What do you use to prepare your cash flow statement? Excel? HFM? Workiva? Pros/Cons. Any insight is greatly appreciated.
Does anyone has a recommendation or best practice of automating related party transaction disclosure in GSR? Currently we can upload the TB with Affiliate codes (i.e. intercompany codes) and map to corresponding COA accordingly. However, there a...
Hi, Just wanted to ask if anyone had any best practices regarding the accuracy of footnotes to tables. For example, if the ordering of footnotes is changed or if a new footnote is added to a table, what is the best way - other than just manually ...
Typically we put the change in line items in our MDA in the document. Is it better to do it in the document or in the spreadsheet
Hi, Was wondering if there's a best practice for image compression for adding images to wdesk presentations? It doesn't seem like there is currently a way to compress images directly within workiva so was wondering if there is an estimated ppi or ...
I inserted an image into a presentation and the image looks blurry versus in an actual PowerPoint. Any tips that provide better resolution?
Hello! We have currently been using Outline Labels to show where the review status of each section. Our current process has been focused around the Financial Reporting team, since we are over the audits. That being said, we are getting more depart...
Hi, We need to develop a Solution to Input & Store Notes against Accounts, where we've a common input template (spreadsheet) for all Markets. We've created a spreadsheet as a Common Input Template to input notes for different markets and defined t...
Insurance companies- What ERP systems (general ledger) do you have at your company? Curious which ones work well with Workiva too.
Written by Steve Soter. SEC filing pros may not get into the trenches in the proxy preparation process yet, but as the document grows in size and complexity, some general counsels are turning to SEC filing teams for tips on streamlining the compl...
Hello, I'm looking at ways to improve setup for our documents and spreadsheets. We have 2 separate spreadsheets (Financial Statements and MD&A) linking to the respective documents of the same name. How can we set up a single source spreadsheet and...
A few quarters ago, my team combined our two separate workbooks for our 10-Q and 10-K into a single source workbook, so we now have one workbook linked out to both our 10-Q and 10-K. After speaking with our CSM, we are now exploring the idea of do...
Dear all, I wonder what is the best way to migrate from SharePoint to Workiva? I've tried to copy&paste a entire folder and I think that's not possible (aka I have to copy documents individually). Since we have 4k+ documents in SharePoint we want ...
I am setting up a Press Release. What is the best way to do it? I will need to import excel files, so I will need the spreadsheet, but I will also have to copy over / link to the document.
Any plans create a feature to upload a trial balance or financial statements to WDesk in order to map internal controls to FSLI's?
I have tables and footnotes that go across multiple projects. Is there a way to link the tables AND words below the tables so if I update wording/formats in my main project it will update the in the other project?
Hi - I thought I did this in the past and can't figure out how to do it again. I created exhibit 99.2 in presentations and have a spreadsheet linked to it. How do I roll this presentation forward and keep the spreadsheet linked? I tried to save th...
Hello! I am wanting to build out a tieout sheet for all related numbers in the audit. Specifically, I am wanting to have a single sheet dedicated to showing that all numbers that are used in multiple areas match. An example of this would be the ...
Hi please describe pain points in SAP DM and what led your company to Workiva. Also share what you use in Workiva. We are looking for the ideal connected environment. Thanks
Our team is just implementing Workiva now and trying to determine the best way to house and link support for the footnotes. Prior to implementing Workiva, we had support in excel workbooks that produced numbers used in footnotes of the 10-Q. We we...
Our workbook supports several documents. Over time it has become difficult to follow and update. We are considering redesigning our workbook and was wondering if anyone has done this and what principles were used in deciding how to organize data
I am trying to see if Data Validation is something we should be using. Any guidance or advice is much appreciated.
Looking for some tips and tricks on best practices and most efficient ways to set up internal management reporting decks, or any "other" projects
This is not Workiva related but was hoping some users could help me out. My bank is currently using MPC to input our budget (we also upload our actual figures daily) but we are not happy with them at all. I was curious what budgeting system you ...
Has anyone built their cash flow (and I know it can't be 100% automated) in HFM vs Workiva - pros, cons?
Hello, I wanted to make sure I am understanding more about XBRL and the workbook setup. Currently we have Quarterly columns and YTD columns for our footnotes. We did that as we were told we needed two separate sections for XBRL purposes. So, eve...
I am a new user and want to create WDesk documents from existing Word documents without retyping.
It's year end, and once again I am faced with the task of rolling forward our D&O questionnaires. Ever since we have been a public company we have used MS Word for it. The current process is long, tedious and completely inefficient. I was hoping ...
I was hoping to gather some general information on Disclosure Committees for a project I'm working on. If any of you would be willing to respond I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks! • In terms of titles and functions, who attends and are considered ...
Does anyone use the Editor tool for routine internal reporting? We are considering this due our success in using the tool for external reporting and our desire to streamline our reporting processes. If you have gone down this path of utilizing t...