Tableau, which Gartner describes as a self-contained BI platform with data mashup capabilities and direct data connectors, is one way to move when you are hitting the limits with Excel.

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Users can also submit planning data in a bi-directional way for any data platform we support including SAP, Oracle, Microsoft and Teradata.

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