ODBC Live Data Connector

GwenR — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 16:40:35 +0000

See your sheets in a whole new way

Nearly every organization today uses analytics tools to discover and explore new insights from their data. Business Intelligence solutions powered by your Smartsheet data can help you make the right data available to the right people at the right time. Solutions ranging from interactive dashboards for executives to forward looking trend reports to exploratory data analysis charts can all be realized through Smartsheet’s Live Data Connector.

Bring your own BI

The Smartsheet Live Data Connector provides industry-standard connectivity via ODBC to the third-party apps you use most, like Tableau, Excel, QlikView / Qlik Sense, Tibco Spotfire, and more. This allows you to deliver powerful data visibility and insights with your Smartsheet data via the tools you already use.

Key Features:

Familiar setup – You can configure your analytics and reports using the Live Data Connector with the tools you already use. Refer to our detailed instructions on how to use the driver to connect Smartsheet to a variety of applications so you can get started today.
Industry standard connection – For over 20 years, ODBC has been the industry standard for accessing and translating data. The Live Data Connector provides a common integration to any ODBC-capable third party application. It is recommended by Tableau as the preferred way to integrate with Tableau products.
Instant updates – Refreshing your dashboards and charts will always reflect the latest data stored in Smartsheet. Analyze your sheets in real-time with the click of a mouse.

Did you know the ODBC Live Data Connector has now been added to the Business Plan? Previously only available to enterprise clients or as a premium Add-on.

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Smartsheet Business Plan Latest Features

GwenR — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 14:29:14 +0000

Did you know the ODBC Live Data Connector has now been added to the Business Plan ? Previously only available to enterprise clients or as a premium Add-on.

As well as Sights Dashboards and Activity Log, the addition of ODBC Live Data connector adds even more valuable features for Business Plan users

PLUS the recent addition of Smartsheet Automated Actions, Notification Centre and Mob App Enhancements

We’ve all experienced slow sheet opening times when our sheets become large and formula heavy. The solution has always been to export to Excel for ease of analytics. Where previously this has been a manual and error prone method, ODBC provides a simple, automated, error free export.

See a summary of the Business Plan features:

Create Smart Dashboards with Sights
Automated Export to Excel with ODBC Live Data Connector
Activity Log – monitor changes and viewers
Increased number of sheets (100 per user from 50 per user)
Increased notifications (25 per sheet from 5 per sheet)
Skype for Business
Smartsheet Automated Actions, Notification Centre and Mob App Enhancements

If you are still on Team account and would like to benefit from these latest features, contact us for a quotation to upgrade to Business

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