Copying exports between systems by hand
An export that gets reshaped by hand every month is an interface played by a person. It costs time, and every step is a source of error — a shifted column, a wrong date format. Automated, a small program fetches the data, brings it into shape, delivers it and only speaks up when something doesn’t fit.
How it gets solved
The existing manual step is rebuilt exactly: which file, which columns, which transformations, which destination.
Where the systems offer interfaces, the data travels directly over REST instead of through files. Where they don’t, the export is picked up and processed automatically.
Every run is logged. If a value falls outside the expected range, a message goes out instead of a silent error.
What drives the effort
- Whether the systems involved have interfaces or only produce files
- How many transformations and special cases the manual step holds today
- How often the sync should run
Every quote is preceded by a free conversation in which the scope gets cut back as far as it will go.
How billing worksWhen it isn’t worth it
If the export runs once a year and takes ten minutes, a good checklist is the better investment.
Common questions
- What if a system changes its format?
- Then the run fails and says so, instead of passing on wrong data. The fix is usually small.
- Do we need our own server for this?
- Not necessarily. Syncs like this often run as a small service in an existing environment or in the cloud; hosting and monitoring are available on request.
More typical cases
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