Solid reporting, forecasting and consolidation tool
April 03, 2020

Solid reporting, forecasting and consolidation tool

Phil Arrowsmith | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Board

Board is used as a consolidation reporting tool and forecasting model. It is primarily operated by Finance, but also by the wider business. It allows for easy consolidation of big data sets.
  • Consolidates large data sets with ease.
  • Graphically transforms data.
  • Slices and dices with ease and drills to the lowest level.
  • Ease of database procedures.
  • Increase graphical options.
  • Improve training materials
  • Improved consolidation reporting.
Significantly better. The Hyperion product I used was ESS-based so it was mainly managed through Excel.
Very flexible so suitable for most scenarios.

Board Feature Ratings

Long-term financial planning
9
Financial budgeting
9
Forecasting
8
Scenario modeling
9
Management reporting
Not Rated
Financial data consolidation
9
Journal entries and reports
8
Multi-currency management
Not Rated
Intercompany Eliminations
8
Minority Ownership
Not Rated
Local and consolidated reporting
9
Detailed Audit Trails
8
Financial Statement Reporting
8
Management Reporting
8
Excel-based Reporting
8
Automated board and financial reporting
9
XBRL support for regulatory filing
Not Rated
Personalized dashboards
7
Color-coded scorecards
8
KPIs
8
Cost and profitability analysis
8
Key Performance Indicator setting
8
Benchmarking with external data
6
Flat file integration
9
Excel data integration
9
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources
8
Pixel Perfect reports
8
Customizable dashboards
9
Report Formatting Templates
8
Drill-down analysis
8
Formatting capabilities
9
Integration with R or other statistical packages
Not Rated
Report sharing and collaboration
8
Publish to Web
8
Publish to PDF
9
Report Versioning
8
Report Delivery Scheduling
Not Rated
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
7
Predictive Analytics
8
Multi-User Support (named login)
6
Role-Based Security Model
Not Rated
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
8
Single Sign-On (SSO)
8
Responsive Design for Web Access
8
Mobile Application
Not Rated
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
6