xP&A – Extended Planning & Analysis for Integrated Business Planning

With xP&A, you can plan in an integrated, collaborative, and real-time environment—directly within modern BI platforms such as Qlik Sense and Power BI.

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From Isolated Financial Planning to Integrated Business Management

What Makes xP&A So Special?

The key benefits at a glance—helping you achieve greater efficiency, transparency, and future-ready planning.

Integration of Operational Data

Financial and operational data combined in a single model—for a unified view of your business. xP&A connects financial data with operational metrics from sales, HR, production, and logistics, enabling consistent planning across all functions and levels of the organization.

Real-Time Planning & Scenario Modeling

Simulate business developments in real time and optimize forecasts directly within your BI environment. Thanks to write-back capabilities, values can be adjusted, forecasts updated, and scenarios modeled instantly—all within the same platform.

Collaborative Planning

A planning process that involves everyone—transparent, aligned, and fully version-controlled. All business functions work together within a single planning model, eliminating data silos while ensuring complete version control and historical tracking.

AI-Powered Analytics

Leverage machine learning to enhance planning, forecasting, and decision-making. Artificial intelligence supports forecasting, trend analysis, and variance interpretation—enabling data-driven decisions instead of relying on intuition.

No System Silos, No Duplicate Data Sources

xP&A creates a single source of truth, ensuring that all business functions work with the same data—in real time, fully transparent, and seamlessly integrated into your BI platform.

Benefits Within the BI Environment

Traditional BI tools focus on analyzing actual performance data. xP&A extends this approach by bringing planning, forecast input, version control, approval workflows, and scenario modeling directly into your BI environment.

Integration of Operational Data

Financial and operational data combined in a single model—for a unified view of your business. xP&A connects financial data with operational metrics from sales, HR, production, and logistics, enabling consistent planning across all functions and levels of the organization.

Real-Time Planning & Scenario Modeling

Simulate business developments in real time and optimize forecasts directly within your BI environment. Thanks to write-back capabilities, values can be adjusted, forecasts updated, and scenarios modeled instantly—all within the same platform.

Collaborative Planning

A planning process that involves everyone—transparent, aligned, and fully version-controlled. All business functions work together within a single planning model, eliminating data silos while ensuring complete version control and historical tracking.

AI-Powered Analytics

Leverage machine learning to enhance planning, forecasting, and decision-making. Artificial intelligence supports forecasting, trend analysis, and variance interpretation—enabling data-driven decisions instead of relying on intuition.

No System Silos, No Duplicate Data Sources

xP&A creates a single source of truth, ensuring that all business functions work with the same data—in real time, fully transparent, and seamlessly integrated into your BI platform.

Benefits Within the BI Environment

Traditional BI tools focus on analyzing actual performance data. xP&A extends this approach by bringing planning, forecast input, version control, approval workflows, and scenario modeling directly into your BI environment.

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xP&A in Your BI Environment – Finally Uniting Planning and Analytics

Bring planning, forecasting, and reporting directly into Qlik Sense or Power BI. With an xP&A solution, you can work in an integrated, collaborative, and real-time environment—without switching systems or relying on disconnected Excel spreadsheets. As an insightsoftware Gold Partner, we support you throughout the entire journey—from selecting the right technology, such as Fiplana, Vizlib, or Power ON, to successful implementation. We deliver your planning use case end-to-end, from defining planning structures and hierarchies to data modeling and storing results in the database of your choice.

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xP&A in Qlik Sense

Write planning data back directly using write-back extensions such as Fiplana. Qlik Sense supports xP&A through powerful write-back capabilities, enabled by solutions like Fiplana that integrate seamlessly into the Qlik interface. This allows users to enter planning data, adjust forecasts, and model scenarios in real time—without switching systems or exporting data to Excel.

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xP&A in Power BI

Move from analysis to active planning with Power ON. Power BI can be extended with planning capabilities through solutions such as Power ON.This transforms Power BI into a central platform for budgeting, forecasting, version control, and approval workflows—all fully integrated into your existing data model.

xP&A in Qlik Sense

Write planning data back directly using write-back extensions such as Fiplana. Qlik Sense supports xP&A through powerful write-back capabilities, enabled by solutions like Fiplana that integrate seamlessly into the Qlik interface. This allows users to enter planning data, adjust forecasts, and model scenarios in real time—without switching systems or exporting data to Excel.

Geschäftsmann tippt am Laptop

xP&A in Power BI

Move from analysis to active planning with Power ON. Power BI can be extended with planning capabilities through solutions such as Power ON.This transforms Power BI into a central platform for budgeting, forecasting, version control, and approval workflows—all fully integrated into your existing data model.

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