Category: <span>Xcelerate</span>

Implementing Dynamic Security on Xcelerate Binder Distribution

A client recently proposed an interesting challenge – when distributing a binder, is it possible to incorporate a dynamic password to open the file based on the intended recipient? The scenario is as follows: A binder is distributed to a group of user emails. Password protect the report (to provide security if user’s email is […]

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Dynamic Report Building – Leveraging Excel VBA

One optimization we’ve been striving for with all our clients nowadays is dynamic reporting – the goal is to create reports that are future-proof to GL hierarchy changes. Consider the P&L report below: Note that the Expense accounts (colored orange) are divided into subcategories Compensation, External Labor, and Strategic. These subcategories are then further drilled […]

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Xcelerate Security Overview

Xcelerate Security One of the more common questions we get both during and after an Xcelerate implementation is “How does Xcelerate Security work”? Xcelerate’s security is not complicated; however, there are multiple elements to it. The following diagram provides an illustrative overview of the different Xcelerate security elements. Each is described in further detail below. […]

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Xcelerate Dashboard Widgets – Fast and Simple

I was in a meeting with a client, going over some of the functionalities and layout of a report we created for them when a concern was brought up – while a report was great at providing granular data, it comes at the cost of speed and flexibility. What do I mean by that? Let’s […]

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