For decades, Microsoft Excel has been the backbone of financial reporting. From Finance Controllers to Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) teams in the CFO’s Office, Excel-driven processes have dominated the preparation of Trial Balance Reports, Balance Sheets, P&L Statements, Cash Flow Reports, etc. 

But let’s face it—these reports often come at a cost: 

• Manual Data Retrieval from Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) and Oracle Fusion. 

• SQL Queries and IT dependency for every ad-hoc request 

• Delayed data retrieval. 

• Multiple Iterations to cleanse and format data 

• Delayed Closing books and outdated balances 

• Outdated Trial Balances that miss recent journal entries. 

• Static P&L snapshots instead of dynamic, drillable statements. 

• Manual tie-outs between GL and subledgers, consuming team bandwidth. 

• Uncontrolled Excel extracts raise red flags for auditors, security, and data governance teams. 

This isn’t just inefficient—it’s risky, and it’s certainly not scalable. 

The Hidden Cost of Manual GL Reporting 

When your teams spend hours pulling data from Oracle ERP systems, you’re not just wasting time—you’re compromising data accuracy, timeliness, and compliance. 

• Data Governance Risks: Manual intervention often violates security protocols, exposing sensitive financial data. 

• Human Error: Every manual touchpoint increases the risk of inaccuracies in Trial Balance, Journal Entries, and Reconciliation Reports. 

• Lost Productivity: Did you know modern FP&A teams spend 75% of their time on data gathering and only 25% on strategic analysis? 

This means your finance team is stuck in the past, while your competitors are moving toward real-time financial intelligence. 

Enter Orbit GLSense: Empowering Finance Teams to Take Control 

Orbit GLSense is a game-changing, self-service purpose-built reporting software for Oracle EBS and Oracle Fusion users. It transforms the way Finance teams access and analyse General Ledger data — all from the comfort of Microsoft Excel, but without the traditional data chaos. 

Orbit GLSense helps build financial reports like Trial Balance, Balance Sheets, P&L Statements, Cash Flow statements, etc. Users can select specific Ledgers they have access to, Activities, like Debit or Credit or NET for either entire year or quarter or period or even a specific range between different period, actuals and budgets and various other options, allowing users with a flexibility to build reports as needed.  

Once the reports are built, users can drill down to the Journal level and even further to the Subledger Transactional level real time, enabling Finance teams validate, reconcile, close periods/ books faster, publish P&L statements, Balance Sheet or Cash Flow statements and make strategic decisions spontaneously, keeping them ahead and competitive.   

While organizations switch from Oracle EBS to Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP. Or even have multiple ERP instances that don’t talk to each other. GLSense empowers users to build unified reporting. They can even import their existing EBS FSG reports to Orbit. With a wide range of capabilities from security to data governance and unified reporting capabilities, Orbit GLSense becomes the only go-to software for finance reporting for Oracle EBS on prem, on cloud and Fusion Applications, where one can streamline financial reporting processes, ensure data accuracy, and empower finance users to focus on meaningful analysis and make strategic decision-making. 

In Summary, with GLSense, Finance users can: 

✅ Build accurate, audit-ready Trial Balances, P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow reports in minutes 
✅ Drill down to journal lines and source transactions in real time — no IT dependency 
✅ Consolidate across multiple ledgers, legal entities, or business units with ease 
✅ Use Balance Configurator to filter by period, quarter, year, or custom date ranges 
✅ Choose specific GL dimensions — such as natural account, cost center, business unit, or project 
✅ Ensure data security and governance with enterprise-grade controls and access policies 

And all of this is done in Excel.  

Customer Spotlight: Abu Dhabi Investment Council 

Here’s what Abu Dhabi Investment Council, a long-time user of GLSense, shared about their experience: 

“GLSense is a game-changing tool enabling the team to access GL information in real time. Using Excel functionality to access the GL, GLSense empowers the team by providing the tools they need, allowing for a deep analysis of GL data. We have sharpened our focus on value-added activities, transitioning from two-dimensional reporting to multi-dimensional analysis, providing insightful guidance to support the business using GLSense.” 

Why GLSense is a CFO’s Advantage 

Finance executives who implement GLSense experience: 

• Faster period close cycles with fewer reconciliation delays. 

• Trustworthy real-time balances during board reporting and investor presentations. 

• Seamless migration from Oracle EBS to Fusion, with reporting continuity intact. 

• Reduced audit headaches, since no uncontrolled spreadsheets sit outside secured ERP boundaries. 

• Strategic reallocation of time—from account-level reconciliations to business performance insights. 

• In other words: less firefighting, more foresight. 

Bottom Line 

The days of finance teams manually stitch together Trial Balances, reconciliations, and period-end packs are over. 

CFOs who embrace GLSense gain real-time, drillable, audit-compliant reporting—delivered directly inside Excel, the tool their teams already know best. 

With GLSense, Finance doesn’t just report numbers—it empowers decision-making with confidence, speed, and control. 

Are you ready to give your finance team the power of real-time GL intelligence?