Financial Reporting with Dynamics AX 2012

April OlsonProgram ManagerMicrosoft Corporation

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Capturing collaboration during month end

Requires IT involvement

• Minimal training• Reusable

building blocks• Multi-company

reporting• Drill down and

drill back to Dynamics AX 2012

Reporting Challenges

Analysis

What Is Management Reporter?A real-time financial reporting application created for financial and accounting users to create, generate, secure, and publish boardroom-quality financial statements and reports on general ledger data

Design Flexibility

Interactive Report Viewing

Report Collaboration

Deep Dynamics ERP Integration

demo

Overview and Design Flexibility

Deeper Microsoft Dynamics ERP IntegrationCreate financial reports based upon data in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 General Ledger

Financial Setup• Accounts• Dimensions• Fiscal Years• Periods• Currencies• Attributes

Financial Data• Actual• Budget• Budget

Reservations• Cash Flow

Forecast

System Information• Companies• Users• Organization

Hierarchies

Better together with Dynamics AX • Trickle data from Microsoft Dynamics AX into Management

Reporter data mart for increased performance

• Create financial reports based upon data in Microsoft Dynamics AX General Ledger

• Drill from account and budget balances on a report to related information in Microsoft Dynamics AX

• Dynamically align reporting trees with Microsoft Dynamics AX organizational hierarchies

• Report on Dynamics AX Budget Reservations• Manage all users (both Microsoft Dynamics AX and

Management Reporter) from within Microsoft Dynamics AX• Consolidate across Dynamics AX companies or any

Dynamics ERP• Create detailed trial balances, ad-hoc reports and IFRS

statements• Advanced reporting scenarios for better business decisions

with Excel integration

• Cross company report design experience

Deeper Microsoft Dynamics ERP IntegrationDrill from Management Reporter report directly to Microsoft Dynamics AX • Account balances• Budget balances

Deeper Microsoft Dynamics ERP IntegrationDynamically align reporting trees with Microsoft Dynamics AX organizational hierarchies• Create financial reports using

Organization Hierarchies created in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012

• Dynamically update a Management Reporter reporting tree when Microsoft Dynamics AX Organization Hierarchy changes

• Uses report date to select corresponding Organization Hierarchy

Report on Budget ReservationsReport on Microsoft Dynamics AX budget reservations (pre-encumbrances/encumbrances) based upon Budget Funds Available calculation as defined in budget control configuration

Deeper Microsoft Dynamics ERP Integration

Manage All Users from within Microsoft Dynamics AX• Create users in Management Reporter when

users are created in Microsoft Dynamics AX • Assign appropriate roles in Management

Reporter based on Microsoft Dynamics AX permissions

• Assign company permissions in Management Reporter based on company permissions in Microsoft Dynamics AX

• Dynamically update users in Management Reporter when users are updated in Microsoft Dynamics AX

Users Roles

Permissions Companies

Management Reporter Supports Your Global Business

Australia Austria Belgium Canada Denmark France Germany India Ireland Italy Malaysia

Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Peoples Republic of China Russia Singapore South Africa Spain Switzerland United Kingdom United States

Drill back to Dynamics AX 2012Organization Hierarchies

demo

Deep Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Integration

Design Flexibility

Interactive Report Viewing

Report Collaboration

Deep Microsoft Dynamics ERP Integration

Management Reporter 2012

Report Collaboration• Secured report output options

• Publish to a read-only (.xps) report format• Publish a personalized Microsoft Excel®

(.xls) file• Report distribution flexibility

• Schedule reports to generate on a periodic basis

• Publish reports to multiple Microsoft SharePoint® or network locations

• Email reports via SharePoint alerts• Email a link to a report from with Report

Viewer

demoReport Collaboration

Design Flexibility

Interactive Report Viewing

Report Collaboration

Deeper Microsoft Dynamics ERP Integration

Management Reporter 2012

Interactive Report Viewing• Attach comments to important rows in a

report version• Copy comments from one version of a report

to another• Quickly create a chart based upon selected

report rows and columns• Collaborate on a report by providing a link to

the current report and selected row when launching instant messenger client from within a report

• Easily page within a report• Jump to key areas of the report for fast

analysis• Locate key features in Report Viewer with an

enhanced toolbar• Find a key value in a report, such as an

account value or description

demo

Interactive Report Viewing

Consolidations using Management Reporter

Consolidate by company or by business unit with one or multiple Microsoft Dynamics ERPs Ownership percent Maintain detail to account and transaction level

Report off of Consolidation companies in Dynamics AX 2012 Consolidate when there are different charts of account or fiscal

calendars Consolidate with a non-Microsoft Dynamics ERP

Create detailed trial balances, ad-hoc reports and IFRS statements

Use attributes to see transaction description, document numbers and other important transaction and account properties on detailed trial balances or other reports

Filter by properties, such as originating currency or journal number, to create ad-hoc reports for investigation and analysis

Restrict data by operating, tax, and current posting layers to get accurate reports for specialized report needs

Advanced reporting scenarios for better business decisions with Excel integration

Consolidate with non-Dynamics ERPs Report on budgets and forecasts from Excel or external system

Use statistical data for advanced analysis and margin calculations

Multi-company consolidationReporting on data from Excel

demoConsolidations

Consistent release cadence New features frequently, always quality enhancements

• New features• Quality

enhancements

Ongoing

• Web-based report viewing

• Integration with• Updates for

Dynamics GP 2013, Dynamics AX 6.2

• Quality enhancements

• Planned: October 2012

Management Reporter 2012 RU3

• Support for Microsoft SQL Server 2012

• Updates to currency translation for Dynamics GP users

• Quality -- including 70 bugs

• Released: July 2012

Management Reporter 2012 RU2

• Directly move FRx reports into Management Reporter 2012

• Updated localized builds for Management Reporter 2012, with translated versions for 22 countries and languages

• Quality -- including 75 bugs, plus performance enhancements

• Released: April 2012

Management Reporter 2012 RU1

• Report Design Flexibility

• Financial Report Collaboration

• Interactive Report Viewing

• Deeper Dynamics ERP integration

• Released: March 2012

Management Reporter 2012

Benefits of web-based report viewing

Show only the information that is meaningful to the user

Review charts in full-screen mode

Collaborate with co-workers by adding commentsDrill down to summary account balances or transaction level detailDownload to Microsoft Excel for further analysis or

Microsoft XPS for a read-only format

demoWeb Viewer

Top tips from this sessions

Design FlexibilityAnalysis and flexibility in designing reports from the general ledger using dimensions

Organization InsightMulti-company reporting at the transaction and account level using Organization Hierarchies or reporting tree definitions

AnalysisDrill down and drill back as well as chart data to analyze and visualize your company’s performance

CollaborateSave time and effort and capture the activity and collaboration that occurs on a monthly basis

ImplementDesigned for financial professionals to create, maintain, distribute reports

© 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries.The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.