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Management Reporter: The Next Generation of Financial Reporting . Overview . Microsoft Management Reporter Key features and functionality Demos Transitioning from Microsoft FRx Management Reporter Roadmap. Management Reporter .
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Management Reporter: The Next Generation of Financial Reporting
Overview • Microsoft Management Reporter • Key features and functionality • Demos • Transitioning from Microsoft FRx • Management Reporter Roadmap
Management Reporter A real-time financial reporting application for creating, generating, securing, and publishing financial statements, such as Profit & Loss (P&L), balance sheets, and Actual vs. Budget variance reports. Boardroom-quality reports without IT assistance Integration with Microsoft Dynamics ERP solutions
Benefits of Management Reporter for Users • Easy Transition from FRx • Dimension Flexibility • Formatting Enhancements • Logos & Images in Headers and Footers • Page Breaks in Columns • Organization • Folders for Storing Templates • Report Library for Generated Reports and External Files • Undo • XBRL • New 64 Bit Code Base and Architecture (C# and .Net) • SQL Server and IIS • Report Processing on Server (not local machines) • Improved Multi-User Environment • Active Directory
Key Features and Functionality MR V2* MR V2* MR V2* MR V2* MR V2* Familiar User Interface Enhanced Presentation Tools Enterprise Architecture Powerful Analytic Capabilities Simplified Reporting
Enterprise Architecture Deploy a robust platform and help protect financial data • SQL Server and IIS integration • Native 64-bit support • Windows authentication • Microsoft .NET Platform and C#
Familiar User Interface Get people up and running quickly with less training • Customizable Navigation Pane • Toolbars with familiar icons • Multilanguage capabilities • Look & feel of Microsoft Windows
Report Wizard demo
Enhanced Presentation Tools Create professional reports quickly and easily • Personalize with logos, images • Custom page breaks, numbering • Negative numbers in red • Multiple distribution options
Powerful Analytic Capabilities Use native dimension support to get real-time results • Enhances XBRL capabilities • Flexible filtering capabilities • Flexible top-down analysis • Multisource consolidation
Dimension flexibilityMicrosoft Excel integrationXBRLSecurity demo
Simplified Reporting Easily mix and match data to generate custom reports • No need for IT assistance • Reusable building blocks • Report Library • Undo / redo
Report Viewer with drilldownReport libraryReport Designer organization features demo
Transitioning From FRx MR V2* Simplify data migration with a step-by-step wizard MR V2* MR V2* Use a similar approach to report design Manage functionality differences with ease
Overcoming the Gaps • Currency Translation - GP 2010 Feature Pack • Forecaster Integration - Transfer tool to move Forecaster data into the GL • Row linking • Use dimension sets to handle exceptions that cannot be accommodated by using ranges and wildcards. • Create multiple dimension links in a single row format. This method works for consolidations and situations in which row definitions are similar and dimension codes are different. • WebPort • Report Library • Export reports to Microsoft Excel and upload to SharePoint Library • Email – Export reports to Microsoft Excel and attach files to email • Report Manager - Report Library with folder structure and external files
Corporate Performance Management Roadmap Management Reporter 1H CY2010 Management Reporter • Management Reporter • 2012+ • Feature Pack 1 • 2012 • 2H CY2010 • Microsoft Dynamics AX & Microsoft Dynamics SL integration • Currency translation in Microsoft Dynamics GP • Microsoft Forecaster integration • Financial reporting • Soft consolidations • Microsoft Dynamics GP integration • Additional financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting scenarios • Microsoft Dynamics NAV integration • Strategic and operational budgeting • Budget reporting • Financial reporting enhancements • Feature Pack 2 • 1H CY2011 • Bi-directional text • Report scheduling • Interactive report viewer • Drill to Microsoft Dynamics