Integrating SQL Server with MS Excel, MS Access and Quickbooks Applications
PCA offers a variety of SQL Server database integration services
designed to satisfy the
most demanding needs of power business users. Power, flexibility and low-cost — all using a familiar application user interface — are the primary
business drivers behind integrating these common business applications with SQL Server.
There are two popular business scenarios for integrating MS Excel with a SQL Server database: one involves using MS Excel as
a flexible front-end calculation engine to perform business functions that would otherwise be expensive to build into SQL Server; the
other scenario involves using Excel as a highly-interactive interface for SQL data selection and interactive charting functions,
which requires the additional integration with SQL Server Analytic Services (SSAS). Both scenarios are a cost-effective
means to provide a very flexible and highly interactive method for users to manipulate large sets of data stored in a SQL Server database —
and take advantage of an application interface that is familiar to most power users.
Learn more about integrating MS Excel with SQL Server. |
Many business manage their core business data using a highly customized version
of Microsoft Excel and.or MS Access, but eventually outgrow the limited capabilities
these products can offer. More Users, more data, and the ability to support multiple
Users in different locations are among the primary factors that necessitate migration
of an in-house system to the SQL Server database. PCA specializes in converting Excel and/or
MS Access to SQL Server, and migrating legacy data from these intro-level products to
a commercial-grade database designed to handle growing business needs. Learn
more about Excel and/or MS Access to SQL Server migration services. |
Integrating QuickBooks with SQL Server
SQL Server - QuickBooks integrations can take on several forms. The easiest, low-cost approach is file-based integrations, where
a select set of data is exported from SQL Server (in CSV format0, then inported into the QuickBooks application. This approach is
very common for occassional/intermittent data integration needs, for example exporting work orders from SQL to support invoicing in
QuickBooks. Using the same approach it's also common to export customer or invoice data from QuickBooks, and import into SQL
Server, for the purpose of reconciling accounting and service functions. File-based data integration can be automated via SQL Server "jobs"
to support more frequent/repeatable data sharing An alternative SQL Server - QuickBooks integration
involves connecting the 2 applications in "real-time" via the QuickBooks Application Programming Interface (API). This
approach requires more engineering, but is very useful for high frequency data integration needs E.g. when accounting and services
functions must mirror one another during the work day.
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