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Build a Powerful Income Statement Model from Scratch
Building a Powerful Income Statement Model from Scratch We are kicking off this blog with a “building from scratch” theme. Here, by “building from scratch” we mean what nearly every Finance person has done at some point: creating some kind of financial modeling...
Transform Collaboration in Excel by adding Row-Level Security
Hey there, Finance and data security gurus. Today, we're talking about Excel and discovering a feature that's majorly undervalued. That feature is row-level security. While Excel may not boast robust enterprise-level security on its own, we've got a nifty solution...
Unlocking the Games: The Power of OLAP Cubes in Sports Analysis
PARIS Tech and partner David Newton from Newton Carmen have collaborated to create an OLAP model for analysing the 2023 Rugby World Cup. Using this data model, full of every Rubgy stat imaginable, we’ve run a video series of over20 different scenarios. Turns out we...
Pivot Table vs. PowerExcel Pivot
If you’ve built your models in Excel, this becomes very difficult. You need to go down to the bottom, change some assumptions, roll it all up, and check if you have the number that management wants. If you don’t, you must go down to the bottom again and start over until you roll it all up again. In some organizations, this sort of circular process can take months; it’s expensive, time-consuming, and demoralizing.
Top-Down Bottom-Up Budgeting with PowerExcel
If you’ve built your models in Excel, this becomes very difficult. You need to go down to the bottom, change some assumptions, roll it all up, and check if you have the number that management wants. If you don’t, you must go down to the bottom again and start over until you roll it all up again. In some organizations, this sort of circular process can take months; it’s expensive, time-consuming, and demoralizing.
Video Series: 2023 Rugby World Cup Predictor
If you are a rugby fan , You have to check out the Rugby World Cup Predictor video series! Built in collaboration with our Partner and Finance expert, David Newton of Newton Carmen, we’ve created a cool Rugby World Cup Predictor model.
Scenario Maintenance – Analyzing the 2023 Rugby World Cup with OLAP Cube Technology
At PARIS, you may have noticed that recently, we’ve added a touch of fun concerning “version maintenance” as a business idea by intertwining it with—of all things!—Rugby World Cup data. Now, in the context of the Rugby World Cup—which event is coming up quickly—the...
Dreamkillers – Analyzing the 2023 Rugby World Cup with OLAP Cube Technology
At PARIS, you may have noticed that recently, we’ve added a touch of fun with the upcoming Rugby World Cup. We’ve created a Rugby World Cup model with an array of versions, predicting diverse outcomes for matches at different stages of the event.
Retail OTB (Open to Buy) Planning with PowerExcel
OTB is a forward-looking metric based on future projections. In retail, it involves assessing current stock and estimating the exact amount of stock needed to achieve a predetermined target. It’s a blend of sales forecasting and stock planning, requiring accurate data and meticulous calculations.
Analyzing the 2023 Rugby World Cup with Cube Technology
If you like sports analysis and rugby, this one is for you! The OLAP.com blog recently published an article discussing the use of OLAP cube technology in analyzing and predicting outcomes for the 2023 Rugby World Cup. Cube technology or “OLAP” is a...