Why Use Financial Report Builder?

Financial Report Builder (FRB) offers a range of improvements on the financial reporting functionality available in Financial Force Reporting, Financial Statements Analytics, and Business Analytics. Key advantages of using Financial Report Builder are described in the table below.

Financial Report Builder versus Business Analytics/FinancialForce Reporting

Financial Report Builder Feature / Functionality

Financial Statements Analytics / Business Analytics / FinancialForce Reporting

Quickly build a report using a lens for each section of the report. Add row-based calculations for subtotals, totals, gross profit, EBITDA, and net profit. FFR reports are difficult to configure and use, and can have serious volume issues.
Pivot data by any dimension associated with a selected dataset. This is either unavailable within these applications, or is time-consuming to configure.
Create a report that enables you to display date-based columns based on your selected date, and set the base date against which the time-frame of your report is measured and aggregated.
Create column calculations in your report, based on a formula builder similar to that used by Excel, to create the following: Subtotals and totals of your displayed columns, variances, variances percentages, or other formulas required for your report.
A range of formatting options enabling you to customize the appearance of your reports.
Create multiple drill levels in your report to obtain a deeper view of your data.