Introduction
Raw data store
VAL acts as a central raw data store for all you data generated across the systems , platforms and spreadsheets you use. Making it easy for you to automate, report and generate insights from.
A multitide of methods are available to consume data.
We are continuously adding new integration and data connectors so look out for it.
You should know!
If you are using a system we are not connected to today, we will do it for free. Be it connecting to it via API, database or creating the required report reader.
Data Collection
Direct connectivity availability is dependent on the vendor system you used.
API and Database (Direct connectivity)
Certain platform provide the ability for us to connect via API or database. For eg. Revel or Koomi This allow for zero manual intervention from users to download the data and the data can be automatically sync into our platform on a daily basis.
Pre-built Report Reader
For platform with no direct connectivity we will typically identify reports that are available to use for the purpose of reconciliation. Reports are typically available as most customers would have to reconcile one way or another with reports provided. The objective of the pre-built report reader is to not require additional formatting from our users so as to save time and reduce errors.
There are multiple ways for consuming data
- Robo downloaders: These are proprietary RPA robots built by us on our platform for automatically downloading data from various platforms. This form of data consumption do not require any user intervention.
- FTP server: This provide a mechanism for POS or other platforms to send reports via FTP to us so that no user intervention is required.
- Email: User can setup scheduled email with reports attached to a customer specific email we create on our end. There is no user intervention required.
- VAL drive: User can download the files from the corresponding platform and drop the file into VAL drive with no pre-formatting required. Require users to download the reports.
Forms
In some scenarios, there are no reports available. The only data available is printed out from the closing of the POS or some other manual captures for vouchers etc. In such circumstances we provide a form for users to key in the data directly into our platform.