Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) has been the backbone of financial and operational systems for decades. Its strength lies in its flexibility, the ability to configure and customize for nearly any business process. But when it comes to reporting, many organizations find themselves stuck in a cycle of delays, manual effort, and overreliance on IT.
The reality is that Oracle EBS was designed first as a transactional system, not as a high-performance reporting tool. This gap between operations and reporting continues to hold finance and business leaders back.
Why Traditional EBS Reporting Creates Bottlenecks?
Organizations often find that EBS reporting introduces challenges that become more pronounced as data volumes grow and reporting needs expand:
· IT dependency: Most business users lack direct access to the data they need. Even small report changes often require IT involvement, creating delays.
· Limited drill-down capabilities: Standard reports show summary data but make it difficult to trace numbers back to detailed transactions.
· Static outputs: Data often needs to be exported into Excel, cleaned, reformatted, and manually tied out before it can be analyzed.
· Month-end pressure: These inefficiencies pile up during the financial close, stretching cycles into long nights and lost weekends.
In short, finance professionals spend more time preparing reports than analysing them, leaving little room for value-added insights.
The Shift Toward Real-Time, Self-Service Reporting
Today’s finance leaders can no longer afford reporting bottlenecks. The expectation is agility: being able to respond to shifting markets, evolving compliance requirements, and executive demands without waiting on IT queues.
This is where modern reporting tools like SplashBI step in. Instead of fighting through static, IT-driven processes, SplashBI delivers reporting directly into the hands of business users. The benefits are immediate:
· Real-time access to Oracle EBS data
· Self-service capabilities so finance can create, customize, and refresh reports without technical help
· Drill-down functionality to move from summary balances to journal lines with a single click
· Accelerated close cycles, freeing up days during reporting week
· Greater confidence in numbers, since data stays connected to Oracle EBS and does not require error-prone exports
What Modernized EBS Reporting Looks Like ?
Imagine this scenario:
A controller reviewing preliminary trial balances spots a variance. Instead of emailing IT or exporting a report to Excel for manipulation, they simply refresh their data in real time, drill down directly to the journal entry, and trace the discrepancy back to the source transaction within minutes.
Or consider a finance team preparing consolidated reports for executives. Instead of manually pulling multiple reports, reformatting them, and validating formulas, the team runs prebuilt templates that refresh across all tabs in Excel instantly.
These are the kinds of efficiencies SplashBI makes possible, shifting the role of finance from data wranglers to strategic analysts.
Why This Matters Now ?
As organizations look to do more with less, reporting agility becomes a competitive advantage. The difference between waiting days for a report and generating it in minutes can define how fast a company adapts to market conditions, regulatory changes, or internal decisions.
By modernizing reporting, finance teams not only save time but also reclaim the strategic role they are meant to play: driving insight, guiding leadership, and shaping the future of the business.
Learning Objectives from Our OATUG EBS Week Session
Our upcoming session, “Modernizing EBS Reporting: Eliminating Bottlenecks with Self-Service and Real-Time Access,” will show exactly how organizations can transform their EBS reporting experience. You will:
You will see how SplashBI empowers finance teams with self-service, real-time access to EBS data, helping you close faster, report smarter, and make better business decisions.
Register today and take the first step toward transforming your reporting strategy.