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Break Free from Excel Reporting Pain – Save Millions in Process Without Losing Excel

Published on December 2024
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Microsoft Excel is the world's most powerful and widely used analytical tool, relied on by over 11 billion users globally. In businesses, it's the foundation of reporting, financial modeling, and decision-making.

  • Over 80% of businesses depend on Excel for critical business processes and financial planning.
  • 66% of office workers use Excel at least once an hour.
  • 38% of their time is spent inside Excel, with a significant portion dedicated to reporting and MIS (Management Information System) reports.
  • Excel is used in 70% of companies for financial reporting and MIS dashboards, making it the top tool for business intelligence.

The Hidden Costs of Migrating from Excel to Tableau or Power BI

Expensive Customization: Companies must rebuild reports from scratch because Tableau's rigid templates don't match their existing Excel models.

Heavy Change Management: Teams must relearn reporting processes, causing workflow disruptions and slow adoption.

Static, Read-Only Reports: Unlike Excel, Tableau reports don't capture historical changes or allow users to drill down into the data for deeper insights.

Collaboration Challenges: Teams can't work together in real-time, forcing them back to Excel to align on action plans.

Keep Excel, Lose the Pain

Boardwalk Velocity turns your enterprise Excel reports into enterprise-grade reporting applications with: 15x Faster Deployment and Millions in savings; Blazing-Fast Performance by moving calculations to the server; Real-Time Data Governance ensuring data accuracy and security without version control headaches; Instant Comparative Analysis tracking every change at the cell level; and Seamless Collaboration allowing users to discuss and take action on insights directly in Excel.

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