A Modern, Excel-Based FRx Replacement
Need an FRx replacement that feels familiar but works better? Vivid gives finance teams a modern, Excel®-based reporting solution that recreates what people loved about FRx—flexible layouts, fast drilldowns, and multi-entity reporting—without the limitations, rigidity, or end-of-life issues.
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Why Teams Look for an FRx Replacement
Zero-Disruption Transition
Convert FRx trees, columns, and rows into Vivid definitions using Vivid’s conversion tools
Excel Stays Your Report Surface
Present, format, and share reports in Excel — just remove the manual work.
Model-Driven & Governed
Reuse your FRx definitions; drill to details like transactions and images
Multi-Entity & Currency
Consolidations across ERPs and fiscal calendars.
Distribution & Control
Refresh and drill without long waits.
Are you migrating from GP to BC?
Free the time you need to be successful, and implement faster.
Transition Reports First
Vivid is transferable. Moving off FRx Reporting early saves hours every week - you're going to need those hours to transition ERP.
Keep your Transactions
Vivid is a data warehouse - decades of historical data can be stored and instantly accessed after your move.
Implement Faster
You've already learned Vivid and built your reports. Vivid's multi-ERP reporting engine is in place. You're ready - with one less thing to worry about.
“Management Reporter on steroids. Presentation-ready or analytical — and you can drill to detail.”
G2 review
“Vivid lets us blend financial and operational data all in one place.”
Bloedorn Lumber
“We cut our close from 12 days to 5.”
G2 review
“The team is responsive and actually improves the product.”
Covenant Care
Vivid Reports works with Dynamics GP, BC, NAV, SL, AX, D365 and over 60 other ERPs
Connect directly to Dynamics and 60+ ERPs. On-prem or cloud and transferable so you maintain your transaction data when changing ERP.
Compare FRx Reporting vs. Vivid Reports
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Microsoft FRx
Support Status
Retired/No new features
Actively developed and supported
Manual Work
Reports are limited: often a lot of cutting and pasting and the use of templates to get to the final report format.
Refresh instantly to the final format of the report.
Consolidations
Limited, single systems
Multi-entity, currency and ERP.
Implementation
Not applicable
Clients use our automated conversion tools to significantly reduce the conversion work. You will be live with your first functioning reports in about 2 weeks.
Learning Curve
Not Applicable
Vivid has many design similarities to FRx and Management Reporter – the learning curve is very low.
Distribution
Static Reports
Push or pull (self service) distribution; control panels and enhanced drill-down to detail.
Drill/Audit
Limited drill
Drill to transaction detail, invoice, trend, variance alongside audit assistance features like lead sheet generation, Excel transaction list extraction.
How do I convert to Vivid?
Assess
Share reports and structures; let’s isolate the few things we need to focus on fixing and the highest priority reports.
Convert
Run the FRx converter for trees, columns, and rows; validate results. You’ll then learn Vivid to know how to build those reports you’ve been dying to automate.
Enable
Finance owns and manages report definitions. Roll-out user self service so managers can refresh, drill, and get their own answers.
Great Software Isn’t Enough — You Need a Team That Has Your Back
Vivid’s Support Stands Out — and the Data Proves It.
There’s a simple way to measure what it feels like to work with a vendor, in every interaction, ask yourself: was it easy to get my issue handled?
That’s what the Customer Effort Score (CES) asks. It’s a tougher test than satisfaction survey because it penalizes friction anywhere in the process—waiting, repeating, or being passed around. Vivid scores 6.97 out of 7—well above benchmarks. In plain terms, customers tell us: every interaction feels easy.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. Use the FRx converter to translate trees, columns, and rows into Vivid definitions, then validate.
Initial wins in days; timeline varies with entities, currencies, and report history.
Yes—Excel is the design and presentation surface with governed refresh.
Yes—multi-company, multi-currency and cross-ERP consolidation is supported.
Yes—drill to accounts, transactions, transaction details, AP images, trends, and variance for faster troubleshooting.