The SAP BusinessObjects Financial Information Management application can help your finance team become more productive by supporting the ability to easily connect with disparate data sources, so you can access, map, and load all relevant information for greater transparency and efficiency. The software also supports your efforts to integrate enterprise performance management (EPM) processes for closed-loop performance management. SAP BusinessObjects Financial Information Management integrates with the following:

• SAP BusinessObjects Strategy Management
• SAP BusinessObjects Financial Consolidation
• SAP BusinessObjects Intercompany
• SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation, version for the Microsoft platform
• SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation, version for SAP NetWeaver
• SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management

SAP BusinessObjects Financial Information Management provides powerful features and functions that support the following:

• Repeatable, intuitive processes
  • User controlled – Finance professionals manage the information management process
  • Comprehensive application support – Fully integrated with core SAP BusinessObjects EPM solutions
  • Simplified mappings – Intuitive, wizard-driven integration interface to set up and maintain data mappings
  • Metadata browsing –Browse metadata in SAP ECC or SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse when creating mapping tables
• Improved data quality for confidence and compliance
  • Automated audit trail – Easily accessible audit trail for every data move
  • Drill-to-origin – Drill back instantly to view source of integrated data
  • Drill-to-source – Drill to source data when integrating with SAP ERP Central Component (SAP ECC)
  • Validations – Automatic detection of invalid mappings and missing dimensions
• Superior connectivity
  • Extensive connectivity – Connect to SAP ERP, SAP NetWeaver BW and non-SAP systems
  • Closed-loop EPM – Integrate enterprise performance processes for closed-loop performance management

SAP BusinessObjects Financial Information Management can allow your finance team to focus on more strategic enterprise performance management activities. Benefits include:

• Increased productivity – Replace time-consuming, error-prone manual activities with efficient, repeatable processes for information management
• Higher confidence in financial data – The application can help reduce risks around data integrity as you collect, map, and move data
• Lower compliance costs – Lower costs by standardizing processes, automatically generating audit trails, enabling drill-to-origin, and supporting process transparency
• Faster profitability reporting, more accurate planning, reduced closing cycles, and shorter audit time – Streamline performance management processes, leveraging automation to support daily activities, and access accurate, trusted information for enterprise performance management without sacrificing data quality
• Greater business value – Add real business value to EPM processes and reporting through superior connectivity that supports closed-loop enterprise performance management