Brydens BI has developed a proven Datascape by Datacom integration that helps finance teams extend their ERP environment with stronger reporting, budgeting, forecasting, management reporting and FP&A capability.
Following a recent Australian Local Council project delivered alongside DataScape, Brydens BI now has an established integration pattern that connects Datascape into a cloud-based Finance Data Warehouse designed for finance reporting, analysis and planning.
For organisations already using Datascape, the challenge is often not the ERP itself, but how to extend it for better management reporting, board reporting, budgeting, forecasting, dashboards, and FP&A. That is where Brydens BI helps, delivering Datascape reporting and planning solutions that give finance teams clearer insight and stronger decision support.
Why Datascape Users Need Better Reporting, Planning, Budgeting and FP&A Solutions
Datascape provides strong core ERP capability. For many finance teams, however, the next requirement is not another operational system. It is better visibility, better planning, and better decision support.
Senior finance staff typically need more than transactional processing and standard operational reports. They need management reporting, board reporting, budget-to-actual analysis, commitments visibility, drill-through to transaction detail, forecasting, scenario modelling, and a more controlled way to continue using Excel.
That is where Brydens BI fits. We specialise in finance reporting, planning models, FP&A, management reporting and BI solutions that sit around core financial and operational systems.
A proven Datascape integration built in a live council environment
Brydens BI recently completed a project alongside DataScape for an Australian Local Council that was moving from another system to Datascape. This transition created an opportunity not just to connect the new platform, but to improve the finance reporting environment around it.
In this specific case, the client was migrating from a previous system into Datascape. Because of that, Brydens BI was able to repurpose much of the client’s existing report suite. This accelerated delivery, reduced disruption for finance users, and helped preserve continuity in management reporting during the move to Datascape.
At the same time, Brydens BI worked with DataScape to define the API setup and the integration approach needed to extract key finance data and load it into a cloud-based Finance Data Warehouse optimised for reporting and planning.
What Brydens BI delivered for Datascape
The delivered solution established a working Datascape integration and a finance-ready reporting foundation. Initial scope included both General Ledger transaction detail and Commitments, giving the client immediate value in high-demand finance reporting areas.
- A proven Datascape integration layer
- A cloud-based Finance Data Warehouse designed for finance analytics
- General Ledger transaction detail extraction and modelling
- Commitments extraction and modelling
- A rich suite of finance reports
- On-demand report refresh capability
- Easy interaction with Excel for finance users
- A foundation for budgeting, forecasting and broader FP&A
This means Brydens BI is no longer approaching Datascape as a greenfield technical unknown. We now have practical implementation experience that can be applied to future Datascape reporting and planning projects.
From Datascape reporting to budgeting, forecasting and FP&A
Through this project, it became clear that many Datascape clients are likely to need more than core ERP reporting. Finance teams often want to complement Datascape with stronger:
- Management reporting
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- FP&A capability
- Planning models
- BI and dashboarding
- Excel-enabled reporting with stronger governance
- Scenario modelling and decision support
Once the Datascape connection exists, those possibilities open up quickly. The reporting layer becomes a platform for broader finance transformation rather than a collection of standalone reports.
Unlocking Calumo for Datascape clients
With the Datascape integration now established, Brydens BI can help clients unlock the broader value of Calumo. This creates a practical pathway from ERP reporting into a more capable planning and performance management environment.
For Datascape clients, this can support:
- Budgeting and annual planning
- Rolling forecasts
- Scenario analysis
- Board and executive reporting
- Dashboarding and management reporting
- Controlled workflow and accountability
- Less manual, more scalable Excel-based processes
To learn more about how Brydens BI supports finance teams with Calumo, visit our Calumo page.
The same foundation can also be extended into adjacent reporting requirements, including ESG data gathering, calculation and reporting.
Extending Datascape into ESG Data Gathering, Calculation and Reporting
Brydens BI also brings specialist capability in emissions reporting, helping organisations extend their finance and operational data into a more robust environmental reporting framework. By leveraging the OmniDisclose database for emissions calculations, Brydens BI can support the conversion of underlying activity data into decision-useful emissions outputs across key categories. This gives organisations a practical way to move beyond manual spreadsheets and fragmented methodologies toward a more governed, repeatable and scalable approach to emissions reporting.
The value of this approach is that emissions calculations are not treated as a standalone exercise, but as part of a broader reporting and planning environment. With the OmniDisclose calculation database providing the underlying emissions logic, Brydens BI can help clients connect finance, operational and sustainability data into a single reporting foundation. This supports not only compliance and disclosure requirements, but also management reporting, scenario analysis, target tracking and stronger executive visibility over carbon-related performance.
To learn more, see our related case study: ASX-Listed Industrial Services Group Scaling Group Finance, Forecasting and ESG Reporting with Calumo.
What was covered in the Datascape project
The project included the core technical and reporting components needed to make the solution work in practice. This covered API setup, connector and pipeline development, finance data staging, reconciliation logic, opening balance handling, commitments ETL, hierarchy handling, and report refinement.
The first phase focused on the highest-value finance subject areas:
- General Ledger transaction detail
- Commitments reporting
This provided a strong starting point for broader reporting, budgeting, forecasting and planning use cases across the finance function.
Greenfield Datascape reporting projects
In the recent implementation, Brydens BI was able to repurpose much of the client’s existing report suite because the organisation was moving from another finance system into Datascape.
In a true greenfield Datascape reporting and planning project, where reporting assets need to be built from the ground up, we would typically also include:
- 16 hours of user training
- 32 hours of initial reporting development
These components help ensure the organisation receives not only the technical integration, but also the user enablement and first-wave reporting outputs required for a successful rollout.
Why Brydens BI is a strong fit for Datascape clients
Brydens BI combines recent Datascape implementation experience with deep capability in finance reporting, planning, FP&A and BI. That matters because the challenge is not simply to move data from one system to another. The challenge is to turn Datascape data into decision-ready finance information.
We are a strong fit for Datascape clients because we bring together:
- Hands-on Datascape integration experience
- Finance-focused BI and FP&A capability
- Planning and forecasting expertise
- Management reporting design
- Experience with government, enterprise and finance-led transformation
- A practical approach to extending ERP platforms with reporting and planning solutions
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Common Datascape reporting and planning questions
How can we improve reporting from Datascape?
Brydens BI can extend Datascape with a finance-ready reporting layer for management, executive and operational reporting, built on governed finance data structures.
Can we report on General Ledger detail and commitments more effectively?
Yes. Brydens BI has already delivered a Datascape integration covering General Ledger transaction detail and Commitments, providing a proven starting point for future implementations.
Can we keep using Excel in a more controlled way?
Yes. The reporting environment can support easier Excel interaction while improving governance, consistency and confidence in the underlying finance data.
Can budgeting, forecasting and FP&A be added around Datascape?
Yes. Once the finance data foundation is in place, it becomes far easier to support budgeting, forecasting, scenario modelling and broader FP&A capability around Datascape.
What if we are starting with a blank sheet of paper?
For greenfield projects, Brydens BI would typically include additional time for user training and initial reporting development so the organisation has both a working solution and the internal capability to use it well.
A practical next step for Datascape finance teams
For existing Datascape clients looking for stronger reporting, budgeting, forecasting, planning or FP&A capability, Brydens BI can help design a practical solution around your Datascape environment.
Because the integration pattern has already been established in a live implementation, future Datascape clients can benefit from a more informed, lower-risk starting point and a faster path to value.