Data Exports Module

Introduction

There are a number of business related documents that are often outside of the ERP & CRM software. Hence, there is a need of a service that can help the users in exporting important documents related to business to an external platform. Export module of Tactic allows the users in executing the same within a very secure and safe interface. Tactic security ensures that the exported documents are stored safely without much alteration. With the help of this module the data within Tactic can be exported very easily and efficiently.

Installation

There is no need of installing this module, as it is already included within Tactic services.

Setup

For using this module the users need to enable it by using an administrator account. The menu options for activating this module are: Home –> Setup –> Module. The users then need to click on Activate. The modules will be activated after completing this step.

Usage of export module

The users need to go through few small steps for using the export module. After choosing the menu of New Export the users need to choose a predefined dataset. The predefined export profile then need to be utilised by choosing the preferred fields that the users need to include in the export files. The users can also add filters that they wish to add to the export files. The positions and the columns can also be changed as per the users’ preference. The users will also be able to save the selections for future purposes. A format for the export file is needed to be chosen by the users for finally exporting the file as well. CSV or TSV (Text) files and XLS (Excel) files can be generated easily.

Creating of new Export

For creating a new export in Tactic, the users need to visit to the Tools menu. The menu of New Export needs to be chosen from Export Assistant.

Functionalities of Export Module

• The users can manually choose the fields that they wish to add in the export file
• Any filters can be added in the export file as well
• The positions of the columns and fields can be executed in the export module as well
• Any format as per the user preference can be chosen by the users as well

Developing export script

There can be predefined datasets that does not match the needs of the users. In this scenario the users can develop their own script for using Tactic as their own will. Users can use any language to read a database. The users need to read the table of entity and build a file as per their choices. The only thing that the users need to figure out is the fact that they need to find out the tables that contain the data that they need to export.