Central to any decision support system is the ability to compare planning data with actual data. In the information and flexible planning systems, you can view up-to-date actual data as well as enter planning data. Moreover, you can model different planning approaches and store them in parallel as different versions.

As in the information systems, planning is based on information structures. This means that planning data is located on the same levels as your actual data and is therefore directly comparable with it.

You maintain data in an easy-to-use planning table in which each column represents a period of time. Various tools such as the forecast, events, macros, and distribution functions facilitate data entry and enhance the accuracy of your predictions.

In the planning table, you can switch views on your data such that you focus, for example, on either several key figures of one article or one key figure of several articles.

Interactive graphics allow you not only to display but also to change your planning data by simply clicking and dragging with the mouse.