Adaytum Software Ships Adaytum Planning 2.2; New Upgrade of Flagship Budget-Management Solution Includes Numerous New Functions, Improved Data Importing, Better Reporting, and Easier Usage.MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 1998--Adaytum Software, the leading supplier of budget management solutions, today announced it has begun shipments of Adaytum Planning 2.2, the industry's best business planning system See spreadsheet and financial planning system. for integrated budgeting, planning, forecasting and management reporting. The new release provides several new features designed to simplify the construction and use of sophisticated applications that help medium- and large-sized enterprises manage the complex processes of budgeting and planning. The new features include several new Built-In Functions, enhancements to data importing, improved reporting, and several improvements to the Add-In for Excel. "With version 2.2 of Adaytum Planning, we are extending our lead in the market for comprehensive budget-management solutions," said Sue Strother, chief marketing officer for Adaytum Software. "We will continue to add new features and functionality that reflect our customers' needs for enterprise-caliber solutions for budgeting, analysis, and planning. As this market continues its explosive growth, we believe that Adaytum Planning will continue to set the standard." NEW FEATURES FoR VERSION 2.2 Adaytum Planning 2.2 includes a variety of new features that fall into four main categories: -- Additional Built-In Functions - New Built-In Functions include @Propor, which calculates the number of days between dates and expresses it as a proportion of the number of days in the period. It's designed for pro rata [Latin, Proportionately.] A phrase that describes a division made according to a certain rate, percentage, or share. In a Bankruptcy case, when the debtor is insolvent, creditors generally agree to accept a pro rata share of what is owed to them. salary reviews or rent increases, for example. @StockFlow AF extends the existing @StockFlow function, which calculates the purchases required to maintain target inventories of a material. The enhancement enables users to override the forecasts with actual data. The @YTD See Year-to-date. YTD See year to date (YTD). function now supports a wider range of timescale timescale Noun the period of time within which events occur or are due to occur timescale n → délais mpl timescale time (Brit) n D-Lists. -- Enhancements to Import D-Links - It's now easier to cope with leading or trailing +/- signs, adjust short lines in fixed-width ASCII files A file that contains data made up of ASCII characters. It is essentially raw text just like the words you are reading now. Each byte in the file contains one character that conforms to the standard ASCII code (see ASCII chart). , and match incoming dates with particular periods. -- Improvements to Reporter - Reporter now supports free-format text, protected cells, annotations, audit trails, and item-level security. Changes to D-Lists now automatically update screen formats, simplifying use and maintenance of reports. Version 2.2 also assigns the last library used as the default and allows users to blank out Verb 1. blank out - be unable to remember; "I'm drawing a blank"; "You are blocking the name of your first wife!" draw a blank, forget, block slip one's mind, slip - pass out of one's memory 2. D-List formatted items. -- Excel Add-In Enhancements -The many improvements to Adaytum Planning's Excel Add-In improve performance and ease of use, such as selective refreshing of views and a new Define View wizard. Reports built with the Add-In now easily accommodate changes to underlying D-Lists in the Adaytum Planning database. A number of cosmetic enhancements - such as the ability to resize Verb 1. resize - change the size of; make the size more appropriate size - make to a size; bring to a suitable size rescale - establish on a new scale all page label boxes to fit the cell - have also been made. "The Adaytum Planning Software has been a time saver during the last two budgeting cycles," said Forrest Gibbs, of Willis Corroon Group, a leading multinational consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a . "I think the new features of version 2.2, especially the automatic updating of D-lists in Reporter, are great enhancements to a product that is already flexible and user-friendly." PLATFORMS, PRICING, AND AVAILABILITY Adaytum Planning 2.2 is available immediately for all Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. platforms in standalone and networked configurations. Pricing begins at $20,000, depending upon configuration. ABOUT ADAYTuM SOFTWARE Founded in 1990, Adaytum Software develops and markets "best-of-class" budgeting, planning, and performance analysis software for medium- and large-sized corporations whose requirements have grown beyond the scope of the spreadsheet environment. Adaytum Software is an international, privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. with offices in the U.S., U.K., and Denmark. The company's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , Adaytum Planning, is used by more than 5,000 users in a broad spectrum of business planning applications, including budgeting, planning, forecasting, consolidation, management, reporting, product profitability analysis, and activity-based costing In a business organization, Activity-based costing (ABC) is a method of allocating costs to products and services. It is generally used as a tool for planning and control. This is a necessary tool for doing value chain analysis. . For further information call 1-800-262-4445 or visit http://www.adaytum.com. Adaytum is a trademark of Adaytum Software. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are property of their respective holders. |
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