Category: Blog

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”https://www.e-magination.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Screen-Shot-2015-09-06-at-5.34.55-PM.png” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] We see it all the time; Finance Managers working themselves to the bone at month end and churning out report after report for at least 5 straight days, sometimes […]

If you are still doing things the way you used to do them years ago and with as little success, then you need to take a long hard look at your business. This year has already shown itself to be one where things are done differently, and with a focus on finding what works and […]

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[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] If you were wondering whether you need our solutions then just ask yourself if doing your month end reporting takes longer than 15 seconds. If the answer is yes, then read on! At e-magination Infosolutions we have worked with a wide range of business types and sizes, and we have […]

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]   There are a lot of software vendors and developers out there that are trying to convince you that your business needs their technology, and that your business and data needs can all be met from a single cookie-cutter mould technology solution. We don’t feel that way about our solutions, […]

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] It is considered quite the contentious subject and tends to ruffle a few feathers when asked to define what BI (Business Intelligence) is. A lot of businesses rely on the fact that a large portion of the market recognises BI as a standalone technology that requires it’s own set of […]

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] A successful business with an active plan for growth will never be able to use the same technologies and processes as it did in its early days as it does in its hey days. With more staff and more business comes a bigger need for […]

Launching your business today is daunting, there are so many startups that shoot to fame and yet an inordinate number of businesses with great ideas just go nowhere. The current startup scene in South Africa is obsessed with ‘getting funding’ and ‘pitching business ideas’ in edgy new ways in front of an industry-appropriate celebrity panel. […]

Often the initial reaction to our solutions from Financial Managers and CFOs is fear and resistance. They worry that our solutions are a threat to their livelihood or that it will disrupt the delicate balancing-act of workbooks and VLookups that they have created over the years to offer the same results that our solutions can […]

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] How To fill down values into blank cells Are you sourcing data from reports that have line items grouped with totals, but no column that you can use to group or filter these line items? With Power Query’s Fill Down feature, you can add a column […]