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Diane Herrera

CSSI Insights Author

Diane Herrera

President & Manager of Consulting

Diane Herrera is the president and founder of CSSI. Ms. Herrera is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Baylor University, holding a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Mathematics. Prior to launching CSSI, Ms. Herrera worked as a management consultant for Coopers and Lybrand, with a primary focus on banking software systems. From Coopers and Lybrand, she joined IBM. During her years at IBM, she worked on technical training and product support for the company's Executive Management System software. Diane is a frequent speaker at Advent software user group meetings and at such conferences as Schwab, Lightport, FiServ, Advent and Ashland. In addition to writing numerous articles on custom reporting and programming hints and tips, Ms. Herrera is a co-author of "Born to Stand Out: Tips to Becoming an Excellent Computer Consultant".

Areas of focus

Financial technology consulting
APX and Axys workflows
Reporting strategy
RIA operations

Insights by Diane Herrera

16 posts
Two portfolio data structures converging into a unified validated system
Case StudyJul 15, 2026

Portfolio Management System Conversions: Three Costly Mistakes to Avoid

Moving to a new portfolio management system or merging two firms? See how RIAs and wealth managers protect their value, and their clients, during the move.

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CSSI long time customer moves to Orion
Linkedin PostOct 01, 2025

CSSI long time customer moves to Orion

I have been working recently with a customer that is moving from Axys to Orion.

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CSSI converting historical APX data to Tamarac
Industry NewsSep 03, 2025

CSSI converting historical APX data to Tamarac

Over the last few years, I have led a number of projects for a customer where CSSI converted their data for...

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Portfolio data branching into equity and cash holdings reports.
How-To GuideJan 01, 2025

Creating an Equity Assets by Type report and a Cash Hold

Learn how to create two useful variations on the standard AUM, an Equity Assets by Type and a Cash Holdings Reports.

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Investment portfolio composites joining into a larger group.
How-To GuideJan 01, 2025

How To Create a Group of Composites

This article shows steps for creating a group of composites in Axys.

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Financial data records passing through a reconciliation process.
Troubleshooting GuideJan 01, 2025

Solving the cli-prf-pbf Name Problem

Learn how to detect differences in the Name fields in cli/grp files versus those in prf/pbf files.

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Financial reports combining into a single report package.
Implementation GuideJan 01, 2025

How to Combine Reports into a Package – Free!

In this article, you will learn how to combine several Axys reports together into a single Axys report.

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Portfolio report highlighting a missing cost basis entry.
How-To GuideJan 01, 2025

How To Identify Missing Cost Information

Learn how to create a report to identify transactions with missing cost information.

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Portfolio codes revealed within a nested investment group.
How-To GuideJan 01, 2025

Accessing Cli PortCodes Within Groups

This article will teach you two more tips and tricks regarding reports and group & cli files.

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Portfolio security being separated from a billing workflow.
How-To GuideJan 01, 2025

How To Exclude A Security From Billing

This article shows you how to modify the fee statement with the appropriate code to exclude a security from billing.

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Portfolio identity code being added to a financial report.
How-To GuideJan 01, 2025

How to Add Portfolio Code to Axys Reports

This article walks you through the process of adding a portfolio code to the Assets Under Management report.

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Balanced fund allocation across two investment categories.
How-To GuideJan 01, 2025

How Do You Handle Balanced Funds

This explains how to classify balanced mutual funds in your security file for correct asset allocation reflection.

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Assets under management organized into investment sectors.
TutorialJan 01, 2025

How To Create an Assets Under Management By Sector Report

Learn how to modify the standard Assets Under Management report so that it displays a column for each sector.

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Portfolio records being arranged into a new sort order.
How-To GuideJan 01, 2025

Modify Portfolio Group Sort

This article teaches you how to add hyperlinks to your Report Writer Pro reports.

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Financial report pages connected by a digital link.
Performance TipJan 01, 2025

How To Add Hyperlinks to Reports

This article teaches you how to add hyperlinks to your Report Writer Pro reports.

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Portfolio data moving rapidly through an optimized system.
Tips & TricksJan 01, 2025

Tips for Getting the Most (Speed) Out of Your Axys System

This article contains some tips that will help you configure things to get maximum speed out of your Axys system.

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