Aside from the general-application Budgeting & Reporting module, Business Objects also offers targeted modules that provide for a broad range of specialised budgeting processes. All these modules are compatible with the standard reporting functions available in Planning.

These offerings are broken down into sections

Long-Range Planning

Business Objects Strategic Planning

Allows for the creation of strategic plans and initiatives in a centralised location. Once created these plans can be mixed, matched, modelled, compared, approved or discarded.

Business Objects Capital Planning

Project and capital planning is central to many businesses and this module provides the functionality to plan these projects as part of a broad capital plan.

Business Objects Forecasting

Provides functionality specifically designed to create budgeting targets and provide those to budget developers before they begin the cycle.

Real-Time Reporting

Planning offers genuine real-time reporting as part of the standard application, however the following specialised modules have been created within this area:

BusinessObjects Consolidations

Financial consolidation, especially across entities and currencies can be a complex task. This module allows for a streamlined solution for the entire process - from data collection to journal entries.

BusinessObjects Productivity Management

This solution is designed to assist in the management of staffing levels to provide optimal deployment plans for your valuable personnel.

Incentive Compensation Management

The most recent development is a comprehensive Incentive Compensation Management system that supports and integrates the complex plans with disparate data sources and multiple variables. Plans can easily be aligned with the corporate strategy and new plans can be analysed against existing models to view the effects.