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Planning - Modeller adapts to suit your organisation and business environment. You can build business rules and structures in Modeller, then modify the model as the organisation evolves, easily accommodating changes such as added locations, new or discontinued product lines, or restructured cost centers.

As the business grows, Modeller grows with it. Its powerful modelling capabilities give you unprecedented flexibility to devise, compare, and assess alternative business scenarios. Additionally, you won't need to call in IT when you need to alter your model, since Modeller is designed for finance professionals.

• Rapid development. Modeller lets you build a model in days - not months. You can import data definitions from other sources like ERP or general ledger systems to further speed the process.
• Sophisticated modeling. Cross-functional planning processes rely on complex logic and dependencies. The modeling capabilities built into Modeller quickly deliver sophisticated, linked models that accurately reflect your business in all its detail.
• Flexibility. No other enterprise planning solution provides the modeling flexibility of Modeller. You can change underlying business logic and principles quickly and easily, and see the impact in real time.
• No programming. Modeller doesn't require you to master arcane programming languages. Control of the application remains with planning professionals - not with IT, as required by other solutions.

Spend Less Time on Process, More Time on Analysis
The proprietary calculation engine in Modeller lets you evaluate models and test assumptions in minutes. It offers sophisticated features like breakback, multidimensional slicing-and-dicing, and drill-down to help you explore data fully and efficiently.

Modeller enables real-time information flows for flexible rolling forecasts and greater visibility into future operating performance and it eliminates unproductive activities like tracking down numbers, fixing broken links, and debugging macros.

• Breakback. This unique capability automatically spreads high-level targets across any profile, previous-period actuals, or projected seasonality (for example - across multiple dimensions, such as products, customers, territories, or time periods) without the need to define special business rules.
• Multidimensional analysis. Modeller makes it easy to compare and manipulate data across the multiple dimensions and perspectives of your business. For example, you can compare targets among teams and individuals with current and historical actuals and with external benchmarks.
• Unified view. Modeller provides a unified view of your plan, which connects with key metrics and essential, underlying information. With one version of the truth, you can spend your time making decisions, rather than debating data definitions and accuracy.

Manage Change and Reconciliation Seamlessly

Modeller pinpoints information gaps at a glance. When integrated with Contributor (the bottom-up information collection component of Enterprise Planning), Modeller drives targets back into the system for a continuous feedback loop. This minimises the multiple iterations and negotiations that can slow down - or even shut down - the planning process.

By aggregating financial data from Cognos Planning - Contributor users across the organisation, Modeller ensures consistently current data. As soon as Contributor users' templates are submitted and approved and consolidated, data is available to Modeller for analysis and reporting.

• Real-time aggregation. Modeller instantly aggregates all plan and results updates, and lets you see the impact of new forecasts and plan contributions in real time. No overnight batch processing required.
• Work offline. Modeller lets you plan where and when you want to, without a network connection.
• Online administration. Modeller lets you change data structures, user access rights, model parameters, and more without taking the system off-line. Availability is 24x7.