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deFacto is a powerful and scalable planning and reporting tool designed by experts behind Hyperion and OutlookSoft. It is optimized for Microsoft products, offering features such as Excel front-end, SQL Server integration, and SharePoint support. The solution is fully unified for budgeting, forecasting, consolidation, and analysis, with advanced capabilities like workflow management, script logic, and dashboard integration. deFacto is proven with Fortune 1000 and middle market customers, offering quick and cost-effective migration programs to support Microsoft customers.
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deFactoOverview • 100% Microsoft-centric: • Optimized for ECALs • Supports Migration to Wave 14 Stack • Native Excel Front-end • SQL Server/Analysis Services: • SharePoint Integration: • M&A Reporting, Scorecards, Dashboards • Optional Web-based data submission • Fully Unified Planning Product: • Budgeting, Forecasting, Consolidation, Analysis, and Reporting • Powerful, Comprehensive, and Scalable: • Proven with Fortune 1000 to Middle Market Customers • Built from the Ground Up by Experts behind Hyperion Enterprise and OutlookSoft
The Team Behind deFacto • Built from the Ground Up by Experts behind Hyperion Enterprise and OutlookSoft: • Designed, Built, and Implemented Marketing Leading Products: • Hyperion Enterprise • OutlookSoft /SAP BPC
deFacto 2.0 Features/Functions • Excel Add-In: • Input Forms • Reports • Alternate hierarchies • Properties/attributes query-ability • Maintains native Excel formulas and formatting • Book Publication Wizard • Offline support • Advanced Zero-suppression • Formula-based or matrix-based reporting • Can work with any Analysis Services cube • Drill-through to relational data • Send and receive text comments • Workflow: • Simple out of the box approval structure for Contributor, data entry, Reviewer, Approver • Ability to completely customize the approval structure. • Based on multiple time periods/entities/ categories/scenarios • Enhanced Financial intelligence: • Budgeting/Planning/Forecasting • Consolidation • Intercompany Eliminations • Reporting • Script Logic: • MDX Formulas • Foreign Currency Conversion • Customized logic for specialized business processes • Inter-model logic • Cube builder/optimizer (Modeler): • Create/maintain dimensions and attributes • Create/maintain sets of cubes • Create Alternate Hierarchies • Make copies of cubes and sets of cubes • Scorecard/Dashboard Integration: • SharePoint. Monitoring & Analytics • Other Dashboard tools – standard MSAS • Web-based data submission
deFacto is Totally Aligned Around Microsoft • Built and Optimized for Microsoft Products: • Works with Recent Versions of Office/SQL but Best for Enterprise and Newer Releases • Designed Product Migration Programs to Support MSFT: • Retain MSFT PPS Planning Customers /Convert SAP BPC Customers • Migrations Are Quick and Very Cost-Effective • Very High Level of Reuse of Assets (Application Design, Models, Business Rules, Dimensions, Hierarchies, Report & Template Designs, ETL, etc.) • deFacto Team has Intimate Knowledge of PPS and BPC • Microsoft Community is Our Primary Focus: • Partners: • Global/EPG: MSFT Direct Sales/Account Teams, Tectura, others; • Middle Market: Blum Shapiro, Eisner, others • BI: Solver, DSP, others: • Investing in Tight Integration/Productizing with: • SharePoint/SharePoint BI Components • Dynamics ERP Systems
deFactois a Proven Solution for Microsoft Customers Across Markets Joint deFacto - Microsoft Customers MediaBrands Labs Mobility
deFactoOutperforms Competitors: Global Telco: Former OutlookSoft/BPC customer • Application/Administration • 300+ users • 11 dimensions with total of 15 hierarchies • 19,000 members in application • 50 million records in Fact Table • Processing times from prior technology decreased from several hours to under 5 minutes • Logic transferred easily to deFacto • End-user Experience/Feedback • Love the Control Panel driven approach to reports in deFacto • Powerful Reporting - easily create reports and schedules • Input schedules – very easy to work with • Client rollout much simpler – nothing to install, no need for admin rights, rolled out to over 300 users in one weekend
deFactoWins Microsoft Deals: Financial Services Firm: Former SAP customer • Ocwen Financial: • Significant loan processor • OutlookSoft customer since 2002 • Starting new division, looking for ERP/CPM solution • SAP ERP w/ BPC vs. Dynamics AX w/ supporting CPM • Looked at ER, dismissed out of hand. • deFactowon the deal: • Features/Functions - Improved OutlookSoft/BPC • Cost – A fraction of OutlookSoft/BPC • deFacto team • Application/Administration • Budgeting/Forecasting/Planning/Reporting • Allocation Logic/later use for Consolidation • 30 growing to 100 users
deFacto Information Resources • Pinpoint URL: • https://solutionfinder.microsoft.com/Solutions/SolutionDetailsView.aspx?solutionid=a15a68b61e194ba2b70fcc170a8c1e29&partnerid=d3e5313d-dd3e-4941-a5cc-5e54bc9d5091 • Website URL: • www.deFactoGlobal: • Collateral, Demos, Case Studies, FAQ’s, etc. • Microsoft Employees can have obtain MSFT Specific deFacto Information by Registering on the Partner Page • Sell Sheets • MSFT Webinar information • Other • Direct Contacts: • Bob Bedard: bbedard@deFactoGlobal.com • Anthony D’Anna: adanna@deFactoGlobal.com
deFacto – Dynamic Reporting • Dynamic reporting and the full power of Excel • Automatic flow through of metadata changes • Supports members, lists, expansions, ranges and properties • Formatting follows drill • Current view driven • Drill by dimension and guided drill • Dynamic time periods and offsets • Ability to nest dimensions • Property driven conditional formatting & calculations • Report wizard, row and column templates
deFacto – Data Entry/Data Development • Full support of native Excel formatting and formulas • Iterative data submissions and refresh • Comprehensive control over what is open or closed for data entry • Conditional formatting of input fields • Single input form can be used to submit data for multiple dimensions
deFacto – MOSS Integration • Ability to take advantage of Microsoft SharePoint • Deliver scorecards and dashboards via PerformancePoint Monitoring & Analytics and ProClarity – now part of MOSS • Utilizes the same Analysis Services cube as deFacto – a real single version of the truth • Reporting Services reports for Model and metadata
deFacto – Workflow/Assignments • Supports iterative input/data development before submission • Complete control over data available for submission • Ability to use pre-defined forms or user-defined forms • Supports both data entry and data loads • Workflow hierarchy of approvers and submitters with full status of the workflow process
deFacto – Data Manager • Business user data extracts and data loads • Ability to globally clear data • Can be leveraged as a valid submission as part of a workflow • Full transformations in a familiar environment • Easily recognize data issues and correct them in a familiar environment
deFacto – Book Publishing • Publish books of reports based on • Expansions • Lists • Ranges • Members • Output to printer or Excel • Multiple variable or fixed sections • Supports multi-tab/workbook reporting • Re-usable Book definitions
deFacto – Comments • Enter Comments as integrated part of Budget/Forecast process • Can enter at any intersection and any level • Uses same security as data-level security • Retrieve comments as part of Excel-based reporting • Also can report on Comments via SharePoint/Reporting Services reports