If you have ever wondered any of the following, then this is for you...

• How can I add a new product or department to this spreadsheet?
• No way can I update the forecast in time with the new assumptions.
• Which is the actual final version of this spreadsheet?
• I can’t send this spreadsheet to 50 people for their input.
• Is this spreadsheet going to take hours to calculate?
• We cannot go through a big platform adoption right now.

Today you can transform your traditional spreadsheet into a powerful multi-dimensional planning model with Finicast in three easy steps. Join the Finicast trial program.

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Step 1. Select the ‘Start with Import’ flow from our home screen and upload your flat, column-only, csv file.

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Step 2. Map your columns and set a unique identifier for each row.

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Step 3. Assign your columns and rows to automatically create dimensions for your programmable pivot table.

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And there you have it. Your pivoted data with its related dimensions and data table. Ready to build your multidimensional model.

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Once your models are in a modern planning platform, you will be able to take advantage of the following benefits of collaborative planning:

Single Source of Truth for Your Data 

• Centralize, normalize, and organize your data within one platform to ensure everyone is looking at the same version of the truth.
• Create central roll-up models across groups.
• Integrate data from various systems into one place.

Building and Modifying Models

• Iterate existing models to incorporate new business requirements.
• Build complex and scalable business models that are connected to other models across departments without sacrificing the ability to adapt them easily and quickly.

Collaborative Modeling

• Share your models with colleagues to incorporate their expertise by modifying them without fear of breaking them.
• Continuous improvement of models instead of rebuilding from scratch.
• Create new versions of your models while being able to choose which changes to keep or reject.
• Reuse existing models in other departments.

Collect Data from Colleagues

• Collect data input from colleagues securely and directly in your model without relying on emailing your spreadsheet and sharing confidential information.
• Eliminate manual errors through direct inputs into your models.
• Track completion status by using simple task management.

Present Dynamic Insights and Scenarios

• Transform your models into insights that provide value to a wide audience.
• Simply change inputs to create a variety of scenarios in real-time.
• Drill down into underlying assumptions to enable better decision-making.

Security and Integrity of Information

• Stop emailing sensitive information in spreadsheets and ensure your sensitive data, plans, and reports are not compromised within your organization.
• Maintain compliance with ever more stringent data security requirements.
• Increase confidence in the accuracy of inputs, models, and outputs.

Democratize Planning

• Empower many individuals, not just a few experts, to leverage powerful planning and modeling tools, and enable a culture of data-driven decisions and accountability. 
• Enhance collaboration across departments.
• Improve agility in all areas of your business.

Collaborative planning will enable you to increase your business agility and operational results by empowering individuals to make better, faster, and data-driven decisions.

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Ready to go? Click here to join our trial program.