SAS Financial Management: Fundamentals (FMSD)

Duration

3 days

Description

This course introduces you to the use of reports, planning, and budgeting for your organization using SAS Financial Management software. The different roles that financial analysts play are discussed. This course also identifies the connections between SAS Financial Management 4 and other items available in SAS 9, such as SAS Data Integration Studio, SAS Management Console, and the SAS Information Delivery Portal.

Before attending this course, you should:

• the basics of Miscrosoft Windows and Windows-based software
• financial reporting and analysis
• accounting principles

Description

SAS Financial Management Overview

• functionality
• roles and security

The SAS Information Delivery Portal

• overview
• configuration

SAS Performance Management Architecture

• defining the SAS Performance Management architecture
• investigating the SAS Management Console
• exploring SAS Data Integration Studio Importing Models

SAS Financial Management Studio

• exploring the workspaces of SAS Financial Management Studio
• the Dimensions workspace
• the Cycles workspace
• the Rates workspace
• the Models workspace
• the Forms workspace

Generating OLAP Reports in SAS Financial Management

• using the SAS Financial Management Add-In for Microsoft Excel
• altering styles and the report layout
• adding a graph to a report

Advanced Reporting in SAS Financial Management

• cell data access (CDA) reports

Financial Intelligence in SAS Financial Intelligence

• understanding account behaviours in SAS Financial Management
• dealing with retained earnings
• managing rules and adjustments
• creating calculated members

Planning Methods and Workflow Processes

• overview of the planning process
• bottom-up workflow
• the top-down workflow planning process

Booking

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