DataRails automates data consolidation, reporting, and planning for Excel users. It centralizes data from multiple sources like ERPs and accounting software into Excel, enabling real-time updates, drill-down to transactional details, and scenario analysis. Users build reports in Excel or the web, publish to dashboards, and apply Excel-style formulas such as DRGET and DRYEARTODATE. Dashboards provide executive overviews, departmental views, and custom visualizations based on Excel concepts like pivots. Automation reduces manual work, supports simultaneous editing via Excel Online, and maintains a single source of truth with cell-level audit trails.
Cuts manual spreadsheet work by over 75% through automated databasing
Provides one-click refresh of real-time figures in Excel, PowerPoint, or dashboards
Enables instant drill-down to uncover hidden insights across organizational data
Requires Excel Online for simultaneous editing; offline changes need approval workflow
Depends on integrations with specific ERPs like NetSuite or Oracle Fusion
