Forrester found that by moving from a legacy reporting platform to a more flexible and dynamic reporting environment, organizations can realize benefits around greater employee efficiency and improved visibility and consistency of financial information.

Having accurate and consistent data originating from a single source of truth improves financial visibility, which decreases the likelihood of errors related to sales or compliance information. Furthermore, the study quantified the financial impact of improved financial visibility.

Once implemented with the right architecture, Actuate allows higher-value development resources to be shifted away from report generation and replaced by lower-cost resources. The ability to have a core reporting platform reduces the developer burden while at the same time automates the process of extracting and pushing information to end users.