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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product

Cognos Performance Management Solution

DynacTools

Exact Software

Macs Controlling

Product

Cognos Performance Management Solution

DynacTools

Exact Software

Macs Controlling

Vendor Version Release date (mmm-yy)

Cognos 8 Jun-08

Dynac Inc. 1.5 Jun-05

5 Jul-08

Macs Controlling 2.7 Dec-07

Contact Name Telephone E-mail Website Gary MacFarlane 519.571.3254 Sales 800-468-0834, ext 5940 Chris Meyer 1800 946 3160

info@dynactools.ca www.cognos.com www.dynactools.ca

info@exactsoftware.ca www.exactba.com

chris.meyer@macscontr olling.com www.macscontrolling.co m

Cost (Canadian dollars) Licence based Average cost per user Average no. of users Average cost Ratio - average implementation cost/licence cost Average implementation cost $575 10 $5,750 1.00 $5,750 $700 40 $28,000 0.50 $14,000 $0 $3,500 10 $35,000

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product Total licence based Annual Maintenance % Annual Maintenance Dollars Support included in maintenance fee ASP (Application service provider) based Average annual fee / user Average no. of users Average annual fees Average implementation costs / average fees - year one Average implementation costs Total ASP based - 1st Year Support included in ASP fee Applications Business intelligence Strategic planning Budgeting and Forecasting Consolidation Financial Reporting Scorecarding Dashboard Profile World head office Canadian head office No. of customers - worldwide - all products No. of customers - worldwide - this product

Cognos Performance Management Solution

DynacTools

Exact Software

Macs Controlling

$11,500 20% $1,150 Partly

$42,000 18% $5,040 Yes

$35,000 18% $6,300

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Third Party Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes

Ottawa, Canada Ottawa, Canada 23,000+

Kitchener, Ontario Kitchener, Ontario

Delft, The Netherlands Cambridge, ON

Rottweil, Germany None 150

200

150

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product No. of customers - Canada - all products No. of customers - Canada - this product Revenue 2007 - CAD - all products (est.) Revenue 2007 - CAD - this product (est.) Revenue 2006 - CAD - all products Revenue 2006 - CAD - this product

Cognos Performance Management Solution

DynacTools

Exact Software

Macs Controlling

2 175 252 2

242

Target market Average revenue/customer (CAD) Average no. of employees/customer Industry classification based on The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) - see http://www.naics.com/info.htm#Structure for more about NAICS (approximate % of implementations) 11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 21 Mining 22 Utilities 23 Construction 31-33 Manufacturing 42 Wholesale trade 44-45 Retail trade 48-49 Transportation and warehousing 51 Information 52 Finance and insurance 53 Real estate and rental and leasing 54 Professional, scientific, and technical services 5% 5% 4% 80% 15% 80% >$200M >500 $10M-$49M 100-499 DynacTools is applicable to all industry classifications 1% >$200M 100-499 >$200M 10-49

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product 55 Management of companies and enterprises 56 Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services 61 Education services 62 Health care and social assistance 71 Arts, entertainment and recreation 72 Accommodation and food services 81 Other services (except public administration) 92 Public administration Total Technology Supported database (% of implementations) Microsoft SQL Server Oracle Pervasive SQL IBM DB2 Sybase Informix Access Btrieve Proprietary FoxPro Progress MySQL Other Total

Cognos Performance Management Solution

DynacTools

Exact Software

Macs Controlling

5%

5% 100% 100%

Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported

70% 3% 2% 25%

70% 20% 5% 5%

100%

100%

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product Supported networks (% of implementations) Microsoft Linux Unix AIX Novell Netware IBM AS/400 (OS/400) IBM S/390 Other Total Development tools used to build application

Cognos Performance Management Solution

DynacTools

Exact Software

Macs Controlling

Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported

100%

80% 10% 10%

100% Yes Borland Delphi, VBA Delphi, C++, C# .Net

100% .net, C++, C#

Report writer used - which one(s)?

Yes

DynacViews

Own

macs Analyzer

Data Extract Transform Load (ETL) tools - which one(s)?

Yes

ODBC

Own

ODBC, SOA

Cubes supported - which one(s)?

Yes

Own, MS SQL

None, not cube based

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product

Cognos Performance Management Solution

DynacTools

Exact Software

Macs Controlling

Existing integration to accounting and ERP systems which systems?

SAP Oracle

All systems from Simply Accounting to SAP and everything in between

Agilisys, BPCS, Macola, Progression, Globe Enterprise, SAP, Oracle 11i, JD Edwards, JD Edwards, Infor, MAPICS, Mfg Pro and many more Penta Software, PRISM, Workwise,

Existing integration to customer relationship management systems - which systems?

SAP Oracle

Custom

Exact Synergy

Siebel

Existing integration to payroll systems - which systems?

SAP Oracle

Custom

Ceridian, ADP

Existing integration to HRMS systems - which systems?

SAP Oracle

Custom

Exact Synergy

Custom

Available from Application Service Provider Approx. no. of implementations 2-tier, 3-tier or n-tier architecture Metadata standard supported Maximum size of OLAP cube Generic Integration of applications in Section D.

Yes n-Tier

No 2-Tier

No 250+ 3-Tier Proprietary Couple million records

No 150 n-Tier XBRL Not cube based

Yes

Yes

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product Share same database Same user interface Integrated Dashboard Role specific Graphical Drill down to: Business Intelligence Consolidation Budgeting and forecasting Scorecarding Excel integration Formatting intact Formulas intact Business Intelligence Analytic functionality Bubble up exceptions Drill down Drill through to source data Ranking Sorting Restrict results by date range Includes dashboard Time trending (for example, over 12 months) Pareto filtering (automatically groups the categories that amount to less than 20% of a row or column total into "other") Calculations Counts Percentage of total

Cognos Performance Management Solution

DynacTools

Exact Software

Macs Controlling

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Third Party Third Party Yes Third Party Yes Yes Third Party Yes No No Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Customization Yes Yes Yes No

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product Allocations Total and Sub-total Create OLAP cubes Data extraction and transformation tools Incremental extraction Impact analysis - objects impacted by change Can schedule process to run overnight Formatting By dimension By level By cell Zero-row suppression Conditional formatting by cell, e.g., highlight cells below threshold Returns text (e.g., if value > 90, returns "excellent") French version Screens Reports Documentation Metadata OLAP functionality Skip missing levels - support ragged dimensions Write back With audit trail Includes charting tools Access multiple cubes at a time Excel client Internet Explorer client Netscape client Geographical representation

Cognos Performance Management Solution

DynacTools

Exact Software

Macs Controlling

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product Drag and drop Attach notes to cube Attach notes to cells Attach files to cube Attach files to cells Password security By company By department or division By menu By function (view, add, change, delete) By dimension By level By cell Respect active directory authentication Respect database security Portal generation that includes HTML reports Report writer Web-based Generate cube Drag and drop WYSIWYG report design Technology API-enabled (SDK provided) Web-based (only need browser at client) For entire application Support for .NET web services Support for Java web services Transfer data to: Report writer Excel PivotTable

Cognos Performance Management Solution

DynacTools

Exact Software

Macs Controlling

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Partly Yes Yes Yes

No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes

Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product HTML PDF PowerPoint XML Views Crosstabs Charts Both crosstabs and chart at the same time Work flow Alerts can be automatically triggered Consolidation Journal entries Manual Recurring Automated for currency translation gains/losses Automated for Intercompany eliminations Reclassification journal entry - EG used to generate cash flow report or balance sheet Intercompany processing Automated balancing Consolidation processor Consolidate actuals and budgets Consolidate statistical ledgers such as headcounts Incremental for entities that have changed Different fiscal periods Different fiscal calendars Short year-ends Multiple levels or tiers Automated Intercompany eliminations to first common parent

Cognos Performance Management Solution

DynacTools

Exact Software

Macs Controlling

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Customization Yes

Yes Yes No Yes

Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable No Partly No Yes Yes Partly Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No

No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product Data collection Online over the internet Only a browser required (don't need Citrix or terminal services) Work offline and synchronize Parsing Mapping Wildcards Validation Can proceed or stop depending on variance Maintain status Approvals Escalations if late Intercompany eliminations Define intercompany accounts Automated eliminations Reporting tool to identify out of balance entities Foreign currency translation Support temporal method Multiple rate types Define which rate type by account Maintain rate schedule that can be shared across all legal entities Download daily rates automatically Methods: Proportional Equity Minority interest Wholly owned Multi tier consolidation On-line review and approval of consolidation process at each tier

Cognos Performance Management Solution

DynacTools

Exact Software

Macs Controlling

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Partly Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partly Partly Not Applicable No Customization Partly Yes Partly Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partly No Yes Yes Yes

No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product Drill down to any tier Multiple ledgers Ownership Date sensitive ownership - for changes during the month Reorganizations Change account structure and replicate across system Revaluations Financial Reporting Analysis Codes Attach to accounts or g/l segments Can be used in any financial report for selection or ordering Results in home or reporting currency Rows can be defined Columns can be defined Cell Override Hierarchical reporting Multiple hierarchies Lead schedules Ready for external reporting Rounding to nearest 1000 and allocation of rounding error to specified financial statement line Trend analysis showing last 12 periods Exception reporting Highlight all accounts with a variance over a certain % or amount Consolidate Accounts Receivable subledger Compute Daily Sales Outstanding Eliminate intercompany accounts

Cognos Performance Management Solution

DynacTools

Exact Software

Macs Controlling

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Partly Yes No

No No No No No No No

Partly Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Not Applicable Yes Yes Yes Third Party Third Party Third Party Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partly Yes Partly Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product Budgeting Automatic % change of previous budget Automatic based on actual Excel like formulas Seasonality allocations Budgeting process Bottom up Top down Export to Excel Import from Excel Lockable Maintain explanation of budget variances Based on employee information in HR system Multiple Budgets Rolling budget Sign assumed What if analysis Ability to update assumptions which are used in the calculations Rollup forecast to budget Approval process Forecasting Quotes and their probability Outstanding orders Customer forecasts Historical trends Average of 13 weeks volume Can apply factors such as seasonality Apply regression analysis

Cognos Performance Management Solution

DynacTools

Exact Software

Macs Controlling

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No Customization No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product Apply factors such as housing starts and market adjustment factor Ability to accept input from multiple users Approval process What if Analysis

Cognos Performance Management Solution

DynacTools

Exact Software

Macs Controlling

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes

No No No Customization

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Name one to five unique or very important features of your product (limit of 250 characters)

Unique/important feature no.1

Create Budgets and Forecasts (at the Account or SKU level All features are designed to be with an optional feature to Owned by Finance drive MPS) in hours not weeks or months complete with multiuser inputs

All benefits of data warehouse/data mart without the need to have one

Maintains accurate split between fixed and variable costs enabling contribution margin decisions making at customer and product level

Unique/important feature no. 2

Rich ecosystem of bestpractice solutions surrounds core product capabilities

DynacViews outperforms most GL report writers complete with auto synchronization of row and column structure and dynamic filtering where reporting structure is user defined with a drag an drop interface called Dynac Account Manager

Prebuilt business analytics suite with analytic views, reports and supporting metadata

Driver based modelling enabling accurate cost profit simulations of how a change in volume/mix influences your cost base

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product

Cognos Performance Management Solution

DynacTools

Exact Software

Macs Controlling

Unique/important feature no. 3

Rich global consolidation capabilities to support currency, minority interest, intercompany - and multijurisdictional GAAP reporting

Cognos / Hyperion like consolidation features at a fraction of the price

online/offline analysis

Accurate Variance Analysis: Ability to flex the variable portion of budgeted cost for comparison against actual cost

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product

Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server

PROPHIX Express

PROPHIX for SQL Server

QlikView

Product

Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server

PROPHIX Express

PROPHIX for SQL Server

QlikView

Vendor Version Release date (mmm-yy)

Microsoft 2007 Sep-07

PROPHIX Software 7 Mar-08

PROPHIX Software 4.1 Aug-08

QlikTech, Inc. 8.5 Jun-08

Contact Name Telephone E-mail Website (877) 568-2495 Susan Lawson (905) 279-8711 ext. 245 Susan Lawson (905) 279-8711 ext. 245 Neil Florio 888-828-9768

bicanada@microsoft.co m www.microsoft.ca/bi

slawson@prophix.com www.prophix.com

slawson@prophix.com www.prophix.com

infous@qliktech.com www.qliktech.com

Cost (Canadian dollars) Licence based Average cost per user Average no. of users Average cost Ratio - average implementation cost/licence cost Average implementation cost $261 100 $26,100 3.00 $78,300 $1,500 5 $7,500 0.75 $5,625 $2,000 30 $60,000 0.75 $45,000 $0 $2,000 40 $80,000

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product Total licence based Annual Maintenance % Annual Maintenance Dollars Support included in maintenance fee ASP (Application service provider) based Average annual fee / user Average no. of users Average annual fees Average implementation costs / average fees - year one Average implementation costs Total ASP based - 1st Year Support included in ASP fee Applications Business intelligence Strategic planning Budgeting and Forecasting Consolidation Financial Reporting Scorecarding Dashboard Profile World head office Canadian head office No. of customers - worldwide - all products No. of customers - worldwide - this product

Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server

PROPHIX Express

PROPHIX for SQL Server

QlikView

$104,400 25% $6,525 Yes

$13,125 20% $1,500 Yes

$105,000 20% $12,000 Yes

$80,000 20% $16,000 Yes

$0 1.00 $0 $0

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Partly Yes No Yes

Redmond, WA Mississauga, On > 1 Billion >500

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Mississauga, Ontario, Canada 1,400 1,250 1,400 150

Radnor, PA

9,500 9,500

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product No. of customers - Canada - all products No. of customers - Canada - this product Revenue 2007 - CAD - all products (est.) Revenue 2007 - CAD - this product (est.) Revenue 2006 - CAD - all products Revenue 2006 - CAD - this product

Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server

PROPHIX Express

PROPHIX for SQL Server

QlikView

>20,000,000 >60

140 14 n/a n/a n/a n/a

140 14 n/a n/a n/a n/a

60 60 $85,200,000 $85,200,000 $46,860,000 $46,860,000

Target market Average revenue/customer (CAD) Average no. of employees/customer Industry classification based on The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) - see http://www.naics.com/info.htm#Structure for more about NAICS (approximate % of implementations) 11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 21 Mining 22 Utilities 23 Construction 31-33 Manufacturing 42 Wholesale trade 44-45 Retail trade 48-49 Transportation and warehousing 51 Information 52 Finance and insurance 53 Real estate and rental and leasing 54 Professional, scientific, and technical services 2% 3% 2% 2% 23% 5% 3% 3% 5% 10% 2% 10% 2% 3% 2% 2% 23% 5% 3% 3% 5% 10% 2% 10% 5% 20% 5% 5% 25% 10% 5% 5% 5% >$200M >500 25 Mil. - 500 Mil. >500 25 Mil. - 500 Mil. >500 $50M-$200M 100-499

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product 55 Management of companies and enterprises 56 Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services 61 Education services 62 Health care and social assistance 71 Arts, entertainment and recreation 72 Accommodation and food services 81 Other services (except public administration) 92 Public administration Total Technology Supported database (% of implementations) Microsoft SQL Server Oracle Pervasive SQL IBM DB2 Sybase Informix Access Btrieve Proprietary FoxPro Progress MySQL Other Total

Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server

PROPHIX Express

PROPHIX for SQL Server

QlikView

1%

1%

5% 12% 3% 3% 5% 1% 100%

5% 12% 3% 3% 5% 1% 100% 100% 10% 5%

90% 8% 2%

Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported as long as it is ODBC compliant as long as it is ODBC compliant as long as it is ODBC compliant Supported as long as it is ODBC compliant Pilot Software

Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported as long as it is ODBC compliant as long as it is ODBC compliant as long as it is ODBC compliant Supported as long as it is ODBC compliant Pilot Software

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - HP NeoView and any ODBC compliant database

100%

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product Supported networks (% of implementations) Microsoft Linux Unix AIX Novell Netware IBM AS/400 (OS/400) IBM S/390 Other Total Development tools used to build application

Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server

PROPHIX Express

PROPHIX for SQL Server

QlikView

100%

Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported

Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported

Yes Partial (Database) Partial (Database) Partial (Database) Partial (Database) Partial (Database) Partial (Database) Partial (Database)

100% BIDS, Dashboard Designer, Business Modeller

Visual Basic, HTML, Active X Controls, XML

Visual Basic, HTML, Active X Controls, XML

QlikView Developer

Report writer used - which one(s)?

Visual Studio, Report Builder, Office Writer

Embedded in Product

Embedded in Product

QlikView Developer

Data Extract Transform Load (ETL) tools - which one(s)?

SSIS

Embedded in Product

Embedded in Product

QlikView Developer QlikView customers utilize ODBC to connect to and retrieve data from a wide range of OLAP data sources including Microsoft, SAP, Hyperion, Cognos, and BusinessObjects.

Cubes supported - which one(s)?

SSAS

Pilot Software, Analysis Services

Pilot Software, Analysis Services

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product

Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server

PROPHIX Express

PROPHIX for SQL Server

QlikView

Existing integration to accounting and ERP systems which systems?

Microsoft Dynamics

no limitations

no limitations

QlikView customers utilize ODBC to connect to and retrieve data from a wide range of applications including SAP, Oracle, Sage, Intentia, Baan, JD Edwards, Great Plains, Navision QlikView customers utilize ODBC to connect to and retrieve data from a wide range of CRM data sources including Sage, Lawson, Microsoft CRM, Salesforce, Peoplesoft QlikView customers utilize ODBC to connect to and retrieve data from payroll systems such as ADP QlikView customers utilize ODBC to connect to and retrieve data from a wide range of OLAP data sources including Stratum, JD Edwards, Peoplesoft, Agresso Yes Partner Implementations n-Tier Not Applicable No Limit

Existing integration to customer relationship management systems - which systems?

Microsoft Dynamics

no limitations

no limitations

Existing integration to payroll systems - which systems?

Microsoft Dynamics

no limitations

no limitations

Existing integration to HRMS systems - which systems?

Microsoft Dynamics

no limitations

no limitations

Available from Application Service Provider Approx. no. of implementations 2-tier, 3-tier or n-tier architecture Metadata standard supported Maximum size of OLAP cube Generic Integration of applications in Section D.

Yes n-Tier Yes 4 TB

No n/a 2-Tier unlimited

No n/a 3-Tier unlimited

Yes

Yes

Yes

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product Share same database Same user interface Integrated Dashboard Role specific Graphical Drill down to: Business Intelligence Consolidation Budgeting and forecasting Scorecarding Excel integration Formatting intact Formulas intact Business Intelligence Analytic functionality Bubble up exceptions Drill down Drill through to source data Ranking Sorting Restrict results by date range Includes dashboard Time trending (for example, over 12 months) Pareto filtering (automatically groups the categories that amount to less than 20% of a row or column total into "other") Calculations Counts Percentage of total

Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server

PROPHIX Express

PROPHIX for SQL Server

QlikView

Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product Allocations Total and Sub-total Create OLAP cubes Data extraction and transformation tools Incremental extraction Impact analysis - objects impacted by change Can schedule process to run overnight Formatting By dimension By level By cell Zero-row suppression Conditional formatting by cell, e.g., highlight cells below threshold Returns text (e.g., if value > 90, returns "excellent") French version Screens Reports Documentation Metadata OLAP functionality Skip missing levels - support ragged dimensions Write back With audit trail Includes charting tools Access multiple cubes at a time Excel client Internet Explorer client Netscape client Geographical representation

Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server

PROPHIX Express

PROPHIX for SQL Server

QlikView

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partly Partly Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product Drag and drop Attach notes to cube Attach notes to cells Attach files to cube Attach files to cells Password security By company By department or division By menu By function (view, add, change, delete) By dimension By level By cell Respect active directory authentication Respect database security Portal generation that includes HTML reports Report writer Web-based Generate cube Drag and drop WYSIWYG report design Technology API-enabled (SDK provided) Web-based (only need browser at client) For entire application Support for .NET web services Support for Java web services Transfer data to: Report writer Excel PivotTable

Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server

PROPHIX Express

PROPHIX for SQL Server

QlikView

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partly Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Future Date Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Future Date

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Future Date Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Future Date

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Customization Yes Yes Yes Not Applicable Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Future Date Yes Yes

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product HTML PDF PowerPoint XML Views Crosstabs Charts Both crosstabs and chart at the same time Work flow Alerts can be automatically triggered Consolidation Journal entries Manual Recurring Automated for currency translation gains/losses Automated for Intercompany eliminations Reclassification journal entry - EG used to generate cash flow report or balance sheet Intercompany processing Automated balancing Consolidation processor Consolidate actuals and budgets Consolidate statistical ledgers such as headcounts Incremental for entities that have changed Different fiscal periods Different fiscal calendars Short year-ends Multiple levels or tiers Automated Intercompany eliminations to first common parent

Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server

PROPHIX Express

PROPHIX for SQL Server

QlikView

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Future Date No No No No Yes Yes Partly Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partly

Future Date Future Date Future Date Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Yes Yes Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product Data collection Online over the internet Only a browser required (don't need Citrix or terminal services) Work offline and synchronize Parsing Mapping Wildcards Validation Can proceed or stop depending on variance Maintain status Approvals Escalations if late Intercompany eliminations Define intercompany accounts Automated eliminations Reporting tool to identify out of balance entities Foreign currency translation Support temporal method Multiple rate types Define which rate type by account Maintain rate schedule that can be shared across all legal entities Download daily rates automatically Methods: Proportional Equity Minority interest Wholly owned Multi tier consolidation On-line review and approval of consolidation process at each tier

Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server

PROPHIX Express

PROPHIX for SQL Server

QlikView

Yes No No Yes Yes Third Party Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partly Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Future Date Yes Yes Future Date Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Future Date Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Not Applicable Not Applicable Yes Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partly Partly Partly Not Applicable Not Applicable

No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partly

Partly Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Not Applicable

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product Drill down to any tier Multiple ledgers Ownership Date sensitive ownership - for changes during the month Reorganizations Change account structure and replicate across system Revaluations Financial Reporting Analysis Codes Attach to accounts or g/l segments Can be used in any financial report for selection or ordering Results in home or reporting currency Rows can be defined Columns can be defined Cell Override Hierarchical reporting Multiple hierarchies Lead schedules Ready for external reporting Rounding to nearest 1000 and allocation of rounding error to specified financial statement line Trend analysis showing last 12 periods Exception reporting Highlight all accounts with a variance over a certain % or amount Consolidate Accounts Receivable subledger Compute Daily Sales Outstanding Eliminate intercompany accounts

Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server

PROPHIX Express

PROPHIX for SQL Server

QlikView

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes

Yes Yes

Not Applicable No

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes

No No No No

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partly Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Not Applicable

Yes Yes

Yes Yes

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product Budgeting Automatic % change of previous budget Automatic based on actual Excel like formulas Seasonality allocations Budgeting process Bottom up Top down Export to Excel Import from Excel Lockable Maintain explanation of budget variances Based on employee information in HR system Multiple Budgets Rolling budget Sign assumed What if analysis Ability to update assumptions which are used in the calculations Rollup forecast to budget Approval process Forecasting Quotes and their probability Outstanding orders Customer forecasts Historical trends Average of 13 weeks volume Can apply factors such as seasonality Apply regression analysis

Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server

PROPHIX Express

PROPHIX for SQL Server

QlikView

Partly Partly Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Partly Partly Yes Yes Partly Partly Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Third Party

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No

No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product Apply factors such as housing starts and market adjustment factor Ability to accept input from multiple users Approval process What if Analysis

Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server

PROPHIX Express

PROPHIX for SQL Server

QlikView

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes No No Yes

Name one to five unique or very important features of your product (limit of 250 characters)

Unique/important feature no.1

Associations, being able to map data fields across planning models.

Fully integrated budgeting, planning and reporting implemented remotely in less than 2 weeks.

InfoFlex gives users numerous options to transform their data. Users can copy or In memory data model for high move data, allocate existing performance, ad-hoc analysis, data, increase data by a percentage, or forecast based on YTD data or assumptions

Unique/important feature no. 2

Delta Analysis is an interactive, graphical tool used Economics, in terms of lower to compare, contrast and Pre-built and pre-defined end user training costs, update any data point. For financial statements with the expansive ecosystem of example, users can perform a unlimited ability to create more individuals skilled on Microsoft year-on-year comparison or reports. technology and licensing costs drill down to the monthly or weekly level to get a more detailed analysis.

Single platform for development, reporting, end user and enterprise deployment

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product

Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server

PROPHIX Express

PROPHIX for SQL Server

QlikView

Unique/important feature no. 3

Strong integration with productivity and collaboration tools

Advanced Data Visualization (ADV) is a reporting solution that delivers visualization Personnel Planning module Ability to select any dimension, capabilities for analytics and with predefined payroll presentation of included and monitoring of key decision calculations linking to defined excluded based on each metrics. ADV provides analysis payroll accounts and budgets. selection of details from many different perspectives with drillable dashboards.

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product

SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform

SAP CPM

SAS Business Intelligence and Financial Intelligence Solutions

Yellowfin

Product

SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform

For CPM: SAP Strategy Management, Business Objects Profitability and Cost Management, SAP Business Planning and Consolidation, SAS Business Intelligence and Business Objects Financial Financial Intelligence Solutions Consolidation, SAP Spend Analytics. For BI: SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence SAP SAP NetWeaver BI - 7.0; CPM - all 7.0 except SAP Spend Analytics 2.0 SAP NetWeaver BI - 2006; CPM- all in 2008 SAS SAS 9.2 Jul-08

Yellowfin

Vendor Version Release date (mmm-yy)

SAP XI 3.1 Sep-08

Yellowfin 4 Aug-08

Contact Name Telephone E-mail Website Joy Chan 416-250-3347 Joy Chan 416-250-3347 Jim LaRue 416 307 4552 Glen Rabie 61396422241

j.chan@sap.com www.sap.ca; www.sap.com

j.chan@sap.com www.sap.ca; www.sap.com

jim.larue@sas.com www.sas.com

glen.rabie@yellowfin.b i www.yellowfin.bi

Cost (Canadian dollars) Licence based Average cost per user Average no. of users Average cost Ratio - average implementation cost/licence cost Average implementation cost $0 $0 $650 100 $65,000 0.75 $48,750

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product Total licence based Annual Maintenance % Annual Maintenance Dollars Support included in maintenance fee ASP (Application service provider) based Average annual fee / user Average no. of users Average annual fees Average implementation costs / average fees - year one Average implementation costs Total ASP based - 1st Year Support included in ASP fee Applications Business intelligence Strategic planning Budgeting and Forecasting Consolidation Financial Reporting Scorecarding Dashboard Profile World head office Canadian head office No. of customers - worldwide - all products No. of customers - worldwide - this product

SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform

SAP CPM

SAS Business Intelligence and Financial Intelligence Solutions

Yellowfin

$0 $0

$113,750 20% $13,000 Yes Can Be - by Partners $300 1,000

$0

$300,000 3.00

$0 $0

$900,000 $1,200,000

Yes No No No Yes No Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes No No No Partly Yes Yes

Walldorf, Germany Toronto, Ontario approximately 75,000

Walldorf, Germany Toronto, Ontario approximately 75,000

Cary, NC USA 280 King Street East, Toronto, ON 44,000

Australia Ottawa 300 300

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product No. of customers - Canada - all products No. of customers - Canada - this product Revenue 2007 - CAD - all products (est.) Revenue 2007 - CAD - this product (est.) Revenue 2006 - CAD - all products Revenue 2006 - CAD - this product

SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform

SAP CPM

SAS Business Intelligence and Financial Intelligence Solutions

Yellowfin

more than 1,170 customers collectively with Business Objects, an SAP company 342.6 million Euros

more than 1,170 customers collectively with Business Objects, an SAP company 342.6 million Euros

2,000 + 64 2,150 Million as a privately held company we do not report product revenue

20 20 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000

304.7 million Euros

304.7 million Euros

2,100 Million as a privately held company we do not report product revenue

Target market Average revenue/customer (CAD) Average no. of employees/customer Industry classification based on The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) - see http://www.naics.com/info.htm#Structure for more about NAICS (approximate % of implementations) 11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 21 Mining 22 Utilities 23 Construction 31-33 Manufacturing 42 Wholesale trade 44-45 Retail trade 48-49 Transportation and warehousing 51 Information 52 Finance and insurance 53 Real estate and rental and leasing 54 Professional, scientific, and technical services Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 12% 1% 10% 2% 1% 20% 1% 2% 10% 5% 5% 10% 20% 5% 1% 10% 5% 5% 5% <$5M 1-9 $50M-$200M >500

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product 55 Management of companies and enterprises 56 Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services 61 Education services 62 Health care and social assistance 71 Arts, entertainment and recreation 72 Accommodation and food services 81 Other services (except public administration) 92 Public administration Total Technology Supported database (% of implementations) Microsoft SQL Server Oracle Pervasive SQL IBM DB2 Sybase Informix Access Btrieve Proprietary FoxPro Progress MySQL Other Total

SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform

SAP CPM

SAS Business Intelligence and Financial Intelligence Solutions

Yellowfin

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

6%

5%

9% 5% 2% 2% 16% 100%

5% 10%

10% 100%

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported

30% 30% 5% 5% 5% 2% 2%

Yes

Supported Supported

1% 5% 10% 5% 100%

Yes Yes

Yes Yes; Max-DB

Supported

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product Supported networks (% of implementations) Microsoft Linux Unix AIX Novell Netware IBM AS/400 (OS/400) IBM S/390 Other Total Development tools used to build application

SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform

SAP CPM

SAS Business Intelligence and Financial Intelligence Solutions

Yellowfin

YES YES YES YES

YES YES YES YES

Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported

40% 50% 5%

5%

100% Java, C++ Java, C++, ABAP/4 SAS AppDev Studio SAS Web Report Studio, SAS Enterprise Guide - part of SAS Enterprise BI Server; SAS Financial Management; Add-in for Microsoft Office SAS Data Integration Studio Eclipse

Report writer used - which one(s)?

SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports

SAP NetWeaver

Yellowfin

Data Extract Transform Load (ETL) tools - which one(s)?

SAP BusinessObjects Data Integrator

SAP NetWeaver

Talend, Kettle, Informatica

Cubes supported - which one(s)?

SAP NetWeaver, Oracle, Microsoft

SAP NetWeaver

MDX Compliant

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product

SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform

SAP CPM

SAS Business Intelligence and Financial Intelligence Solutions

Yellowfin

Existing integration to accounting and ERP systems which systems?

SAP, Oracle

SAP, Oracle

Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP, Siebel

SAP, JD Edwards, Oracle, Pronto, many others

Existing integration to customer relationship management systems - which systems?

SAP, Oracle

SAP, Oracle

Siebel

Multiple

Existing integration to payroll systems - which systems?

SAP, Oracle/Peoplesoft

SAP, Oracle/Peoplesoft

Multiple

Existing integration to HRMS systems - which systems?

SAP, Oracle/Peoplesoft

SAP, Oracle/Peoplesoft

Multiple

Available from Application Service Provider Approx. no. of implementations 2-tier, 3-tier or n-tier architecture Metadata standard supported Maximum size of OLAP cube Generic Integration of applications in Section D. Yes Yes n-Tier CWM CWM no limit

Yes n-Tier CWM, XML No limit

Yes 50 n-Tier Yes NA

Yes

Yes

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product Share same database Same user interface Integrated Dashboard Role specific Graphical Drill down to: Business Intelligence Consolidation Budgeting and forecasting Scorecarding Excel integration Formatting intact Formulas intact Business Intelligence Analytic functionality Bubble up exceptions Drill down Drill through to source data Ranking Sorting Restrict results by date range Includes dashboard Time trending (for example, over 12 months) Pareto filtering (automatically groups the categories that amount to less than 20% of a row or column total into "other") Calculations Counts Percentage of total

SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform

SAP CPM

SAS Business Intelligence and Financial Intelligence Solutions

Yellowfin

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Future Date Future Date Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Partly Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Future Date

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partly Yes Yes Yes

Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product Allocations Total and Sub-total Create OLAP cubes Data extraction and transformation tools Incremental extraction Impact analysis - objects impacted by change Can schedule process to run overnight Formatting By dimension By level By cell Zero-row suppression Conditional formatting by cell, e.g., highlight cells below threshold Returns text (e.g., if value > 90, returns "excellent") French version Screens Reports Documentation Metadata OLAP functionality Skip missing levels - support ragged dimensions Write back With audit trail Includes charting tools Access multiple cubes at a time Excel client Internet Explorer client Netscape client Geographical representation

SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform

SAP CPM

SAS Business Intelligence and Financial Intelligence Solutions

Yellowfin

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Partly Partly Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Customization Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partly Partly Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes

Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partly Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product Drag and drop Attach notes to cube Attach notes to cells Attach files to cube Attach files to cells Password security By company By department or division By menu By function (view, add, change, delete) By dimension By level By cell Respect active directory authentication Respect database security Portal generation that includes HTML reports Report writer Web-based Generate cube Drag and drop WYSIWYG report design Technology API-enabled (SDK provided) Web-based (only need browser at client) For entire application Support for .NET web services Support for Java web services Transfer data to: Report writer Excel PivotTable

SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform

SAP CPM

SAS Business Intelligence and Financial Intelligence Solutions

Yellowfin

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partly Partly Partly Yes Yes No

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partly Yes Yes Partly Partly Partly Yes Yes Partly

Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Future Date Future Date Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product HTML PDF PowerPoint XML Views Crosstabs Charts Both crosstabs and chart at the same time Work flow Alerts can be automatically triggered Consolidation Journal entries Manual Recurring Automated for currency translation gains/losses Automated for Intercompany eliminations Reclassification journal entry - EG used to generate cash flow report or balance sheet Intercompany processing Automated balancing Consolidation processor Consolidate actuals and budgets Consolidate statistical ledgers such as headcounts Incremental for entities that have changed Different fiscal periods Different fiscal calendars Short year-ends Multiple levels or tiers Automated Intercompany eliminations to first common parent

SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform

SAP CPM

SAS Business Intelligence and Financial Intelligence Solutions

Yellowfin

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product Data collection Online over the internet Only a browser required (don't need Citrix or terminal services) Work offline and synchronize Parsing Mapping Wildcards Validation Can proceed or stop depending on variance Maintain status Approvals Escalations if late Intercompany eliminations Define intercompany accounts Automated eliminations Reporting tool to identify out of balance entities Foreign currency translation Support temporal method Multiple rate types Define which rate type by account Maintain rate schedule that can be shared across all legal entities Download daily rates automatically Methods: Proportional Equity Minority interest Wholly owned Multi tier consolidation On-line review and approval of consolidation process at each tier

SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform

SAP CPM

SAS Business Intelligence and Financial Intelligence Solutions

Yellowfin

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product Drill down to any tier Multiple ledgers Ownership Date sensitive ownership - for changes during the month Reorganizations Change account structure and replicate across system Revaluations Financial Reporting Analysis Codes Attach to accounts or g/l segments Can be used in any financial report for selection or ordering Results in home or reporting currency Rows can be defined Columns can be defined Cell Override Hierarchical reporting Multiple hierarchies Lead schedules Ready for external reporting Rounding to nearest 1000 and allocation of rounding error to specified financial statement line Trend analysis showing last 12 periods Exception reporting Highlight all accounts with a variance over a certain % or amount Consolidate Accounts Receivable subledger Compute Daily Sales Outstanding Eliminate intercompany accounts

SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform

SAP CPM

SAS Business Intelligence and Financial Intelligence Solutions

Yellowfin

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

No No No No No No No

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes No

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product Budgeting Automatic % change of previous budget Automatic based on actual Excel like formulas Seasonality allocations Budgeting process Bottom up Top down Export to Excel Import from Excel Lockable Maintain explanation of budget variances Based on employee information in HR system Multiple Budgets Rolling budget Sign assumed What if analysis Ability to update assumptions which are used in the calculations Rollup forecast to budget Approval process Forecasting Quotes and their probability Outstanding orders Customer forecasts Historical trends Average of 13 weeks volume Can apply factors such as seasonality Apply regression analysis

SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform

SAP CPM

SAS Business Intelligence and Financial Intelligence Solutions

Yellowfin

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Customization Yes Yes Yes Yes Customization Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product Apply factors such as housing starts and market adjustment factor Ability to accept input from multiple users Approval process What if Analysis

SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform

SAP CPM

SAS Business Intelligence and Financial Intelligence Solutions

Yellowfin

Customization Yes Yes Yes

Customization Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes No Yes Yes

Name one to five unique or very important features of your product (limit of 250 characters)

Unique/important feature no.1

All business intelligence users and all data sources on a single unified platform

For CPM - unified platform, user-driven and high usability

Real Time consolidation integration with advanced analytics such as forecasting, operations research, and data mining

Usability

Unique/important feature no. 2

Business Intelligence solutions for query, reporting, analysis, Complete integration of CPM dashboard, and user-friendly For CPM - complete Office of components through common information search and the CFO solution - core suite, SAS 9 Platform (including exploration, enabling quick CPM and GRC analytical human capital mgmt) access to information to make enlightened decisions

100% Web Based

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Question - Highlighted questions indicate a difference from the previous year: Additions Changes Product

SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform

SAP CPM

SAS Business Intelligence and Financial Intelligence Solutions

Yellowfin

Unique/important feature no. 3

Information management solutions for delivering data, structured or unstructured, across the enterprise that is integrated, accurate, reconciled, and well understood

For CPM - SOA-enabled; Capacity to incorporate data to integration with MDM, process measure and optimize Carbon management and portal Footprint / Offsetting technology

Security

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