Hyperion, a
supplier of business performance management software, has released
Applications Suite 4, which offers reporting across
applications.
The company said the new version provides a unified environment
for enterprise planning, reporting and analysis with integration
and navigation across applications. Uses include financial control
and regulatory compliance, Hyperion said.
The product was unveiled at Solutions 2005, Hyperion’s global
Business Performance Management conference, which took place in New
Orleans last week.
Applications Suite 4 offers a common look and feel, common
reporting and analysis tools, and a single point of maintenance and
administration that decreases training costs, increases user
adoption and promotes line manager participation, Hyperion said.
T
he software uses a task-oriented user interface and Hyperion’s
Smart View for Office, which uses the Microsoft Office environment.
This provides a single Excel spreadsheet front-end that can be used
to read, write and interact with multiple Hyperion products via
Smart Tag features within Microsoft Office. This enables
integration with other Microsoft Office applications such as
Word.
Hyperion said Smart View also offers the flexibility to plan
offline, allowing users to download a planning form, develop
budgets in Excel, and then synchronise when reconnected.