I SQL You – Drill Through SQL Details with Glenn Schwartzberg
“I SQL You – Drill Through SQL Details” I was recently helping a fellow consultant who was having issues with a Drill Through not working in Essbase 21c Marketplace. If he selected a single member from the cube, he got his data back. However, if he was at the top of the dimension (14K members), […]
Read MoreThe new masters of the “Digital Renaissance” are emerging. And Argano is building next-generation foundations to help them succeed
The new masters of the “Digital Renaissance” are emerging. And Argano is building next-generation foundations to help them succeed. By Chip Register, CEO of Argano Companies have prioritized re-inventing customer-facing products, services and experiences in recent years as they’ve raced to meet market demands amid complex and fast-changing technology trends and competitive pressures. Their customers, […]
Read MoreBusiness Finance, Planning, and Analysis Trends to Know in 2021
The previous year has fundamentally distorted how we carry out our operations, forcing organizations to use innovative and imaginative solutions to survive. Across all industries, no company — big or small — was spared. Moving forward, we carry with us various organizational lessons that can help us thrive in a post-pandemic world. For one, the […]
Read MorePart II of Uncertainty Planning Rules Of Thumb: Keep In Mind Classic & Common Cases – Morgan Friedman
Planning is a Key to success I know that since reading and then meditating on my guest column on ArganoInterRel’s site last week about Dr. Seuss and Uncertainty Planning — an article so influential that it led to a minor national controversy over Dr. Seuss (okay, so we can’t prove any causal relationship, but […]
Read MoreUncertainty Planning & eCommerce: An Intro (Part I: Dr. Seuss) – Morgan Friedman
Have you ever thought Dr. Seuss could be so Insightful? Tonight, I re-read one of the most insightful, subtle, and probably influential works of philosophical thought written since Attica of Antiquity: Dr. Seuss’s Oh, The Places You’ll Go! One line in particular stood […]
Read MoreScenario Planning: Pivoting from Pandemic to Proactive
On a scale of 1-10, how far off was your 2020 budget? Feel free to go as high as 14. We started off 2020 with a great deal of promise: “the roaring 20’s 2.0” with perfect 2020 Vision. Two months in, the global economy got slapped in the face with the reality of being a […]
Read MoreUncertainty Planning: The 5 EPM Tools You Need Right Now
Your budget numbers for 2020 are going to be wrong. With the global pandemic and resulting recession, every organization’s primary goal right now is to be as prepared and well-positioned as possible to survive during this challenging time. Unfortunately, it’s difficult for companies to plan when the future is – to put it mildly – […]
Read MoreKeeping Zoom Meetings Private
Everyone is using Zoom web meetings in these days of Coronavirus. Some interesting news recently came out about Zoom and their security and privacy practices. ArganoInterRel has been using Zoom as our web meeting solution for some time, but now my kids are using for virtual school and virtual dance lessons. Even my in-laws are […]
Read MoreCOVID-19 and the Changing Work Environment
Questions CFOs should ask themselves when “Working from Home” is the New Norm Unless you have been living under a rock, you are probably aware that there is disease spreading rapidly across the entire world knows as Coronavirus. COVID-19, which is the particular strand of Coronavirus causing all of the recent concern, was declared a […]
Read MoreHow FP&A Departments are Dealing with Coronavirus
The one thing FP&A leaders know for sure is that our budgets for this quarter will be wrong. So, we have two options for managing this situation: one reactive and one proactive. Reactive: Let’s explain afterwards what happened This is what most companies will do. They will wait for the data to come in and […]
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