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Are You Equipped to Maintain Reporting Continuity During ERP Migrations?

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ERP migrations are tough enough already – ask any transformation leader leading this charge.

But do your reporting workflows have to add to the pain?

For many IT and finance ops leaders, the move from Oracle EBS to Fusion Cloud is a strategic priority. It promises scalability, modern architecture, and long-term agility. But between promise and payoff lies a transitional phase fraught with risk – especially when it comes to reporting continuity.

In this critical phase, finance teams need to reconcile across old and new systems, continue delivering reports to leadership, and maintain trust in the numbers – all without overloading Oracle or losing visibility.

Let’s unpack what makes this phase so tricky, and how GLConnect is helping transformation teams solve for it in real time.

Reconciliation Gaps During EBS to Fusion Cloud Migrations

One of the most frustrating parts of an ERP migration is the temporary – but very real – data disconnect.

Finance teams are often operating in both Oracle EBS and Fusion Cloud simultaneously during transition. But reconciling between the two? That’s a challenge. Data may be

structured differently, ledgers may not align perfectly, and the reporting solutions you used in EBS (like FSG or Discoverer) likely don’t work the same way – or at all – on Fusion.

This results in gaps in reconciliation, slow closes, and reporting delays.

Worse, these gaps erode leadership confidence at a time when clear, accurate financial data is critical for evaluating the success of the migration.

The Challenge of Hybrid Reporting Across Systems

Hybrid reporting infrastructure is essential during major transitions like EBS to Fusion Cloud.

During the move to Oracle Fusion Cloud, most organizations find themselves needing to:

  • Compare financials across systems
  • Pull from both EBS and Fusion for consolidated reports
  • Track data lineage for audit and compliance

But existing solutions struggle to handle this hybrid model. They’re typically designed to talk to either one system or the other – not both. And they certainly aren’t optimized to blend data across platforms in a single, real-time Excel report.

This is where finance teams feel stuck: they need a bridge between the two systems that doesn’t require a manual patchwork of exports and spreadsheets.

Why Traditional Reporting Solutions Can Crash Oracle with Refreshes

Even when you do get solutions to connect, the next issue hits hard: performance.

Some reporting solutions connect to Oracle, yes. But they’re notorious for straining the database. One full refresh of a complex report can overload Oracle, slowing down everyone else’s processes in the system.

This becomes a serious problem when:

  • Multiple users try to refresh reports simultaneously
  • You’re dealing with large volumes of historical and in-flight data
  • IT is already stretched t

Your reporting tool needs to be a support system – not a system stressor. But that’s rarely the case with legacy tools.

How GLConnect Enables Seamless Cross-Platform Reporting (Yes, Even During the Transition Phase!)

GLConnect was built for exactly this kind of challenge.

It connects natively to both Oracle EBS and Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP – and gives finance teams the ability to run reports across systems inside Excel. That means no switching tools (and context), no jumping between platforms, and no waiting on IT.

Here’s how GLConnect eases the pain of ERP migration reporting:

  • Hybrid reporting: Pull data from both EBS and Fusion into a single Excel report
  • Near real-time data access: Refresh reports with one click, without system slowdowns
  • Subledger drilldowns: Perform reconciliations across old and new platforms
  • Custom hierarchies: Align structures across systems for apples-to-apples comparisons

But that’s not even the best part. It is that GLConnect does all of this (and more) without overloading Oracle unnecessarily, thanks to optimized queries and Excel-side processing.

Real Stories from Finance Teams Navigating Cloud Transitions

We’ve seen this unfold firsthand with finance teams leading major transitions. At Oxford University, the financial reporting team faced a challenge:

maintaining visibility across Oracle EBS and newly implemented Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP. Instead of duplicating work and relying on disconnected reporting, they used GL Connect to unify live data from both systems – directly within Excel.

With GL Connect, Oxford built a hybrid reporting environment, allowing them to reconcile historical and new system data seamlessly. They eliminated the need for parallel manual reconciliations and accelerated their close cycle by 35% during the transition phase. Audit preparation was another hurdle. By using GLConnect’s real-time drill-down features,

the team provided auditors with direct access to transaction-level details without IT intervention, ensuring faster audit cycles and improved compliance readiness. These kinds of stories are becoming more common. As cloud migrations speed up, organizations are finding that reporting continuity tools like GL Connect are critical to avoid disruption and maintain financial control.

Ready for a Smoother Migration from EBS to Cloud? We’re Here to Help

Cloud transitions don’t have to disrupt your financial visibility. With GL Connect, finance and transformation teams can stay in control—before, during, and after ERP migrations.

GL Connect offers:

Hybrid, cross-system reporting

Seamless reconciliation across ledgers

Real-time drilldowns from summary to transaction

Minimal learning curve for finance users

Click here to schedule a GLConnect demo!

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