I appreciate its user-friendliness, especially for business users who may not be very tech-savvy. In many organizations, there's a mix of IT professionals and business users with varying levels of technical expertise. One of the strengths of the solution includes a feature similar to SmartView, is that it allows users to work with Excel. Since Excel is a widely familiar tool, it reduces the learning curve and makes it more accessible to a broader audience within the organization. The workflow feature within the solution is particularly valuable. It simplifies complex processes into a step-by-step sequence, making it easy for users to follow along.

The most valuable feature of CCH Tagetik is form creation. 

APM, which deals with the details of data and has calculation functions included. It is very powerful. Accounting and financial departments members like it. 

I've primarily worked with CCH Tagetik as a consultant, handling implementations and not providing day-to-day user support. I initially appreciated the unified platform, the Ownership Structure Register, which benefits certain entities. The workflow feature is great, but it can become overly detailed and lacks clear guidance on design. The solution is good in terms of storage. 

The on-the-fly consolidation engine, including on-the-fly currency translation, allows for a very dynamic approach to consolidation and reporting. Calculating only the legal consolidation hierarchy allows for the real time presentation of alternative consolidation hierarchies (e.g. managerial, geographical, fiscal) without the need to calculate / consolidate those alternative hierarchies. In combination with the multidimensional datamodel this helps finance departments to quickly adapt to changing requirements in the business landscape.

Tagetik has managed to deliver a very complete, powerful, scalable and single database solution for amongst others, financial consolidation, budgeting & planning, and disclosure management. The financial intelligence embedded in the solution is a clear differentiator.

It's user friendly, and it doesn't require code programming, with only the parameters needing to be entered.