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GL Wand Real-Time, Excel-Based SAP Financials Reporting and Inquiry Solution

Now Running on HANA

EXCEL-BASED REPORTING EMPOWERS END USERS

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Features of GL Wand Excel-basedSAPfinancereportingIntegratedintoSAPECC6MassreportinganddistributionHighperformancearchitectureFIandCOdataSecureandproven

Key Uses of GL Wand ManagementreportingStatutoryreportingAd-hocreportingSlice-and-diceanalysisMonthlyreconciliationsAuditcompliancePlanning,budgetingandforecastingDrillingtodetailCostallocationmodelsDashboardsCostcenterreportingTrialbalancesFundsandgrantmanagementProjectsystemsCustomerandvendorbalancesSpecialpurposeledgerECCSreportingCostingBasedProfitabilityAnalysisReporting

GL Wand is an easy to use Excel-based reporting and inquiry solution for finance departments running SAP. Empower end users with real-time data refreshes, live drill to Line items and Documents and eliminate the need to rekey, re-export or reformat data in Excel. Save 2-4 days per user per month end, while improving data accuracy and security. Minimal IT support is needed.

Excel Front End to SAP Data

MicrosoftExcelisalreadythetoolofchoiceformostinthefinancedepartment.WithSAPasthesystemof record,GLWandpreservesthe ITLandscapebyprovidingthemuchneeded integrationbetweenthesetwosystems.

Benefits for IT

Easytosupport SaveITresourcesby

allowingfinanceto developFinancialreports

Easylicensemanagement SAPsinglesign-onsupport

StandardSAPconnector Centralizedmanagement Remoteupgradability SAP-Certifiedsolution UsesexistingSAPsecurity

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Savemoney:fulllicensenot neededforadminuseonly

ConsistentwiththedecisiontoselectMSExcelandSAP

Benefits for Users Easy,MicrosoftExcel-based Fast,real-timereporting Norecapturing Norekeyingofdata Noimport/export Nodatareplication

UseexistingSAPlogon Drilltolineitems DrilltoNewGLDocumentview Intuitive,littletrainingrequired Helpfulfunctionsandwizards Customer-definabledrillfields

Increaseproductivity Moretimetoanalyzedata Snapshotfunctionalityallows

foreasyreportsharingtonon-licensedGLWandusers

Get Balance Formulae Shown

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INQUIRY, ANALYSIS & DRILL DOWNS: ONE CLICK AWAY

High Performance Drill Downs in Excel

Resolvequeriesfasterwithbuilt-indrilltodetail.Increasedataintegritywithauditablelinkstotheunderlyingdatasource.

Sample Drill Down to Line Item and Document

Get Balance Formulae Shown

Drill to next level of detail

Get Balance Function Wizard Shown

Wizard-Driven Creation: TheGetBalancewizardsmakeiteasytocreatefunctionsthatfetchthecorrectdatafromSAP.Minimaltrainingisneeded.

About the Get Balance Feature

GLWandreportsarebuiltusingcustomfunctions,whichlinkExcelcellstospecificFICOobjectsandvalues.GLWandfunctionwizardsmakeiteasyforuserstoquicklybuildreportsandad-hocqueries.GetBalanceformulaerepresentgeneral ledgerbalances inExcelcells. Thesecellscanbecopiedandpastedtocreatereportsandarerefreshableondemandandcanbedouble-clickedtodrilltodetail.

Compatiblewith MicrosoftExcel

2007 - 2013 (32&64bit)

SAP AND EXCEL WORKING TOGETHER

Seamless SAP-Excel Integration GLWand functions and wizards are accessed via a toolbar in Excel. With very littletraining,userscancreatereportsthatcombinestandardExcelfunctionalitylikecharts,formulaeandformattingwithdatafromSAP.Theyhavethepowertobuild,formatandcustomizetheirreportsasrequiredtomeettheirneeds.

Refresh in Place: Whenasheetisrefreshed,thereal-timedataisfetchedfromSAP,butallExcelformulaeandformattingarepreserved.

List of Values: UserscaneasilyinsertlistsofvaluesfieldsforPeriod,CompanyCode,CostCenter,CurrencyandmanyotherSAPdimensionsintotheirreports.Itisthenveryeasytoselectanewdimensiontorefreshthereportwithanewsliceofreal-timedata.

Communicate with Impact Using Dashboards & Charts: Easilyinsertchartsandconditionalformattocommunicatethemeaningofthedata.Includenon-financialdatawithReportsWand.

Drill to Detail: Userscandoubleclickcellstodrilltounderlyingdocumentsandlineitems.

Finally, a real-time reporting and analysis tool that the finance organization wants to use. We can now spend more time on analysis and providing better information to upper management. Dale Kukielka , Senior Business Analyst, Upsher Smith Laboratories

Excel Functions and Conditional Formatting: UserscaninsertExcelfunctionsorconditionalformattinginsheetstodofurtheranalysisorgivefurthermeaningtothedata.ThesecomponentswillautomaticallyupdatewithaGLWandrefresh.

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Rapid Report Development Process Without IT Reportdevelopment is rapidusing thehighlyproductiveExcel interfaceand includedfunctions,wizardsandtools.GLWandprovidesflexibilityinthewaythatrelevantSAPdatacanbelinkedintoreportsandyetstillenforcetheexistingSAPSecurityandunderlyingaudittrail.

KEY FEATURES & FUNCTIONS

Supported FICO Objects

GLAccount,Segment,BusinessArea,FunctionalArea,CostCenter,CostCenterGroup,CostElement,CostElementGroup,ProfitCenter,ProfitCenterGroup,AccountGroup,AlternateAccount,SKF,SKFGroup,ActivityType,ActivityTypeGroup,Order,OrderGroup,RepresentativeMaterial,TradingPartner,TransactionType,Project,WBS,Network,NetworkActivity,Fund,Grant,FundsCenter,FundedProgram,SponsoredProgram,SponsoredClass,Customer,Vendor,FundsCenterGroup,CommitmentItem,andCommitmentItemGroup. AswellasECCS,SPL,andCOPAobjects.

Periods/Budget Types Returnbalancesforasinglerange/periodorforaspecifiedbudgetversion.

Company Code/ Ledger MultiplecompanycodeandNewGLParallelledgerreportinginasingleworkbook.

Easy Installation Serverinstallationcontainedinatransport.

GL Balances ReportingisdirectlyfromthesourceGLbalancestablessoasingleversionofthetruthisensured.

User Name/ Authorization UseyourSAPusernameandpasswordforauthentication.

Discovering EasilypopulateExcelwithFICOobjectsordiscoverandreportonagrouphierarchyorhierarchyrange.

Open List of Values LaunchaformtosearchthroughFICOobjectvaluesanddescriptionsforaspecificFICOobject.

Create List of Values

Listofvaluecellscanbedouble-clickedtoopendynamiclistsofFICOobjectvalues,periods,companycodes,currencytypes,orbalancetypes.

Custom Functions

CustomFunctionsincludeGetBalancefortheNewGL,ClassicGL,CostCenterAccountingandforProfitCenterAccounting,Projects,Funds&Grants,Customer,VendoraswellasFICOObjectDescription,NextFICOObjectValue,PreviousFICOObjectValue,CompanyCodeName,CurrencyforTypes,COOrders,ActivityTypes,SKFs,AlternateGLAccounts,NewGLCustomFields,andExchangeRates.

Calculation Options

Setcalculationmodetoauto-refreshfromSAPoneditsortoon-demandmode.Calculatearangeofcells,awholesheet,awholeworkbookorallopenworkbooks.

Snapshot AdynamicGLWandreportcanbemadestaticbycreatingasnapshot.

Drill DownDrillfromaGetBalancefunctiontothelineitemsmakingupthatbalance.Fromtheline-itemreport,drilltothedocumentlevel.TheEntryviewandthenewGLviewfordocumentsplittingaresupportedforthelineitemanddocumentdrillreports.QuantitycanbedisplayedforPCAlineitems.

Custom Field Auto-Configuration EnablerapidsetupforcustomfieldsinthenewGL.

Expand/ Undo Expand Expandarowtodisplaybalancesandchildvaluesthatrollupintoaparticulargrouporeasilyundo.

Refresh Expand Refreshesanexpandedselectionbyapplyingthelatestgroupdefinitions.

Configuration Sheet Reportontheconfigurationofthecurrently-selectedcompanycode.

Options Initiateupgradesandsetotheradvancedoptions.

Edit Drill Layout Changethedrilllayoutforallfuturedrilldowns.

Hide Zeros Hiderowsinareportwhichcontainonlyzerosvaluesacrossarow.

Undo Hide Zeros Unhidehiddenrows.

Report Distribution Manager MasscreatereportsandoptionallydistributethembyemailinPDF,XLSorHTMLformat.

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Hierarchies GroupsforrelevantFICOobjectsareautomaticallyinterpretedallowingreportingatanylevelwithinthehierarchy.

Custom Fields SupportfornewGLcustomfields.

Calendar, Currencies, Chart of Accounts

CurrenciesandChartofAccountsasdefinedareavailablefromExcel.Calendaryearreportingavailableforcompanycodeswithnon-calendar yearfiscalyearvariants.

Attributes FunctionthatreturnsattributeinformationabouttheFICOobject,e.g.thepersonresponsibleforthecostcenter.

GL Balances ReportingisdirectlyfromthesourceGLbalancestablessoasingleversionofthetruthisensured.

Budgets Reportonbudgetbalances.

Drill to Line Items Drilltolineitemdetail.

Drill to Document Drilltodocumentdetail.

User Names UseyourSAPusernameandpasswordforauthorizations.

SAP Integration & Security

GLWandispre-integratedwithSAP,whichmeansthatit is possible to download the free trial, perform theinstallation,andbeginreportingallwithinafewminutes.GL Wand has been designed to leverage existingsecurityconfigurationwithintheSAPenvironment.

Leverage SAP Security: LogonwithyourSAP usernameandpasswordtoaccessGLWand.

Security FeaturesGLWandhasbeendesignedtoleverageexistingsecurityconfigurationwithintheSAPauthorizationenvironment.

User Authorizations Authorizationsfortheuserareautomaticallydetectedandapplied.

Application Layer Support

NoODBC,NoSqlnetandnosystemusersneedtobesetupormaintained.Singlesign-onissupported.

SAP Touch Points

BUILT FOR SAP

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Installation & High-Performance ArchitectureGLWandhasaprovenRFC-basedarchitectureforfetchingdatafromsourceSAPsystemsintoExcel,designedtominimizebothsystemimpactandnetworktraffic,andprovenbyglobalmultinationals.

Installation Options

Easy Installation SimplyimporttheSAPtransportprovidedinthedownloadedsoftware.

High Performance RFCisaprovenhighperformanceSAPcommunicationmechanism.

Variable Parallel Batch Numbers/Sizes Controlthenumberofcalculationsthataresenttotheserverforprocessing.

Remote Upgrades Controlversionupgradesthroughasiteoption.

Easy Mass Reporting, Distribution & SharingUsetheReportsDistributionManager(RDM)tocommunicatewithimpactto the right groups of people. Shorten month-end processing throughautomation.

Reports Distribution Manager (RDM) Features

Easy-To-Use Output Formats

Wizarddrivendefinitioncreation,completelyExcelbased.Excel,PDF, HTMLandemail.

Email OptionsSpecifyTo:CC:BCemailrecipients,subjectandemailtext.AutomaticallysendemailinMicrosoftOutlook.

Output Folder SpecifyaserverorlocalPClocation.

Hide Zeros SpecifyarangeofcellstoapplytheHideZeroslogic.

Execute individually or all Controlhowyoumassproducereports.

Other Features

Multi-Language Support

Reportonforeigncharacters,ordisplayforeignlanguageFICOobjectdescriptionsiflanguageloadedinSAP,forexample,ChineseorJapanese.

Online IDES AccountDownloadthefreetrialandgetGLWandaccesstoanonlineIDESinstanceortrialGLWandonyourownsystem.

RDM Wizard Shown

ARCHITECTURE & MASS REPORT DISTRIBUTION

A report that used to take me an 8-hour day to create during a heavy sales month now, on average, takes just one hour to complete.

Kevin Lybbert, SAP /Business Process Analyst, Purcell Systems

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In addition to General Ledger reporting, Excel4apps offers two additional solutions for SAP users: Reports Wand andPlanningWand.

ADDITIONAL SOLUTIONS & FREE TRIAL

Reports Wand Real-time Excel query and reporting tool for SAP

Reports Wand providesan easy-to-use Excelfront end to your SAPdata. You can createreports based on existingSAP queries, edit layouts,apply formatting, formulae, and charts andrefresh data at the click of a button. ReportsWand can also help current GL Wand usersextend the drill functionality into other modules,helping maximize their reporting capabilities.

www.excel4apps.com/rwsap

Planning WandExcel-Based Planning Solution for SAP

Planning Wand is an add-on to GL Wand that allowsExcel tobeusedas thefrontendtotheSAPcostplanningfunctionality. With PlanningWand, SAP Financial userscanmeettheirimportantfinancialplanningandforecasting requirements, all from within Exceland with minimal effort and setup. PlanningWand is used for creating and editingmodels;distributionandcollectionofplanvaluesandforvalidationandupload.

www.excel4apps.com/pwsap

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