Item: Workday Adaptive Planning
Rating: 10
Author: Kris Sircar, MBA

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Adaptive for our financial reporting. One of our many challenges is our multicurrency reporting as we have a presence in both the UK and APAC.

Pros and Cons

Version Control.
Ad-hoc Matrix Reporting.
Management of Custom Elements/Dimensions.

OfficeConnect does not function like Excel in all aspects. Can be a little buggy.
I would like to customize the view of the Levels and dimension field to show when the new attribute was added. Basically an audit trail.

Return on Investment

It has had a positive impact on our business and the way we do reporting.

Alternatives Considered

Anaplan, Microsoft Dynamics GP, Longview and IBM Cognos

Adaptive has a simplicity of use that allows faster reporting.

Other Software Used

Asana

Likelihood to Recommend

It is suited best for generating a basic suite of financial statements. I found it less appropriate for headcount reporting, and integration with ADP would be helpful.

Remarkable Planning Tool

Overall Satisfaction with Adaptive Insights, a Workday company