Vena has been such a positive in our world! After an exhaustive search, we decided that Vena was the system for ACME for financial reporting needs. Within the first week of using the system we had 3 years of information loaded, consolidations performed and financial statements written. The initial training was fantastic (we were lucky enough to get a good partner who gave me one-on-one training) so I was in control of the education. I realize that not everyone can get this kind of customized training, but it was worth it. I "drove" the process and the consultant corrected and helped me along during the process. After we were on our own, we extended the processes to include budgeting and forecasting which has made analysis so quick and useful during changing times. We are working with our ERP to get auto-transmission of data into the system but until we are able to get that working, we can mimic this process by manually loading the transactions from our system(s) so month end analysis on the detailed transactions are available on a consolidated basis. This has proved beneficial to parce out actual detail and give the responsible parties for analysis. Once we finally have an auto feed it will be a seamless process to any end user (only quicker). Because Vena is more than a financial reporting software we are currently starting to use it for other database information. Tracking our PPE inventory, looking at metrics and historical information. Currently, we're running this information in excel and it's so much that it's bogging down our spreadsheets. Having refresh-able information at our fingertips is easing the stress.

The ability to connect excel to a database

Vena es una herramienta poderosa para desarrollar y compartir pronósticos y presupuestos. Esta aplicación me ha permitido crear plantillas de entrada ágiles y potentes para que los usuarios finales ingresen sus proyecciones de pronóstico o presupuesto. Vena facilita la consolidación de estos datos: los datos consolidados se muestran en informes y se actualizan fácilmente con solo presionar un botón. El hecho de que Vena se base en Excel hace que la curva de aprendizaje sea menos pronunciada para algunos usuarios. Todo el proceso de configuración se puede realizar internamente en lugar de depender de consultores externos. Los informes y formularios de entrada se construyen en Excel y, aunque se requiere algo de aprendizaje para dominar los procesos de mapeo y consulta de datos, es bastante fácil de comprender. Configurar y mantener cubos de datos es intuitivo y rápido. Las jerarquías y dimensiones de datos se pueden configurar a través de la interfaz web (tipo arrastrar y soltar), carga masiva a través de un archivo CSV, o una combinación de ambas técnicas.