Introducing the New Spread Method Wizard

If you’ve ever built a spread method in a budgeting tool and found yourself stuck, second-guessing your inputs, or hunting down someone on the finance team for help—you’re not alone.

At Centage, we’ve heard you loud and clear. For too long, building spread methods has felt intimidating, confusing, or just plain frustrating. You either had to be a spreadsheet wizard or hope your assumptions didn’t break something downstream.

That changes today. 🎉

We’re excited to launch the new Spread Method Wizard—a smarter, more intuitive way to create spread methods that adapts to you. Whether you’re in Centage every day or just during planning season, this new feature is here to give you the confidence and clarity you’ve been missing.

Start Smart: A New Way to Begin

We’ve completely redesigned the Spread Method List Page, giving it a cleaner look, better usability, and new controls that save you time. Search, sort, and navigate spread methods in seconds.

But the real breakthrough?

You now have two ways to build a spread method:

• The Full Form – Ideal for power users who know exactly what they want.
  
  
• The Wizard Workflow – Perfect for those newer to Centage, or for contributors who need a little more guidance.
  
  

This dual-path approach gives every user a way to work that matches their comfort level.

Guided, Dynamic Workflows That Adapt to You

Let’s be honest: most tools ask you to make decisions before giving you the context. Not here.

The wizard doesn’t just guide you—it listens. Each step is dynamic and adapts based on the choices you make. You're never overwhelmed with irrelevant options. You're only shown what matters for the goal you're trying to achieve.

Think of it like Google Maps for budgeting—you're not handed every possible route. You’re guided to the best one based on where you are and where you need to go.

Help, When You Actually Need It

We’ve also introduced a slide-out Guide Panel, giving users in-context help when they’re unsure what to select or how a choice impacts the outcome.

No need to jump between tabs, Google definitions, or message a colleague just to figure out the difference between a straight-line or weighted spread. Click the info icon, get a visual and an explanation, and keep going.

Oh, and we ditched the old-school dropdowns for meaningful icons and visuals—because pictures really are worth a thousand confusing spreadsheet cells.

Save Your Progress. Review. Refine.

Budgeting is rarely a one-and-done task. That’s why the wizard allows you to:

• Save your progress and return later
  
  
• Jump ahead or review previous steps
  
  
• View a summary page that clearly shows all your selections before you finalize
  
  

And if you spot something that needs changing? No problem. Click the edit icon and go directly to that step. No backtracking, no starting over.

From Wizard to Full Control

Once your spread method is complete, it’s automatically saved to your list and accessible via the full form page. That means if you want to tweak or experiment later, you can make quick adjustments and instantly see how changes impact your setup.

This is the best of both worlds:

• Guided simplicity for first-time setup
  
  
• Full control for experienced users who want to go deeper
  
  

Why We Built This

Our goal is simple: make financial planning feel less like work, and more like empowerment.

For too long, the tools that support budgeting and forecasting have catered to experts—leaving the rest of the business feeling confused, left out, or afraid to touch anything. But collaboration in FP&A only works when everyone can participate confidently.

The new Spread Method Wizard is part of a larger product evolution at Centage—from the recent Maestro AI launch to our modernized interface—to make powerful planning accessible to everyone, not just the finance pros.

This is budgeting built for humans. Built for you.

Ready to See It in Action?

Whether you’re an existing Centage user or just looking for a better way to build your budgets, the new Spread Method Wizard is here to change the game.

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You’ve got big goals. Let’s make sure your tools aren’t standing in the way.

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