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Category

  • Storage Connection

Integration Type

  • File

Azure Storage

The integration

BrightAnalytics connects seamlessly with Microsoft Azure Storage to transform enterprise data files into dynamic, automated components of your central corporate dashboard. While direct API connections to ERP and CRM systems cover your core transactional data, complex enterprise environments frequently output automated data warehouse dumps, rolling budgets or legacy system extracts into secure cloud containers.

Instead of requiring IT or finance teams to manually transfer files or write complex scripts, BrightAnalytics establishes an automated extraction pipeline directly with your designated Azure Blob Storage containers or Azure Files shares. The platform periodically scans these ultra-secure directories, parses the latest Excel, CSV or formatted data files, maps the data points automatically, and merges them into your central management reports. This guarantees that your secure data pipeline is handled with maximum cloud performance and enterprise-grade security.

  • In BrightAnalytics, data retrieved via Microsoft OneDrive instantly enhances your master reporting:

    • Automated Budget versus Actuals (Variance Analysis)

    • Ingestion of granular rolling forecasts and strategic business scenarios

    • Consolidated non-financial KPIs (e.g., ESG metrics, operational safety scores, HR headcounts)

    • Historical data migration from legacy or decommissioned platforms

    • Day-one data onboarding for newly acquired corporate entities

About Azure Storage

Microsoft Azure Storage is an enterprise-grade, and secure cloud storage platform developed by Microsoft as a core pillar of its Azure cloud computing infrastructure. Trusted by global enterprises and multinational corporations, Azure Storage offers highly durable, secure and redundant object storage (Azure Blob Storage) and cloud file shares (Azure Files). For modern enterprise finance, IT, and business intelligence teams, it serves as the ultimate high-performance data lake and cloud repository for business-critical files that exist outside of traditional transactional software. Backed by advanced identity management, granular security access (SAS tokens), and global compliance certifications, Azure Storage provides a highly dependable and robust architecture to centralize massive data sets.

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Connecting valuable data

BrightAnalytics already connects with more than 400 applications, and is creating more all the time! Didn’t find your connector? Let us know and we’ll get right on it!

“The big advantage is that they can link with many systems very quickly. We work with two completely different packages, a cloud-based and an on-premises package, and yet BrightAnalytics manages to capture all the information in one view.”
– Thomas De Moore, Financial Controller
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  • What is BrightAnalytics?

    BrightAnalytics is the most intuitive, reliable and fast management reporting platform that covers all needs on management reporting and consolidation.

  • Which reporting modules does BrightAnalytics offer?

    BrightAnalytics, the management reporting platform, offers 3 different reporting modules. The basic module covers financial reporting, and can be extended with the cash and/or operational reporting modules.

  • How does BrightAnalytics work?
    1. Connect: BrightAnalytics connects with accounting, ERP and CRM systems, and centralises all data in the BrightAnalytics platform.
    2. Report: The standard templates in BrightAnalytics are immediately ready for use, but can be fully tailored to suit one’s needs.
    3. Analyse: The management reports and dashboards offer a wealth of information and immediately provide clear insight into the figures of the entire organisation.
    4. Engage: The clear reports contribute to a better streamlined business strategy and execution, and ensure transparency within the company.

  • How do I connect BrightAnalytics to my package?

    With our BrightSync we connect to more than 400 data sources. One of the biggest USP’s of the solution is our possibility to connect with every system.