What is Google Sheets and how does it work?

Google Sheets is a cloud-based spreadsheet application that enables real-time collaboration and data analysis across teams. Part of Google Workspace, it allows multiple users to create, edit, and share spreadsheets from any device with internet access, automatically saving changes and maintaining version history.

Benefits of Integrating Google Sheets with Abacum

The Google Sheets integration with Abacum empowers finance teams to leverage familiar spreadsheet workflows while gaining enterprise-grade FP&A capabilities, eliminating the chaos of disconnected files and manual consolidation.

• Seamlessly import existing financial models from Google Sheets into Abacum's structured environment without rebuilding from scratch

• Maintain bidirectional data sync between Sheets and Abacum, allowing teams to work in their preferred environment while ensuring data consistency

• Transform static spreadsheets into dynamic planning models with automated data flows, version control, and audit trails

• Enable cross-functional collaboration by allowing non-finance teams to contribute via Google Sheets while finance maintains control in Abacum

• Automate report generation and distribution by pushing Abacum's insights back to Google Sheets for stakeholder consumption

• Eliminate version control issues and broken formulas common in spreadsheet-based planning through Abacum's unified data model