new pre-release available: gl wand 5 & budget wand...

Features of Version 5•Newzeroclientinstall•Newcalculationengine•Newfunctions•Newcustomizabledrilllayouts•Newcustomfielddefinitions•Newexpandandexplode•Newwizards•Newribbontoolbar•Roaminguserprofiles•NewJava-basedplatform

Main Benefits for IT•Noclientinstallrequired•NoclientconnectionURLs•Noclientversionupgrades•ReduceFSG/ReportManagerskilldependency

•Universallicensekey•Enhancedprofileoptions• InsertownSQLtocreatecustomfieldsondrilldown

Main Benefits for Users•Fasterreporting•Fasterdrilldowns•Morerefreshusercontrol•Moreintuitive,lesstrainingrequired

•Customer-definabledrillfields

GL Wand 5* GL Wand 5 has taken the best functional elements from its incredibly successful predecessor and wrapped them into a completely new Java-based framework. Designed exclusively for the strengths of an Oracle environment, GL Wand 5 is about ease of use, ease of deployment, flexibility, and speed of refresh and drill downs.

GLWand 5 empowers end users by offering a powerful Excel® frontendto theirOracleE-Business Suite (EBS)data,butwithout theeffortsofend-usersoftwaremanagement.Userswill launchGLWand5fromwithintheirsecureOracleEBSenvironmentandautomaticallygainaccesstothenewGLWandribbonforExcel®2007to2013.Userswillimmediatelyexperienceenhanced control over cell refreshes and should experience significantimprovements in refresh rates, especially for refreshes from the newin-memorydatabasecache.

Drilldownfunctionalityhasbeencompletelyredevelopedsousersshouldexperience significant gains in drill performance, especially on BalanceandJournaldrilldownsencompassingthousandsofrows.Customizingdrilllayoutshasneverbeeneasieranddrilllayoutscannowincludegraphsandformulaaswellascustomfields.Customfieldscanbeaddedtodrilllayoutsbyhavinganadministratorconfiguretherequiredcustomfielddefinition.

RoaminguserswillnoticetheirpersonalizedapplicationsettingsfollowthelogontheyuseandnotthePC,therebyfurtherincreasingproductivityoftoday’smobileworkforce.

First timeuserswill bemetwith new, intuitiveWizards to helpcreateGetBalanceformulaandadvanceduserswillappreciatetheWizardaccessto configure advanced functions, like fetching balances for specificAccountCombinations or applyingDescriptive FlexfieldCriteria toaGetBalancefunction,whichisfareasierthaneverbeforepossibleinGLWand.

CompatiblewithMicrosoftExcel2003-2010

New Pre-release Available: GL Wand 5 & Budget Wand 5

Summary of Product Changes

Excel4appsisabest-in-classproviderofExcel-basedreporting, inquiry,andbudget-loadingsoftwareforOracleand SAP. Designed for financeprofessionals, its award-winning GLWand, Reports Wand, and BudgetWand,products easilyand securelydeliver real-time ERP data usingMicrosoft Excel® to save reportingtime and effort. Excel4apps servesover 12,000 Oracle and SAP usersworldwide, with offices in Australia,the United States, United Kingdom,UnitedArabEmirates,Singapore,andSouthAfrica.

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More Features in GL Wand 5

User Interface Improvements• Alllistsofvaluesnowfeatureafilter

functiontoassistwithfindingvaluesandcanbesortedbyanycolumn.

More Reports in Report Wizard• TogetusersstartedwithGLWand,

additional example reports arenow available such as BalanceSheetandProfitandLossreports.

Reports Distribution Manager (RDM)• FormerlyknownasReportManager,

RDM features additional flexibilityandisnowavailableasaseparateproduct. Reports can now beautomatically emailed eliminatingthe need for users to click “send”inMicrosoftOutlook.Youcanalsonow choose email addresses fromyourOutlookcontactlist.

Use Excel During Calculations • NowyoucancontinueusingExcel

while the GL Wand calculationruns. Youcan evenminimize thecalculationwindowsothat it isoutofyourway.

GL Wand 5 Continued

ITDepartmentswillbeabletocompletearapidinstallationontheirexistingOracleApplicationserverthemselvesandthensharethatapplicationwithauthorizedusersviaasimpleOracleResponsibility.

MassdeploymentoftheGLWandfunctionalitytoremoteuserlocationsis now easy. IT managers will no longer have to be concerned overversiondiscrepanciesor rollingoutupdatesas thecentral Javaappwillautomaticallyensurecompatibilitywitheachlogon.

System Administrator Options

• Alloptionsandsettingsrelatedtoalltheproductsarenowmanageddirect from the Excel based user interface including assigningproductstousers.

• TheExcel4appsWandsadministratordoesnotneedtobeanOracleSystemAdministrator. There is no longer a requirement tomaintainanysettingsinOracleprofileoptions.

• Permissiontomaintaintheseoptionscanbeassignedtooneormoreuseraccounts,andtheseusersdonotneedtobeusersofanyoftheproducts,thussavingonauserlicense.

• TheExcel4appsWandslicensekeyisalsomaintainedinthissameuserinterfaceand there isnow justone licensekey forall your licensedOracleinstances.

• There are a number of options that can be defaulted by theExcel4appsWandsadministratorandtheycanoptionallybelockedsothatuserscannotoverridethedefaultssetcentrally.

• The special delimiter characters used in the product can now becustomised toworkarounda situationwhere thedefaultdelimitersclashwithcharactersusedinyoursegmentvalues.

New Function Wizard Dialogs

• Easytousewizardstocreateanyofthefunctions• Provides lists of values for all parameters and allows linking the

parametertoanExcelcell.• Editanexistingfunctionusingthewizards• Advanced functionality like the DFF and account combinations

options for the Get Balance function can also be created in thewizardmakingtheseadvancedfeatureseasiertolearnanduse.

Budget WandThebudgetuploadprocessisnowmorestreamlinedandfaster.Youcanoptionally create the required account combinations during the loadprocessratherthanneedingtoensurethattheyexistbeforehand.

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*Pre-ReleasecurrentlyexcludesReportsWand.©2013Excel4apps.Alltrademarksarethepropertyoftheirrespectiveowners.