Analysis Made EasyDecember 2012