You know the old saying “work smarter, not harder?” Turns out that’s easier said than done. How can your finance team transform the way it works and add strategic value to your organization? How can you shift your focus from menial tasks to tactical execution, and ultimately from tactical to strategic activities? In most companies, financial reporting consumes an inordinate amount of time and energy.

Since Snowflake’s inception, we’ve had the needs of our customers as our North Star, with a clear focus on security and governance of data. Early on we also committed to continuous innovations to improve performance and reduce latencies, and by virtue of our business model continuously improve the economics for our customers.

A good data visual can provide a very fast construct of a situation or trend – useful when you have a large, complex dataset or information that isn’t joined or connected. There are many types of data visualizations available. Which is the right one for your use case?

Your business needs actionable insights from your Oracle ERP data to respond to volatile market conditions and outpace your competition. But generating custom reports requires deep technical knowledge and the process is often managed by IT. The process can often take weeks, if not months, and, in many cases, the report or dashboard is limited to a single use case and applicable only to a single business unit or user – often only the requester.