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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.
E-Business Suite Touch Points
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BUILT FOR E-BUSINESS SUITE ARCHITECTURE & MASS REPORT DISTRIBUTION
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