Key Features• Excel-basedSAPfinancereporting
•IntegratedintoSAPECC6,ECC5and470.
•Massreportinganddistribution•Highperformancearchitecture•FIandCOdata•Secure•Proven
User Benefits• Easy• MicrosoftExcel-based• Real-timereporting• Norecapturing• Noimport/export• Nodatareplication• Noimplementation• SameSAPSign-on• Drilltolineitems• Drilltodocumentlevel• DrilltoNewGLDocumentview
Real-time Excel-based SAP Financials Reporting and Inquiry Solution
About GL Wand for SAPGLWandforSAPisaprovenExcel-basedreportingandinquirytoolforfinancedepartments running SAP Financials. GL Wand enables highly efficient,real-timefinancereportingandfasterrefreshesdirectlyfromSAP,resultinginshortermonthends.
Excel-based Financial ReportingExcel-basedtoolsfaciliaterapiduseradoptionandacceptance.Userscaneasilycreate,edit,andpublishfinancialreportswithouttheassistanceofITandwithminimaltraining.GLWandreportsarerefreshableondemand,yetpreserveallformattingandExcelformula.
GLWandreportsarebuiltusingcustomfunctions,which linkExcelcells tospecificFICOobjectsandvalues.TheGetBalancefunction, forexample,returnsoneormanyGLBalancessummedasavalueintoanExcelcellwithdrilldowntodetail.Userscanalsocustomizedrilllayouts.
Balance types
Parameters
Refresh on demand
Wizard driven
Easy as Copy & Paste
YTD,QTD,PTDandCTD,whichusescustomranges
Values,ranges,lists,listrangecombinationsand“Excludes”aresupported
Refreshacell,rangeorworkbooklivefromSAP
UsetheGetBalancewizardtopopulatetheparametersandgetyourfirstlivebalance
Simplycopy&pasteGetBalancefunctionstobuildreports,createcomparatives,orclonereports
Highlights of Get Balance Feature
GLWandGet Balance FeatureShown
Excel4apps Product
Datasheet: GL Wand 3.71+
“Finally, a real-time reporting and analysis tool that the finance organization wants to use. We can now spend more time on analysis and providing better information to upper management.”
Dale Kukielka Senior Business Analyst,
Upsher Smith Laboratories
Excel4apps Product Datasheet: GL Wand 3.71+
Key Features and Functions
Supported FICO Objects
GLAccount,Segment,BusinessArea,FunctionalArea,CostCenter,CostCenterGroup,CostElement,CostElementGroup,ProfitCenter,ProfitCenterGroup,AccountGroup,AlternateAccount,SKF,SKFGroup,ActivityType,ActivityTypeGroup,Order,OrderGroup,RepresentativeMaterial,TradingPartner,TransactionType
Periods/ Budget Types Returnbalancesforasinglerange/periodorforaspecifiedbudgetversion
Company Code/ Ledger MultiplecompanycodeandNewGLParallelledgerreportinginasingleworkbook
Discovering EasilypopulateExcelwithFICOobjectsordiscoverandreportonagrouphierarchyorhierarchyrange
Create List of Values
Listofvaluecellscanbedouble-clickedtoopendynamiclistsofFICOobjectvalues,periods,companycodes,currencytypes,orbalancetypes
Custom Functions
CustomFunctionsincludeGetBalancefortheNewGL,ClassicGL,CostCenterAccountingandforProfitCenterAccounting,aswellasFICOObjectDescription,NextFICOObjectValue,PreviousFICOObjectValue,CompanyCodeName,CurrencyforTypes,COOrders,ActivityTypes,SKFs,AlternateGLAccounts,andNewGLCustomFields
Calculation options
Setcalculationmodetoauto-refreshfromSAPoneditsortoon-demandmode.Calculatearangeofcells,awholesheet,awholeworkbookorallopenworkbooks
Snapshot AdynamicGLWandreportcanbemadestaticbycreatingasnapshot
Drill DownDrillfromaGetBalancefunctiontothelineitemsmakingupthatbalance.Fromtheline-itemreport,drilltothedocumentlevel.TheEntryviewandthenewGLviewfordocumentsplittingaresupportedforthelineitemanddocumentdrillreports.QuantitycanbedisplayedforPCAlineitems
Custom Field Auto-Configuration EnablerapidsetupforcustomfieldsinthenewGL
Easy installation Serverinstallationcontainedinatransport.Easyclient-sideExceladd-inneedingonlyaURL
GL Balances ReportingisdirectlyfromthesourceGLbalancestablessoasingleversionofthetruthisensured
User Name/ Authorization UseyourSAPusernameandpasswordforauthentication
Expand/ Undo Expand
Expandarowtodisplaybalancesandchildvaluesthatrollupintoaparticulargroup.EasilyundoanExpand
Refresh Expand Refreshesanexpandedselectionbyapplyingthelatestgroupdefinitions
Open List of Values LaunchaformtosearchthroughFICOobjectvaluesanddescriptionsforaspecificFICOobject
Configuration Sheet Reportontheconfigurationofthecurrently-selectedcompanycode
Options Initiateupgradesandsetotheradvancedoptions
Reports Distribution
Manager
MasscreatereportsandoptionallydistributethembyemailinPDForExcelformat.ThesnapshotorwithformulasareoptionswiththeExcelformat
Edit Drill Layout Changethedrilllayoutforallfuturedrilldowns
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SAP Financial Touchpoints
HierarchiesGroupsforrelevantFICOobjectsareautomaticallyinterpretedallowingreportingatanylevelwithinthehierarchy.
Custom Fields SupportfornewGLcustomfields.
Calendar, Currencies, Chart
of Accounts
CurrenciesandChartofAccountsasdefinedareavailablefromExcel.Calendaryearreportingavailableforcompanycodeswithnon-calendaryearfiscalyearvariants.
AttributesFunctionthatreturnsattributeinformationabouttheFICOobject,e.g.thepersonresponsibleforthecostcenter.
GL Balances ReportingisdirectlyfromthesourceGLbalancestablessoasingleversionofthetruthisensured.
Budgets Reportonbudgetbalances.
Drill to Line Items Drilltolineitemdetail.
Drill to Document Drilltodocumentdetail.
User Names UseyourSAPusernameandpasswordforauthorizations.
SecureGLWandhasbeendesignedto leverageexistingsecurityconfigurationwithintheSAPauthorizationenvironment.
SecurityFeatures
User authorizations Authorizationsfortheuserareautomaticallydetectedandapplied.
Application layer support
NoODBC,NoSqlnetandnosystemusersneedtobesetupormaintained.Singlesign-onissupported.
OtherFeatures
Multi-languagesupport
Reportonforeigncharacters,ordisplayforeignlanguageFICOobjectdescriptionsiflanguageloadedinSAP,forexample,ChineseorJapanese.
Online IDES account
DownloadthefreetrialandgetGLWandaccesstoanonlineIDESinstanceortrialGLWandonyourownsystem.
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Variety of Uses• Managementreporting•Statutoryreporting•Adhocreporting•Sliceanddiceanalysis•Monthlyreconciliations•Auditcompliance•Planning,budgetingandforecasting
•Drillingtodetail•Costallocationmodels•Dashboards
Advantages for IT• Easytosupport•NoODBCnoSQLNet•StandardSAPconnector•Centralizedmanagement•Robust•SAPsinglesign-onsupport•Remoteupgradability•Usedandsupportedglobally
“A report that used to take me an 8-hour day to create during a heavy sales month now, on average, takes just one hour to complete.”
Kevin Lybbert, Cost Accountant,
Purcell Systems
CompatiblewithMicrosoftExcel2003-2010
(32and64bit)
Excel4appsisabest-in-classproviderofExcel-basedreporting,inquiry,andbudget-loadingsoftwareforOracleandSAP.Designedforfinanceprofessionals,itsaward-winningGLWand,ReportsWand,andBudgetWand,productseasilyandsecurelydeliverreal-timeERPdatausingMicrosoftExcel®tosavereportingtimeandeffort.
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Mass Reporting and DistributionUsetheReportsDistributionManagertomasscreateGLWandreportsandautomatethemonthlycreationanddistributionofreports.
ReportsDistributionManagerFeatures
Easy to use Output formats
Wizarddrivendefinitioncreation,completelyExcelbased.Excel,PDFandemail.
Email options SpecifyTo:CC:BCemailrecipients,subjectandemailtext.AutomaticallysendemailinMicrosoftOutlook.
Output folder SpecifyaserverorlocalPClocation.
Hide zeros SpecifyarangeofcellstoapplytheHideZeroslogic.
Execute individually or all Controlhowyoumassproducereports.
High-Performance ArchitectureGLWandhasaprovenRFC-basedarchitectureforfetchingdatafromsourceSAPsystemsintoExcel.Designedtominimisebothsystemimpactandnetworktraffic,andprovenbyglobalmultinationals.
InstallationOptions
Easy installationSimplyimporttheSAPtransportprovidedinthedownloadedsoftware.EasyclientsideExceladd-inneedingonlyaURL.
High performance RFCisaprovenhighperformanceSAPcommunicationmechanism.
Variable parallel batch numbers/sizes
Controlthenumberofcalculationsthataresenttotheserverforprocessing.
Remote upgrades Controlversionupgradesthroughasiteoption.
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