About Financial Analyzer

Definition: Financial Analyzer

Financial Analyzer is a distributed software application that you can use to:

• Report and analyze corporate financial data and create financial budgets, forecasts, and plans

• Create and run financial models

• Configure an efficient and convenient financial system for your business

Financial Analyzer runs on a combination of networked personal computers and servers. A variety of software modules, known as workstations, are installed on the personal computers and servers and are set up to access common databases, called shared databases. These shared databases contain data and structures that are used throughout the Financial Analyzer system.

If web listener software has been installed and configured on the server, Financial Analyzer reports, graphs, and data entry forms can also be accessed through a web browser.

Types of workstations

The Financial Analyzer environment includes two basic types of workstations, administrator workstations and user workstations.

The following types of administrator workstations are supported:

• Super administrator workstation

• Administrator workstations

• Task Processor workstations

The following types of user workstations are supported:

• Budget workstations

• Analyst workstations

Types of databases

The following table describes the types of databases that can be associated with Financial Analyzer workstations.

Database	Description
Personal	Personal databases are used to store objects, and on some types of workstations, financial data. Objects include dimensions, financial data items, attributes, and hierarchies, as well as documents such as reports, worksheets and graphs.
Shared	The shared database contains financial data and objects that are shared by all users. Shared databases are maintained by administrators.

Tiered system design

Using the Super administrator workstation as the starting point, you can build a tiered architecture by creating subordinate administrator workstations, which can in turn be used to create other subordinate administrator workstations.

This tiered approach to system design reduces the size and complexity of the top-level structures and permits greater autonomy and control at lower-level and remote sites.