Arcast FAQ
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Get answers to frequently asked questions about the Arcast® software.
Features and Functionality
Arcast is a financial planning and analysis (FP&A) software used to evaluate projects and portfolios through structured cash flow modeling, tax calculations, scenario analysis, and decision trees. It helps ensure transparent and comparable financial evaluations across teams through detailed modeling and consistent reporting. Arcast is a specialized tool for financial modeling rather than a general spreadsheet software.
No, the Microsoft Excel® spreadsheet program is not required to be able to run the Arcast® financial planning and analysis (FP&A) software. However, you can export data from the Arcast® software and import it into the Excel® software and vice versa. You may also set up user-defined reports to be integrated with the Arcast® software.
A project is a single case or asset being evaluated. Within a project you define investment, operating cost, revenue, and production profiles. Projects can exist independently or be grouped into subportfolios and a portfolio.
A portfolio is a collection of projects grouped for comparison or aggregation that allow for ranking, filtering, and consolidated reporting. To create a portfolio, you click the New Portfolio button, name your portfolio, and drag-and-drop projects into it.
Decision trees can be used for calculating and visualizing more complex scenarios involving multiple decisions and possible outcomes. In the Arcast software, the different development options are modeled using entire projects rather than single-value outcomes. When calculating a decision tree you get the optimal path and the corresponding expected NPV, production, and investment costs.
Data can be defined and entered manually directly into the user interface (UI), such as through copy+paste from external data sources. You can also use the import wizard to generate projects based on spreadsheet data. For existing projects, you can link data profiles to external spreadsheets.
The Arcast software provides standardized:
- Tables
- Cash flow profiles
- Charts
- KPI summaries
You can typically export results for presentations or reports. In addition, you can create user-defined report templates, which can be shared between users within an organization. Results are reported via dashboards as well as in detailed views. You can choose to display results in real or nominal values.
The Arcast software includes cash flow, net present value (NPV), internal rate of return (IRR), capital efficiency index (CEI), risk reward (RR), profitability index (PI), government take, and break-even. KPIs can be extended by the user through user-defined reports.
You can get financial reports in any currency in the Arcast software. Currencies are handled in a separate assumptions file in the Arcast software, where exchange rate and inflation are completely configurable by the user. Inputs can be of any currency.
Tax regimes are defined in separate spreadsheets that are executed during the calculations. The spreadsheets are open and readable by the user. Taxes are automatically consolidated across multiple projects, but you can also create ring-fenced groups of projects.
There is no limit to how many tax regimes the Arcast software can handle. You can create your own tax regimes by defining them in a new spreadsheet and import it into Arcast.
The Arcast software was designed to support a multiuser workflow. Users can contribute through their own projects, which can easily be combined and analyzed together in a portfolio to get the consolidated results.
Performance
There is no limit to how many projects and portfolios you can have in the Arcast software.
The time it takes to calculate a consolidated portfolio in the Arcast software depends on the number of projects it contains. For example, a standard portfolio calculation of 100 projects takes a matter of seconds. Adding break-even analyses on the same-sized portfolio will increase the calculation time depending on how many break-even calculations you specify.
Sales and Licensing
Request a quote from the pricing page. You will receive an email with the quote and next steps for placing the order.
You get one user per license of the Arcast FP&A software, paid yearly.
The Arcast software costs 19 950 NOK per user annually. To view the cost in other currencies, please visit the pricing page.
The Arcast® software requires the Windows® operating system.
Licensed users will receive the latest version of the Arcast software when it is released.
Support
All licensed users of the Arcast software get unlimited support via support@arcast.no.
Support cases submitted via email typically receive a response by end of day the following business day. To ensure the fastest response time, please include the following information in your support request:
- Arcast software version number, found at the top of the window and via Start > About
- Screenshot of the error message, if applicable
- Description of what steps led to the issue, so that it can be reproduced
- Project name and assumption set used
- Whether the issue affects one user or multiple users
- Recent changes made (server, tax file, assumptions)
Yes, you can use the Arcast software with more than one screen. All windows in the Arcast desktop are undockable. This allows for grouping windows in any order on any available computer monitor.
Arcast is a registered trademark of Arcast AS, registered in Norway and France.
Microsoft, Excel, and Windows are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies.

