Spreadsheet Server

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Real time data and being able to customize easily in excel.

Nachteile

Pulling in data for large files can take a while if there are a lot of formulas and if you have the automatic calculation turned on, it will refresh even if you didn't want it to.

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Once you set up your spreadsheets this is a great tool that is able to give real time data in the formats we want to us. We are on Deltek VantagePoint and this is next level for creating our graphs and tracking financial performance.

Nachteile

Getting a new computer can be time consuming for the setup. Adding functionality like budgets can also be a bit time consuming

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It is easy to use. All the data and numbers are pulled into the spreadsheet within less than a minute. We use it on a daily basis, and we love it.

Nachteile

Installing Spreadsheet Server for a new user or on a new laptop can be a challenging process. At times, the data doesn't pull in properly, or there are issues with entering the correct username. However, once the installation is completed successfully, everything works smoothly. If we encounter problems that we can't resolve on our own, we submit a ticket, and the representatives are always quick to provide assistance.

Vorteile

The ease of extracting data once the system is setup.

Nachteile

The upgrades are a bit too often and not convenient at times.

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You can still use the basic excel features and combine it with bringing back values to create financials reporting. Out of the box financials from ERP's don't always have the most robust look and feel.

Nachteile

It can be slow at times if you have many values from many ledgers coming back into your report.

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Team has been using software for over 20 years, like the ease of use, easy plugin with excel. Anyone who used excel will find Spreadsheet Server easy to use.

Nachteile

Probably not really a SSS issue, but sometimes really big advanced spreadsheets, with many formulas take to time to load and calculate.

Vorteile

This kind of tool can also reduce errors, save time, and improve the consistency of reports, especially when there’s a large volume of data to analyze.

Nachteile

Performance issue is not help full sometimes.
But helpful

Vorteile

Ease of use for Excel business users and real-time updates of reports.

Nachteile

Application Configurator licensing requires that each key must be assign to a specific user. Sometimes the changes do not register.

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Spreadsheet server install is simple. support has been helpful

Nachteile

Users mention slowness within the software

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Its Easy to use. Helpful staff when needed.

Nachteile

I have no cons at this time to comment on.

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Very fast, very flexible, good support..

Nachteile

Some minor bugs, documentation could be improved.

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Easy to use at any level of excel knowledge. The drilldown function is invaluable to us for doing ad hoc queries and research on account values. It is also very useful to be able to create reporting on the fly for senior management, pulling in only data they want to see and analyze.

Nachteile

Depending on the size of the excel file, number of columns and number of worksheets it can take a while to refresh the data when you first open it up. Once the data has refreshed though, making changes is instantaneous.

Vorteile

Spreadsheet server was able to speed up the way our company worked by being able to analyze data in half the time we were able to before. Most of our time was spent compiling the data and we barely had time to analyze it. We are now able to do both in a fraction of the time. Would highly recommend this tool for people who want to get their YARDI data in excel.

Nachteile

It took a long time to set up because we were going through a 3rd party. This would have been easier to setup if we has someone from spreadsheet server who could have come help our IT do the setup in house instead of over zoom.

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Spreadsheet Server as a tool that helps to generate Reports

Nachteile

Difficulty in using multiple instances of Application Configurator.

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Easy to use spreadsheet server for accounting team!!

Nachteile

Not applicable as administrator use, only end users!!

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Excellent tool for financial reporting!

Nachteile

Difficult to setup initially, but once setup it works excellently!

Vorteile

Their customer service and the ability to pull data into a clean, and easy to read report.

Nachteile

it can be a bit slow at times and bulky.

Vorteile

Increased efficiencies in reporting in all aspects of our Financial software

Nachteile

Not really anything I can say that would be a con of this software.

Vorteile

Ease of use. Real time data pull. Distribution manager is a useful tool for distributing reports.

Nachteile

At time clear cache and recalc does not work properly. If there are too many GXL formulas in a file the file will take a long period to load.

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Our Finance use this tool for financial reporting and they have been using this for years.

Nachteile

Don't need any changes for now since it is working well.

Vorteile

- ease of functionality
- can save report pulls, and refresh with the click of a button
- strong and friendly support team to troubleshoot

Nachteile

- low processing time
- long troubleshooting time

Vorteile

The tool allows are business professionals to get timely financials during our monthly, quarterly, & year-end processes.

Nachteile

Upgrades can be complicated if you do not stay current.

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MS Excel plugin used for accounting and export of data.

Nachteile

At times, the plugin was slow especially when many Users are using.

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It helps to create the report exactly the way you want it to be.

Nachteile

It is not easy to use, probably you have to take their training courses and could spend a fortune.

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I like the ease of the product. Before Duggan I had not used Spreadsheet Server. It was easy to learn and manipulate. I have been able to improve and make our financials visually appealing.

Nachteile

I wish the cost for some of the other features was not so much. We would like to use Spreadsheet Server for WIP but the cost is too much.

Vorteile

- Spreadsheet server can be connected directly to ERP system to pull real time data from the system.
- It is really easy to create financial reports using spreadsheet server
- Drill down from Accounts to Ledger is very useful functionality
- Query Designer (which is available for advance Spreadsheet Server users) is really useful to create ad-hoc queries to pull operational data and create reports

Nachteile

- One of the difficult task is to upload budget into the system.It is not a straightforward task and really time consuming from user's perspective

Vorteile

I spend less time mining data and more time analyzing the data. I use this for financial reporting and budgeting and any scenario I can think of or want to analyze, I'm able to build it into my spreadsheet and have it update the data based on the period I want to analyze.

Nachteile

My only drawback is occassionally Spreadsheet Server loses a connection to my data and I have to contact support for a reboot. Which isn't inconvenient during the week, but support is not able to assist me on the weekends.

Vorteile

You can build reports quickly that are easy to share, but really I use it for forensic accounting in my property management company. Being able to pull data in, then drill down for more information is huge.

Being able to shift between periods/YTD reporting on the fly is helpful, and being in Excel makes it very easy to pivot and build tables or charts using the information Spreadsheet Server is pulling in.

We have multiple companies with different ERP systems, so Spreadsheet Server's ability to pull data from multiple sources has been invaluable to me. This saves me a lot of time that would have gone to drilling down into information in each ERP.

Nachteile

I have plans to build more custom queries, but I wish there was a database of common custom queries I could review. I suppose this would have to be user-generated, but perhaps Insight could host a forum, or post commonly asked-for custom queries.

Vorteile

The best thing about Spreadsheet Server is the ability to utilize excel to build our reports. We love that we have the ability to add graphs and prior year information to our reports for trends and ratios. In addition, we can add multiple tabs with more detailed 'drill down' data that provides the detail needed for analytics.

Nachteile

The most difficult part of spreadsheet server is the amount of time it takes to run our reports. We have multiple departments in our organization and running the expenditure reports for all of these departments takes more time than it should.

Vorteile

The ease in which I can create reports and do on the fly analysis.

Nachteile

There isn't much. The only drawback is change control. Since it is an add-in to Excel, anyone can go in and change a report. Also, you have to touch every report if a change is made. This is definitely a minor drawback, as there are ways to implement controls.

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I like the ease of use and the ease of implementation. Spreadsheet Server connects the regular users directly to the TB and GL of our ERP, directly from Excel. No involvement from MIS.

Nachteile

When Spreadsheet Server is re-calculating the links to the GL, sometimes Excel bombs.

Vorteile

User friendly & supported with MS Excel Add-in & near real-time data.

Nachteile

Initial setup & assigning the license for every individual user, mostly requires SPS support team help for complete the setup. Some intermittent issue.

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It is intuitive. If you can use Excel, it's an add-in. It is very easy to use and flexible for different formats. I've implemented in in several companies due to the poor or overly complicated reporting software they have used in the past.

Nachteile

You have to be careful not to have too many tabs with formulas, as it can quickly bog the system down and freeze it. As long as the workbook is not too complex, the refresh works very quickly.

Vorteile

Spreadsheet server gives the control of report writing to accountants all within native Excel that we are all familiar with. Implementation was simple and quick and involved very little IT support. The tool is simple to use and only required a few hours of training to get everyone started on building their own reports.

Nachteile

With Oracle Cloud our Oracle tables have to be replicated to a separate server. This means reporting isn't real time (but it is close).

Vorteile

This product offers great flexibility and a streamlines data analysis by reducing time spent on data mining. Our users leverage it extensively for financial reporting, budgeting, and various analytical scenarios. Its ability to seamlessly integrate with spreadsheets and dynamically for specific date ranges enhances our complex analytics.

Nachteile

Performance issues arise with large reports due to slow processing. While software updates have helped in the past, limitations remain in handling large volumes of transaction data. The addon also has a habit of disabling or removing itself from Excel requiring internal resources to resolve the problem.

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I love the advanced features and the easiness to use of the tool in handling financial reporting which is possible even to non technical members.

Nachteile

The tool has been flawless and i have not come across any issues

Vorteile

Ease of use, reliability, and customization.

Nachteile

Initial implementation is a bit tedious for NetSuite users.

Vorteile

Helped provide a data link from our ERP into Excel. Similar to other Excel add-ins, this allowed us to customize reports in ways that were not availiable within the ERP. Efficient and effective.

Nachteile

Refreshing data during the close process can be timely.

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AI capabilities and fast reporting capabilities.

Nachteile

Gets disconnected very often next to reconnect every now and then

Vorteile

Customizable; Connection to accounting system; Allows for formatting; Based in Excel; easy to understand the formulas

Nachteile

Adding users can be challenging; Excel add-in makes it quirky.

Vorteile

Easy to generate reports and build templates to customize reporting. Support staff is timely to respond back and extremely helpful and knowledgeable. I have worked with Dasharath many times and he has been very helpful and prompt to resolute.

Nachteile

Can be a little slow performance wise, however the reports sometimes are very large and are calculating lots of data in the background so it is understood why.

Vorteile

Spreadsheet Server is a life saver when it comes to reporting results from our ERP system into Excel

Nachteile

The only drawback is the amount of time it can take to update the connections. This is easily fixed by making sure you are on the latest version but sometimes you are unaware.

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Vorteile

I'm on the IT team, and this is primarily used by our accounting team. But they seem to love it!

Nachteile

The configuration and setup were not intuitive. We were saved by the excellent support we received, which made everything much easier.

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Ease of use. [sensitive content hidden] from support was very efficient in getting us up and rolling with the newest version.

Nachteile

It can be slow when pulling data, performance related issues.

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I'm using this tool almost every week to make sure that everything is looking fine at the month end and this tool is very easy to use and is making my life easier. It is very easy tool to learn, but you need a little bit of understanding to make sure that you can use every feature there. Customer suppoert is very helpful and guys from IT is making sure that everything is 100% clear.

Nachteile

Sometimes it has worse days, especially on month end where there is so much going on at once.

Vorteile

Fast and accurate financial information from software. Easy to use to generate reports for accounting and finances.

Nachteile

With Oracle Cloud there is no direct connection to the database and requires replication to an alternate database. This means data isn't necessarily real time in our case

Vorteile

It works smoothly and has never been off from what our ERP system reflects.

Nachteile

Sales team ran a demo that made Queries seem a lot simpler than it was. We were unable to match our WIP reporting in Queries after making the purchase. However, the financial reporting side has been flawless.

Vorteile

Easy to use and to generate reports in Accounting and Finance department

Nachteile

Performance issue sometimes during reports

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converting vista data into organized excel format with decent times

Nachteile

it took while to get the install transferred license since multiple channels have limited access and not connected

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accounting team mostly used for generating reports..

Nachteile

Process of installing is a bit confusing.