1. FAME : Financial Analysis Made Easy December 2012 FAME: Financial Analysis Made Easy From Bureau Van Dijk (BvD) Contact for SSU Students and Staff for Help with using the FAME database: Mary Hudson: mary.hudson@solent.ac.uk OR Room ML107 in the Mountbatten Librarymary.hudson@solent.ac.uk

2. Access FAME from the Library Portal FAME : Financial Analysis Made Easy December 2012

3. FAME : Financial Analysis Made Easy December 2012 Click on FAME

4. FAME : Financial Analysis Made Easy December 2012 Select your organisation

5. Enter your university username and password, click Login FAME : Financial Analysis Made Easy December 2012

6. FAME Home Page To find a report for a single company enter company name in top search box on left of screen FAME : Financial Analysis Made Easy December 2012

7. FAME Home Page: To find reports for more than one company click on “Company name” in lower half of screen. FAME : Financial Analysis Made Easy December 2012

8. FAME : Financial Analysis Made Easy December 2012 Company search screen: Click on company name and enter your company in the search box. Select by ticking in the box to the left of the name: repeat this step as many times as you require and click on OK, at bottom right of screen.

9. FAME : Financial Analysis Made Easy December 2012  The Next screen confirms the Search Strategy. Now click on “View List of Results” and from this screen either: Click on the company name to view its report OR Click on “Peer Analysis” to the right of the screen

10. FAME : Financial Analysis Made Easy December 2012 The Company Report Each Report is laid out in the same way with the information in the same order. Use the “Export button” to send it to an Excel Spreadsheet or word document

11.  Peer Analysis Compare one company to another: Select the variables you wish to compare Select the years you wish to compare – remember they may not have filed the current year’s accounts yet Decide how you want to see the results – table, bar chart, pie chart, Lorenz Curve, Etc. FAME : Financial Analysis Made Easy December 2012

12. Help for using FAME from BvD  FAME online HELP is really good. There is:  FAME Help that includes an online user guide, Index and Glossary  Quick Tour includes 4 silent videos looking at Search, List, Report and Statistical Analysis  Tips of the Day includes 8 pages of useful tips  Find HELP from the right of the top toolbar from any screen in FAME FAME : Financial Analysis Made Easy December 2012

13. Library Help for using the FAME database Help from the Library includes:  FAME Factsheet FAME Factsheet  FAME FAQs FAME FAQs  Help in person from ML107  Look out for Library Drop-ins on FAME FAME : Financial Analysis Made Easy December 2012