Replacement Guide

How to Build Your Own Board

Replace Board with a custom build. Agentic AI for Continuous Planning

Few Days
39 features3 integrations3-5 days

Estimated Timeline

Based on 39 features at Few Days difficulty, expect about 3-5 days with AI-assisted development.

1
Architecture & setup
Half day
2
Core features
2-3 days
3
Testing & polish
1 day

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Key Features to Replicate

Top features across 8 categories. See all 39 features

Analytics(7 features)

Analytical Functions

Out-of-the-box functions to build and enrich analyses, dashboards, or reports including min/max, average, standard deviation, and business-specific algorithms

Drag and Drop Analysis

Build analysis from simple reports to sophisticated performance management applications using drag and drop measures, dimensions, and graphical objects

Drill Anywhere

No more preconfigured drill-down paths; Board automatically proposes possible drill down paths for data exploration

Drill Back to Source Systems

Data federation capabilities allow managing aggregate data in Board while directly accessing information within source systems when drilling down

Drill Through

Drill from one report to another, instantly providing various views and perspectives of analysis on the same set of data

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Integration(4 features)

Data Connectivity

Pre-built data connectors minimize the time and effort needed to access and use data from various sources

ERP Database Write-Back

Automatically write back outcomes of any budget/data-entry cycle directly into the ERP database, integrating transactional and planning systems

Office Add-InPremium

Additional component to enhance Enterprise Planning solutions

SAP ConnectorPremium

Integration component for connecting to SAP systems

Planning(4 features)

Real-Time Modeling

Modify data models during a planning or forecasting process without affecting users' operations; insert new business units, products, or markets on-the-fly

Reverse Algorithm

Propagate changes across dimensions and hierarchies to calculated fields automatically reflecting changes throughout the system

Scenarios and Versions

Generate unlimited plan versions and scenarios to easily track the evolution of forecasts and plans over time and compare them with results

Simulation

Advanced what-if and what-for analysis capabilities combined with ability to create and manage scenarios to compare business assumptions and simulate future outcomes

AI(3 features)

AI-Powered Smarter DecisionsAI

Unlock the full value of enterprise data with AI and ML

Board Enterprise Analytics Modeling (BEAM)AIPremium

Predictive analytics solution to take forecasting to the next level and make Board-based plans more intelligent using AI/ML-driven insights

Persona-Based AI AgentsAI

AI agents trained on high-impact use cases to help teams continuously plan and forecast more confidently

Collaboration(3 features)

Commentary and File Attachment

Associate any type of file including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, RTF, and image files with individual cells to qualify numeric or textual information

Enterprise-Wide Collaboration

Share real-time insights across teams and departments

Multi-User Concurrent Data Entry

Simultaneous multi-user data-entry supported through native logical function, spreading changes to all levels of detail with guaranteed data integrity

Infrastructure(3 features)

Flexible Deployment

Implement Board on-premise, on-hosting, or on-cloud with equal reliability and security, switching models as needed

Parallel EnginesPremium

Additional component to enhance Enterprise Planning solutions

Scalable Architecture

Advanced in-memory server clustering ensures full horizontal scalability with read and write support

Data Management(2 features)

Adaptive Aggregation

Change or add dimensions on-the-fly to instantly re-aggregate all data across new dimension for flexible data modeling

Unified Data View

Multi-layer security model providing cell-level security tailored to individual users, roles, and groups

Business Logic(1 features)

Business Rules

Procedures engine allowing configuration of pre-built rules for key business processes including driver-based allocations, eliminations, conversions, and consolidations

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