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GL Wand 5 Revolutionizing Excel-Based Reporting in Oracle 11i/R12

GL WAND 5 KEY USES & BENEFITS

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GET BALANCE FUNCTION & DRILL DOWNS

Features of GL Wand •Excel-basedOraclefinancereporting

• IntegratedintoOracle11i/R12•Massreportinganddistribution•Highperformancearchitecture•FSGConverter

Key Uses of GL Wand •Managementreporting•Statutoryreporting•Adhocreporting•Sliceanddiceanalysis•Monthlyreconciliations•Auditcompliance•Planning,budgetingandforecasting

•Drillingtodetail•Costallocationmodels•Dashboards•ReplacementforClientADI

Meet the next generation of GL Wand. The best functional elements from its incredibly successful predecessor have been taken and wrapped 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.

Excel Frontend to Oracle Data

GLWand5empowersendusersbyofferinga powerful Excel® frontend to their OracleE-Business Suite (EBS)data,butwithout theefforts of end-user software management.LaunchGLWand5 fromwithinOracle EBSand gain access to the new GL WandribbonforExcel®2007to2013.

Access From Any PC

Roaming users will notice theirpersonalized application settingswill follow the logon and not thePC. This will thereby further increaseproductivity of today’s mobileworkforce by eliminating the need toinstallPCsoftware.

Benefits for IT•Easytosupport•Noclientinstallorupgraderequired•NoclientconnectionURLs•ReduceFSG/ReportManagerskilldependency

•Universallicensekey•Easierlicensemanagement•Enhancedprofileoptions• InsertownSQLtocreatecustomdrilldowncolumns

•Savemoney:fulllicensenotneededforadminonlyuse

Benefits for Users•Fasterreporting•Fasterdrilldowns•Morerefreshusercontrol•Moreintuitive,lesstrainingrequired•Morefunctionsandwizards•Customer-definabledrillfields•GLWandDrill-Onlylicensesareavailable

• Increaseproductivity•EffectivereplacementforClientADI•Moretimetoanalyzedata

About the Get Balance Feature

TheGetBalancefunctioncreatesalinktotheGeneralLedgerandtheGLWandFunctionWizardsmakesiteasyforuserstoquicklybuildreportsandad-hocqueries.GetBalanceformulaerepresentyourGeneralLedgerbalancesinExcelcells.Thesecellscanbecopiedandpastedtocreatereportsandarerefreshableondemandandcanbedouble-clickedtodrilltodetail.

High Performance Drill Downs in Excel

Drilldownfunctionalityhasbeencompletelyredevelopedsousersshouldexperiencesignificantgainsindrillperformance,especially

onBalanceandJournaldrilldownsencompassingthousandsofrows.

Customizingdrilllayoutshasneverbeeneasieranddrilllayoutscannowincludegraphsandformulaaswellascustomfields.Customfieldscanbeaddedtodrilllayoutsbyhavinganadministratorconfiguretherequiredcustomfielddefinition.

Get Balance Formulae Shown

Drill to next level of detail

Sample Drill Down for Balance, Journal and Subledger.

Get Balance Function Wizard Shown

Advanced Options: FilteringbyJournalSourceorCategoryandorfilteringbyDebitorCreditsarenowavailableintheWizard.ChangethesignofabalanceusingtheMultiplyfieldwhilestillmaintainingfulldrillability.

Deploying & Using GL Wand ITDepartmentswillbeabletocompletearapid,centralinstallationontheirexistingOracleApplicationbyfollowingourExcel4appsWands(Oracle)InstallationGuideandthensimplysharethatapplicationwithauthorizedusersviaanOracleResponsibility. MassdeploymentoftheGLWandfunctionalitytoremoteuser locations isnoweasy. ITmanagerswillnolongerhavetobeconcernedoverversiondiscrepanciesorrollingoutupdatesasthecentralJavaappwillautomaticallyensurecompatibilitywitheachlogon.

Discovering EasilypopulateExcelwithsegmentinformationlikesegmentvalues,segmentproperties,periodsorchildranges.

Expand/ Undo Expand

Expandarowtodisplaybalancesandchildvaluesthatrollupintoaparticularsegment.EasilyundoanExpand.

Explode Report Createmultiplesheets(reports)witheachsheetrepresentingasliceofdatabasedonthedrivingparenthierarchyexploded.

Open List of Values Launchaformtosearchthroughsegmentvaluesanddescriptionforaspecificsegment.

Create List of ValuesListofvaluecellscanbedoubleclickedtoopendynamiclistsofsegmentvalues,periods,setsofbooks,currencies,balanceandencumbrancetypes,dates,budgetorganizations,journalsourceandcategoriesandmore.

Custom Functions

Thereare>22functionsavailabletoreturnvaluesfromOraclebasedoninputparameters.FunctionsincludeGetBalance,SegmentDescription,NextSegmentValue,PreviousSegmentValue,ParentFlag,EnabledFlag,AccountType,PeriodName,SetofBooksName,FunctionalCurrency,SegmentDescriptiveFlexfield,PeriodOffset,DailyRate,HistoricalRate,PeriodAverageRate,PeriodStatus,andmore.

Calculation OptionCalculatearangeofcells,awholesheetorallopenworkbooks.ThecalculationenginecanbesettoautorefreshfromOracleorsettooffwithouteffectingthenormalExcelcalculationmode.Thecalculationenginecanbesettorememberthelastcalculatedvaluefromaprevioussession.

Snapshot AdynamicGLWandreportcanbemadestaticbycreatingasnapshot.

Hide Zeros Hiderowsinareportwhichcontainonlyzerosvaluesacrossarow.

Undo Hide Zeros Unhidehiddenrows.

Drill Downs DrillfromaGetBalancefunctiontobalances,journallinesandsubledgers.Optionally,drilltosavedtemplatesoranalyzebalancesusingsavedtemplatesincludingpivottables.

Drill to Saved Templates

Customizebalances,journallinesandsubledgerdrilltemplatesbyaddingorremovingavailablecolumnsorchangingcolumnordersoraddingacustomdrillcolumndefinedbyyoursystemadministrator.

Sort/Subtotal Drill Report Easilysortandsubtotaldrilldownreports.

Configuration Sheet ReportontheConfigurationofthecurrently-selectedsetofbooks.

Options Setmanysiteoptionsandcontrolwhetheruserscanchangethem.

Report Wizard Buildyourfirstreportquickly.Copy,pasteandinsertrowstoextendthisreport.

Report Distribution Manager MasscreatereportsandoptionallydistributethembyemailinPDF,XLSorHTMLformat.

Edit Default Drill Layout Changethedefaultdrilltemplatelayoutforallfuturedrilldowns.

Books/ledger sets TheMultipleSetofBooksoptionallowsreportingfromoneormultipleSetofBooksinasingleworkbook.

User Interface Improvements • Alllistsofvaluesnowfeatureafilterfunctionto

assistwithfindingvaluesandcanbesortedbyanycolumn.

More Reports in Report Wizard • TogetusersstartedwithGLWand,additional

examplereportsarenowavailablesuchasBalanceSheetandProfitandLossreports.

Reports Distribution Manager (RDM) • Reportscannowbemasscreatedandalso

automaticallyemailedeliminatingtheneedforuserstoclick“send”inMicrosoftOutlook.YoucanalsonowchooseemailaddressesfromyourOutlookcontactlist.

Use Excel During Calculations • ContinueusingExcelwhiletheGLWand

calculationrunsandminimizethecalculationwindowsothatitisoutofyourway.

New Features in Version 5 •Newzeroclientinstall•Newcalculationengine•Newfunctions•Newcustomizabledrilllayouts•Newcustomfielddefinitions•Newexpandandexplode•Newwizards•NewRibbonToolbar•Roaminguserprofiles•NewJava-basedplatform•Rememberlastcalculatedvaluefrompreviouslysavedsession

•DrillfromsublegderdetailbacktoOracleForms

CompatiblewithMicrosoftExcel2003-2013

Advanced FeaturesGLWand5hasmanynew,advancedfeatures.ShownhereisthenewRibbonToolbar,Functiondropdownmenu,andexamplesofenhancedwizards.

New Ribbon Toolbar:LaunchfromyoursecureEBSenvironmentandautomaticallyaccesstheGLWand5Ribbon.

New Functions: Thereare>22functionsavailabletoreturnvaluesfromOraclebasedoninputparameters.

Enhanced WizardsAdvanceduserscangobeyondfilteringbalancesbysegmentsvalues,parents,listsandrangecombinationsandusethenewwizardstofilterbalancesforspecificCodeCombinationsorbyapplyingDescriptiveFlexfieldCriteriatoaGetBalanceFunction.

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KEY FEATURES & FUNCTIONS NEW & ADVANCED FEATURES IN VERSION 5

FSG Converter ExtractFSGdefinitionsintoExcelforeasyconversiontoGLWandreports.

Parent Child RelationshipsParentchildrelationshipsasdefinedinthekeyaccountflexfieldcombinationareautomaticallyinterpretedallowingreportingatanylevelwithinthehierarchy.ChilddefinitionsofaparticularsegmentcanalsobeoutputtoanExcelnote.

Accounting Flexfield Supportfordependentandtablevalidatedsegments.

Entered or translated balance types

YTD,QTD,PTD,PJTDandCTDwhichusescustomrangesandJED,JEDP&JEDUwhichsummarizebasedonjournaleffectivedates.

Summary Balances ReportonOraclesummaryaccountbalancesifavailable.

Calendar, Currencies, Chart of Accounts OracleCalendars,CurrenciesandChartofAccountsasdefinedareavailablefromExcel.

Descriptive Flexfields Functionsthatreturndescriptiveflexfieldinformationanddrilllayoutscanbemodifiedtoincludedrelevantdescriptiveflexfieldsinformation.

GL Balances ReportingisdirectlyfromthesourceGLbalancestablessoasingleversionofthetruthisensured.

Budgets/Encumbrance ReportonBudgetsorEncumbrancetypebalances.

Drill to Balances DrilltoGLbalancedetails.

Drill to Journals Drilltojournallines,tofullcontrajournalsorGlobalConsolidationjournals.

Drill to Sub Ledgers DrilltoAP,AR,FA,OM,INV,PO,PA,OPMsubledgerson11i/R12andthendrillintoEBSformstoseetheunderlyingsourcerecord/document.

User Names/ Responsibilities UseyourOracleusernameandpasswordforresponsibility-basedauthentication.

Oracle Session information OracleDatabasesessioninformationispopulatedallowing9i/10g/11gDBmanagementofGLWandusers.

User profile option SetuserlevelprofileoptionstocontrolGLWandaccessbyOracleResponsibility,limitedbyOracleSecurityRules.

Secure Drill Down by operating unit SecureDrillDownsbyoperatingunitforpayablesandpurchasing,asperOracle11ioption.

HTTP(s) architecture supported NoODBC,NoSQLnet,nodirectdatabaseusersneedtobesetupormaintained.Singlesign-onissupported.

Oracle E-Business Suite Integration & SecurityGLWandisintegratedwithOracleFinancialswhichmeansthatitispossibletodownloadthefreetrial,performtheinstallationandbeginreportingallwithinafewminutes.Noimplementationisneeded.GLWandhasbeendesignedtoleverageexistingsecurityconfigurationwithintheOracleEBSenvironment.

Leverage Oracle Security:LogonwithyourE-BusinessSuiteusernameandpasswordtoaccessGLWand5.

Installation & High-Performance ArchitectureGLWandhasaproven internet-basedarchitecturefor fetchingdatafromsourceOraclesystems intoExcel.Designedtominimizebothsystemimpactandnetworktraffic,andprovenbyglobalmultinationalsandOracleonDemandcustomers.

Installation Options

Easy installation Non-invasive,OracleonDemandfriendly,serversideinstallation.Noclientsideinstallneeded.

High performance

Maximizerefreshratesbyusingourperformancetuningtoolkitorrequestafreeremotetuningsession.Enabletheclientsidein-memorydatabaseoptiontooptimizeforfrequentlyrequestedhistoricalbalances.

Custom index profile GLWandusesOracle’srecommendedindexesorthosespecifiedbyyourDBA.

Mass Reporting and DistributionUsetheReportsDistributionManagertomasscreateGLWandreportsandautomatethemonthlycreationanddistributionofreports.

Reports Distribution Manager (RDM) Features

Easy to use Output formats

Wizarddrivendefinitioncreation,completelyExcelbased.Excel,PDF,HTML,printandemail.

Email options SpecifyTo:CC:BCCemailrecipients,subjectandemailtext.Createandautomaticallysendemails.

Output folder and grouping

options

Specifyaserverlocationorgroupingfilenametogroupmultiplereportsintosheetswithinasingleworkbook.

Hide zeros SpecifyarangeofcellstoapplytheHideZeroslogic.

Execute individually or all Controlhowyoumassproducereports.

Other Features

Budget variance analysis

Selectabudgetvalueanddrilltodetailedvarianceanalysis.

Create drill criteria sheet

AdrillsheetcanbecreatedandrefreshedindependentlyofaGetBalancefunction.

Multi-language support

Reportonforeigncharacters,ordisplayforeignlanguagesegmentdescriptionsifenabled,forexample,ChineseorJapanese.

Online vision account

DownloadthefreetrialandgetGLWandaccesstoanonlineVisioninstanceortrialGLWandonyourownsystem.

Audit get balance Easilyseesegmentinformationandapplicablesecurityruleslimitingdisplay.

RDM Wizard Shown

System Administrator Options Shown

System Admin OptionsAlloptionsandsettingsarenowmanageddirectfromtherichJavauserinterfaceincludingassigningproductstousers,settingpermissions,profileoptionsandlicensekeys.

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