May 30, 2016 | DataPoint, DataPoint Automation
Text and CSV files are databases in the most simplest form. You don’t need a specific database server software. You just store the data in a text file. Unencrypted, unprotected, no compression and no intelligent indexing system on it. In most cases, a text file...
May 23, 2016 | DataPoint, How-To
There are some handy shortcuts in DataPoint to do things much quicker. Let us illustrate this with some sample data like addresses. We have our raw address information stored in Excel like this: Then we use DataPoint to set up a connection to that Excel and we will...
May 18, 2016 | Articles, Case Studies, Data Dashboards, DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, How-To, Industrial/Manufacturing, Reporting
Our clients are extremely creative and come up with ways to use our products that often astonish us. So we thought we would share some case studies as to how our clients make real-life use of our software tools within their businesses or organization. Today, we are...
May 10, 2016 | DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, How-To
OData or Open Data Protocol, allows you to connect to RESTful APIs in a simple and standard way. Â Typically you will find an oData service with one or more resources with data. DataPoint allows you to connect to an oData service (and more). You can use DataPoint to...
May 3, 2016 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, Financial, Marketing and Advertising
When you think of Business Intelligence (BI) reporting tools, PowerPoint might not come to mind. Here are some great reasons why PowerPoint deserves to be in your kit of BI reporting tools. Ease of Use Data Connections Dashboarding Total Customization Add-Ons Ease of...