presented by: z option and excel4apps

ATUL PATANKAR[ASUG INSTALLATION MEMBER MEMBER SINCE: 2000

LINDA WILSON[ASUG INSTALLATION MEMBER MEMBER SINCE: 1999

JUERGEN LINDNER[SAP POINT OF CONTACT MEMBER SINCE: 1998

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] Improve Your Business Processes: Upload Financial Transactions and

Report from SAP Without Ever Leaving Excel!

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Z Option and Excel4apps

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Real Experience. Real Advantage.

Agenda – In This Session…

Z Option Information

Excel4apps Information

GLSU and GL Wand Demos

Q&A

Wrap-Up

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Learning Objectives

Learn how you can streamline financial data entry from Excel directly into SAP (using GLSU from Z Option) and then be able to immediately report on posted results (using GL Wand from Excel4apps), without ever leaving Excel.

See how financial data can be uploaded into SAP using a flexible, configurable spreadsheet interface.

Learn how to automate monthly uploads.

Observe how data can be extracted from SAP to Excel in real time.

Experience the difference between static vs. flexible ad-hoc reporting and analysis.

Discover how to accelerate month-end processing and error resolution.

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Welcome

Spreadsheet Integration For the SAP Professional

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Tim CurtinSolution Specialist

Presenter

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About us

• Located in Lewisville, Texas (Near Dallas, TX – U.S.)

• Formed in 1998 by accountants and programmers

• SAP software solutions partner

• Customers of all sizes and industries, worldwide

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Customers

For a more complete list of our customers, visit www.zoption.com

Z Option has hundreds of customers with thousands of users worldwide.

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Software Tools

• GLSU

• Budget Loader

• EzySolutions

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Software Tools

• Powerful, flexible, user- friendly solutions

• Reduce support and development costs

• GLSU uses standard SAP authorizations

• Start posting documents in a few hours with a free Remote Installation Service

• Free Trial

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Current Challenges

Non-flexible upload tool

Large external file uploads

Errors on large journal entries

SAP upgrade

Mergers/acquisitions

New implementations

Month-end closing process

Multiple currencies

Cross company postings

Multiple vendors

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Key Features of GLSU

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GLSU Common Uses

Customer Success Stories: http://www.zoption.com/myfiles-c8-Success_Stories.aspx

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Customer Comments

“With GLSU, we save time and money.” – FI Project Manager

“We’ll have been using GLSU for two years and I cannot tell you what a positive impact it has had on our finance users.” –

Director

“Since implementing GLSU, we’ve managed to achieve our goal of a [much shorter] closing, down from 8 weeks.” – ICT Officer,

FI Unit

“There is simply no limit to how you can use GLSU if you’re familiar with Excel.” – SAP Business Analyst

“We use GLSU to improve overall productivity.” – Senior Accountant

“SAP is dynamic, my clients’ businesses are dynamic, and they need dynamic tools like GLSU.” – Independent SAP Consultant

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Welcome

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Ryan SchmidtTerritory Manager

Presenter

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About us

• Founded 2004• >420 customers, >10000

Users• >60 countries• Largest installed base is NA• HQ: Sydney, Australia• NA Offices: Raleigh &

Pittsburgh

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• Finance users demand highly productive review, modelling and

distribution interface.

• Have MS Excel on desktop and can use it.

Define Execute Review Distribute

Reporting cycle

Currently

• Changing requirements

• Specialist Report Painter / Writer skills

• Report Painter limitations e.g., charting

• Loss of productivity

Monthly Reporting

• Time to log on

• Time to query

• Time to convert to distribute

• User frustration

Ad hoc Enquiries

Many organizations employing dual SAP & Microsoft strategies

• No out of the box SAP Excel integration

• Manual refresh process / retype

• Iterative export / imports

• Loss of productivity

• User frustration

SAP Excel integration

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Define Execute Review Distribute

Reporting cycle

GL Wand for SAP

• Use custom functions to retrieve

balances

• Copy / Paste to edit report definitions

• Highly productive

Monthly Reports

• Fast query to resolution

• Drill to details

• Distribute information

• Reduced frustration

Ad hoc Enquiry

• Innovative reporting tool built around finance role in

organizations running SAP

• Installs in minutes

• Easy to use

• .Net connector direct to SAP

• SAP sign on / security

• Range / Sheet / Workbook refreshable on demand

• Report built @ cell level

SAP Excel integration

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ERP Systems(Oracle, SAP, JDE, PS)

Business Intelligence Tools

(e.g., Hyperion, Business Obj.)

ETL Process

Datawarehouse

Data Cubes

Periodically Updated(e.g., weekly, monthly)

Data transformation

(summarized, filtered)

Transactional Data

(GL, AP, AR, FA, PO)

Executive Information for strategic decisions

Reports Dashboards Graphics

Microsoft Excel

DatasheetsReal-Time Data

Drill-Down Capability

Reports

Dashboards

Graphics

Business Intelligence(Hyperion, OBIEE, Business Objects, etc.)

Operational IntelligenceOperational Information for Daily Analysis

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Architecture

Excel Add-in

Client PC

Read only access

Remote PC upgrades

WAN support

GL Wand for SAP v1.1 (Excel Add-in)

MySAP Technology

RFC LayerSAP connector for Microsoft .NET v2.01

Microsoft .NET environment

Installed as aTransport

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History

SAP ERP

SAP Version ECC 5.0 ECC 6.0, 4.7

Connectivity options

SAP connector for

Microsoft.Net v2.01

SAP connector for

Microsoft.Net v2.01

GL Wand versions

Compatible

1.10 1.152.003.45

MS Office requirements

Office 2000Office 2003Office 2007Office 2010

Office 2000Office 2003Office 2007Office 2010

Brief product history

Mar-03 Proof of concept releasedSep-04 First sale to listed Investment

Bank, Schroders, running Oracle 11i

Jan-06 GL Wand 3.00 series releasedwith HTTP framework

Feb-07 GL Wand 3.20 - Twenty Three New features including Office2007 support

Dec-07 GL Wand 3.50 – Thirty Three enhancements

Aug-09 GL Wand for SAP V1.0for “New GL”

Nov-09 GL Wand for SAP v1.1Jan-10 Sales Wand for SAP v1.1

April 10 SAP Certified Integration with SAP Applications

May 11 Support for 4.7 included from GLW 1.15

Feb 12 Version 3.45

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Customers

NATOAdcock Ingram

Al Fahim EnterprisesAuscott Limited

Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA)Australian Red Cross Blood Service

Avista CorpAvtec Limited

Bank of Scotland TreasuryBartter Enterprises Pty LtdBateman Projects Limited

Bossini Enterprises LimitedBrick Warehouse

Capital Finance Australia LimitedCell C (Pty) LTd

Clark CountyCochlear Ltd

Coogee ChemicalsDepartment of Indigenous Affairs (DIA)

Destination Hotels & ResortsDHL Excel Supply Chain Singapore Pte Ltd

Edgars Consolidated Stores LtdEllerine Furnishers (PTY) Ltd

Epol a Division of Rainbow FarmsEuramax Exterior Products

GeratechGFI Group Inc

Glatfelter Insurance Group

Harmony Gold Mining Pty LtdHBO Films

Indianapolis Airport AuthorityInsurance Commission of Western Australia (ICWA)

Integro Insurance BrokersInternet Solutions

ITV PlcJSC Severstal

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (K Line)KnappKPMG

Lancashire County CouncilLancashire Fire & Rescue

Lancashire Police AuthorityLouisville Metro Government

MasterCard InternationalMB Petroleum Services LLC

Mediacom Communications CorpMediMediaMetrobus

Multiplex LimitedNational Health Laboratory Service

NATO CIS Services AgencyNetwork Ten

Nextel Communications Argentina SANorth-West UniversityOptium Corporation

Paramount Citrus Association (PCA)Paramount Farms

Parliament of VictoriaPAS Technologies

Perry Equipment CorpRed Rock Consulting Pty Ltd

ResmedRoll International

Rural Ambulance VictoriaSamimSARCC

Schroders Investment Management LimitedSchweitzer Mauduit Intl Inc

SITA (Pty) LtdSouth African Tourism

SpectraneticsThe British Library

The University of MelbourneTourism Australia

University of JohannesburgUniversity of the WitwatersrandUniversity of Western Sydney

Vodacom (Pty) LtdVW Credit Inc

WesbankWesfarmers Energy Limited

Wyndham Hotels and Resorts

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Demonstration

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Wrap Up

With GLSU and GL Wand: Simply and efficiently generate reports and inquiries

from SAP Financial (FI) modules using Excel with full drill down to transactional details

Improve the efficiency of financial data entry functions – including cutover data, FI postings, and vendor invoice processing – directly from Excel to SAP and even enhance your SAP environment by posting more than 1,000 lines and multiple documents from one worksheet, and attaching source documents in SAP

Start streamlining your accounting processes for better error resolution, improved data accuracy, reduced time and effort, and a shorter month-end close cycle

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Looking For More Information?

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Z Option: GLSU

Schedule a No-Obligation

WebEx Demo – one hour

www.zoption.com

Set Up Your Free 30-day Trial

Excel4apps: GL Wand

Schedule an Online Demonstration

http://www.excel4apps.com/sap

Try GL Wand free for a 30-day Trial

Next Steps

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