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November 15, 2023

Excel vs. FP&A Platforms: Choosing the Right Vehicle for Your Financial Journey

Discover why FP&A platforms are like modern off-road vehicles, purpose-built for your data-driven financial expedition.

Imagine you're embarking on a cross-country road trip, and you're faced with a choice of vehicles to take you on this adventure. In this scenario, Microsoft Excel represents a trusty, old Sedan. It's reliable, has been with you for years, and can certainly get you from point A to point B. You're familiar with its quirks and features, and it's served you well on many trips.  

However, as you plan this particular journey, you realize that the road ahead is long, winding, and filled with unexpected twists and turns. You're not just going from one city to another; you're navigating through varying terrains, changing weather conditions, and complex detours. You need a vehicle that's specifically designed for this challenging journey, something more robust and equipped for the task.  

This is where dedicated FP&A platforms and solutions come into play. They are like a modern, rugged off-road vehicle, purpose-built for your cross-country expedition. These specialized platforms offer advanced features and capabilities that Excel simply can't match. They provide a smoother ride on rough terrain, advanced navigation tools for complex routes, climate control for all weather conditions, and a spacious interior that comfortably accommodates all your travel companions. Plus, they offer the additional power to work at speed over large data and handle complex calculations, ensuring you reach your financial destination with agility and precision.  

So, while Excel may have served you well for local trips or basic commuting, the specialized FP&A platforms are your best choice when you're facing a challenging, data-driven financial journey. They offer the power, flexibility, and reliability you need to conquer the complexities of modern financial planning and analysis, ensuring a successful and efficient voyage to your financial destination.

Navigating Your Financial Journey with Metapraxis

This journey mirrors the challenges faced with your existing ERP and accounting systems, which efficiently generate standard data but lack the intelligence and user-friendly clarity needed for insights. This is where Metapraxis comes in as the modern off-road vehicle, empowering you to extract genuine intelligence from your financial systems, all without costly replacements and at a cost that makes sense.

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What’s a Rich Text element?

The rich text element allows you to create and format headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, images, and video all in one place instead of having to add and format them individually. Just double-click and easily create content.

Static and dynamic content editing

A rich text element can be used with static or dynamic content. For static content, just drop it into any page and begin editing. For dynamic content, add a rich text field to any collection and then connect a rich text element to that field in the settings panel. Voila!

How to customize formatting for each rich text

Headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, figures, images, and figure captions can all be styled after a class is added to the rich text element using the "When inside of" nested selector system.

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