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Buyers Guide: Today's Reporting Tools vs. Deltek Report Writers

The TBS Buyers' Guide to Deltek Reporting explores the differences between reporting tools, like Claritas, and report writers. One empowers users -- Project Managers and Financial Managers alike -- with information. The other delivers data, or raw facts.

“Data is just plain facts. When data is processed, organized, structured and presented… to make it useful, it is called Information.”

Do you own your Deltek reports or do they own you? And, are “reports” even the right tool for today’s data-driven, mobile workforce, for busy Project Managers for instance?

At TBS, we understand the value of reporting is one of control.

As a report user, do you have immediate access to the important information you need – empowering you to sort, to analyze, to push for action whenever you want? Or, do you find your report in a static format, only after searching through lists and lists for just the right one? You then save your reports to your hard drive, open them up as spreadsheets for tweaking, and then launch email to get your data where it needs to go. And, is your information incomplete, without unposted and unprocessed entries, and no budget details?

Hey? Who’s in charge here?

When evaluating the reporting tools available to you as a Deltek user, here are some important priorities to keep in mind, as you judge today’s reporting tools versus yesterday’s report writers.

Today's reporting:

  • Is Cloud Powered – giving you access any time, any where via the Internet, all in a fully secured and audit-compliant environment (SSL and 256 encryption, SAS 70 Type II, SOX, MA201).
  • Knows what information is important to you and shows it right away – for Project Managers, 70% period of performance; for Financial Managers, fraud alerts.
  • Is instantaneous, accessing the latest, to-the-second data -- posted, unposted, and unprocessed accounting entries.
  • Delivers information as vibrant panoramas – glance right at the information you want while understanding how it all fits together. View one integrated scene, not a roadmap through binoculars.
  • Is graphical and intuitive – under-performance is green, over-budget is red; top-5 contracts display as bar charts; project alerts are stoplights. Immediately see the big picture.
  • Provides a constant frame of reference with “breadcrumbs” right where you are – you never need to close 4 or 5 windows just to get back to where you were.
  • Remembers your preferences – whenever you return to any part of your information landscape, smart reports show it just the way you like it.
  • Is proactive not reactive – the information you need is automatically pushed to you via email or text message, not manually pulled from a dense spreadsheet.
  • Plays well with others – smart reports are easily integrated with your entire accounting suite, and your other corporate systems too – HR, CRM, ERP.
  • Is cost-effective – no upfront licensing, pay just for what you use, add users at any time.

The bottom line: Today's best reporting tools for Deltek put you in control. To learn more visit our Claritas product page.

 

To craft an enterprise cloud model tailored to your organization's needs, contact TBS or call 703.444.6562.