Prophix vs Vena Solutions

• Line item Detail is one of my favorite functions. It is such a simple, easy thing but helps a lot with staying organized.
• Workflows are super easy to create and make the budget kickoff effortless.
• Processes - I love being able to create a process that will flip all data from one version to the next. This is so helpful for companies like mine that do multiple forecasts per year.

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• Auditing is something Vena does extremely well. There is the ability to see data changes and template changes with just a few clicks. Most technologies have audit log files, which can be cumbersome to navigate.
• Drilling to details is a feature available to users. A user can view all the general ledger transactions for a particular account, department, time period, etc. just by clicking on the intersection in Excel and using the Vena toolbar button Drill -> Transactions.
• Comments and Attachments allows users to add a comment and/or insert an attachment such as a PO, invoice, or receipt for example. This way the contributor and reviewer can easily see the justification and support for a number that has been planned. It's all in one place and means there is no need to email the support as a separate file.

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• In the future, it would nice to be able to preview an adhoc query result before committing to it. Sometimes waiting for the query results to finish rendering is a pain, especially if you realize that you need to change the view once you finally see it. This only applies to very large adhoc results however. 90% of the time, the wait time is very short.

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• I think there should be less time for the keynote speakers at the conferences and more time for instructional sessions. Several of the sessions, the presenters ZIP through so fast because they want to complete by a specific time. I do love the one-on-one 50 minute sessions whether via video or in-person.
• Vena should continue to find ways to keep using Excel features so that they won't interfere much with performance such as VLookups, Indirect, Offset, etc. They are common and frequent usages in Excel.
• Vena could write clear and brief usage instructions like examples in the HELP section, much like Microsoft has. Excel has a SHOW TRAINING button in the HELP section.

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• Cost. In comparing this to Adaptive, Oracle, Host Analytics - this product really stands out from a cost standpoint in being much cheaper and the value (based on features and knowledge transfer from the consultant) pays out over time.
• Employee productivity. The software definitely solved load time issues and made our reporting process much smoother. We have more time for analytics and spending a lot less time on data validation.

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• I attribute some of the quicker business decisions we've been able to make to the ability of getting data and insights quicker using Vena. Our ability to analyze data has enhanced with the tool.
• We've been able to streamline our business planning cycle significantly with the use of Vena. All of our annual planning runs through the tool and we've automated portions of our planning to help with the efficiency of the process. The workflow capability has also helped us hold our users accountable and understand where a process is at any given point in time.

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