Company Info: Based in Stamford, CT, USA Thousands of users world wide Holds patent on API Wizard dynamic technology

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1 Company Info: Based in Stamford, CT, USA Thousands of users world wide Holds patent on API Wizard dynamic technology API Wizard is one enterprise tool that allows users to streamline all Oracle EBS data processing through Excel.

2 Fundamental Oracle problem Organizations waste thousands of resource hours each year because Oracle EBS is inefficient. It s hard to get business data in and out of Oracle. The standard interfaces for data entry & data updating are time consuming and prone to manual data entry errors The reporting interfaces are incomplete and outdated. Oracle development tools don t make it easy for I.T. to provide and maintain powerful, efficient, user friendly solutions. This wastes time for multiple people, delays decisions, and introduces opportunities for bad data to get into the system.

3 What Are Your Options? Oracle EBS customers typically employ a patchwork of tools and approaches, and significant time and effort every year, in an ongoing effort to reduce Oracle data processing pains and bottlenecks. Each tool and approach has its drawbacks - Maintaining several tools from a support and maintenance perspective can be burdensome for IT -Training users on several tools can be confusing and time consuming -No cohesive integration between tools -Lack of prevalidation can introduce bad data in the system

4 API Wizard vs. Standard Forms/WebADI Easy Excel interface for multiple business processes Pre-validates data in spreadsheet Handles large loads of data easily & quickly Prebuilt loaders & reports & easy point n click to build custom Requires multiple forms/templates for simple processes, Interface not user friendly No Pre-validation Slow, takes hours for small data loads IT or Consultants must program and build multiple templates & reports Easy to customize, format, add business rules &Validations, workflows, scheduling Would require programming expertise Supports parent/child relationships & multiple APIs in one template Easy audit all data created Does not support Does not support

5 API Wizard vs. Screen Emulators/Dataloader Process thousands of records fast Slow processing time Pre-validates data in spreadsheet, users can correct errors in Excel No Pre-validation Work on other things during upload Stable architecture with rollback support,commit frequency, status bar and scheduling Easy to customize, format, add business rules & validations, workflows, scheduling Easy audit all data created Requires babysitting, locks up computer Prone to falling over, unstable, can waste hours waiting and at risk for data corruption & incorrect data being loaded Does not support Does not support

6 API Wizard vs. IT extensions/custom programs Easy Excel interface Custom interface requires user training Easy to maintain & support, immune to patching and upgrades Works with advanced record types without programming IT must keep custom program with all Oracle changes and update every PC IT must create wrappers to handle complex data types Easily audit all data created Setup templates & reports in minutes Provides real time status bar & rollback Would require programming expertise Custom programs require SDLC process In both pl/sql & java to integrate with APIs Would require programming expertise

7 API Wizard vs. One Off Tools Patented technology, fiexible & immune to Oracle patches, version Support full dynamic reporting in Excel with live access to Oracle data Prebuilt loaders & reports or use an easy point n click builder for custom loaders & reports in minutes, tailored to your specific business processes Support any business process in any Oracle area, thousands of processes Update master data, validate & upload transactional data & report across entire EBS In one Excel based tool Ability to create workflows, schedule Jobs and monitor status Harded coded, inflexible, susceptible to Oracle changes, upgrades, versions No reporting, only exports of data, not live data Hard coded prebuilt templates only covering certain processes, not tailored to your business processes Limited offering, only some Oracle processes offered Each process requires a separate tool, purchase and support Not offered

8 API Wizard solves the problem by combining Oracle and Excel Excel User Interface 50-90% Faster Replaces Oracle forms Fully validated No technical assistance needed Upload into any Oracle module Significant annual savings Data Entry / Updates Excel User Interface Instant access to live Oracle data Integrate into your analysis Charts, graphs, pivot tables, slicers Report across every module Improve decision making Reporting Excel User Interface Configure vs develop Powerful IDE Easy and intuitive point & click builder Centralized control Enforces Oracle security & EBS roles More done with less effort Development

9 Data Entry Work done in a fraction of the time it takes in Oracle Oracle Tedious, slow, and convoluted API Wizard Fast and Easy! Vs Processing 20 records in Oracle can take an hour or more and requires using multiple forms The same work in API Wizard only takes a few minutes in one worksheet

10 Reporting Live Oracle reporting in Excel Oracle EBS reporting environment in Microsoft Excel. Easy, efficient, and intuitive. Replace Discoverer and FSGs, augment and compliment your BI strategy Completely integrated with API Wizard Excel-based data entry and data maintenance Drilldowns Pivot tables / Slicers Dashboarding Individual cell formula reports Drilldown ability for any type of report. Drilldown wizard to easily create new drilldowns. Pivot tables and slicers provide a powerful way to 'slice and dice' your Oracle data. Totally integrated with API Wizard. Dashboards can include reports (e.g. top 10 lists), pivot tables, graphs, charts, and other visualizations. Single-cell formulas allow you to create very modular report formulas which can be used in many different types of analysis

11 Development Build Excel-based applications for Oracle in minutes! API Wizard makes it easy to use Oracle s integration points. API Wizard provides: Powerful Integrated Development Environment Patented point and click Builder Ability to rapidly author Excel loaders and reports in minutes without programming Supports any Oracle API or custom API Link loaders or reports together in one template or sheet

12 Examples of how customers use API Wizard These are a short list of examples, there is much more you can do in API Wizard! Transactional data AP and AR invoices Cash application Orders Contracts Inventory movements Sales Project tasks / tracking Time and expense Purchase orders and requisitions Etc Reporting Financial reports AP and AR Agings On-hand quantity Budgets Asset info and depreciation Bookings Order fulfillment Projects reports Margin by customer Margin by product Etc Master data Vendors Customers Items Employees Etc. Periodic Tasks Period financial close Price list updates Updating BOMs Physical inventory Budgets Salary updates Etc. Project Tasks Upgrading Rolling out new modules Switching to multi-org Acquisitions Restructuring Etc Setup data Key flexfield setups Value set values Org and location setups Users / responsibilities Etc

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14 CONCLUSION API Wizard is the enterprise productivity platform that lets people do any Oracle EBS data entry, data updating, and reporting work in Excel. Replace the patchwork of tools and approaches that cost time and money throughout the year and don t even solve the Oracle problems!