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[HFM] Hyperion Financial Reporting or Hyperion Web Analysis do not require any programming expertise to build financial reports. Smartview allows end users to easily create ad hoc reports in Excel. All tools are used and maintained by end-users in the finance and accounting department. [ERP / GL] ERPs tend to offers generic BI reporting that is built for technical IT users, not for the finance and accounting department. ERPs reporting can be cumbersome. ERPs does not have an ad hoc reporting tool. New report requests have to be built by someone with IT experience. [Client Requirements] 
An easy to use report writer plus a dashboarding tool for graphical navigation and ad-hoc drill and pivot.
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