Integration
Many of our solutions require integration with a back office system. Extracting data to make it available to people working outside the office is normally very straightforward, and in many cases, the facilities to do this are already in place within back office systems in the form of report outputs.
Writing data captured in the field back to the back office system is normally straightforward, because you are already doing it every time you input information through a keyboard. In fact, some systems already have facilities in place to import a variety of transactions already.
Sage Line 50 v.11
Sentrio Technologies is a registered Sage developer and we have built native interfaces into Sage Line 50 v11. This means that we extract only the information needed to operate our solutions, and can write orders, invoices and payments that have been captured from customers back into Sage Line 50 as if they had been input manually from a PC.
Sage Line 50 v.12
We have also developed native interfaces into Sage Line 50 v12. All of the functions and features available outlined above for Sage Line 50 v11 are also available for Sage Line 50 v12.
XML
XML (eXtensible Markup Language) is the most flexible way to exchange information from your back office sytem.
Many systems now support interfaces in XML, particulary using the BASDA standards which were specifically developed to allow accounting systems to talk to each other.
CSV
CSV (Comma Separated Value) is an older form of interface still in widespread use. In fact, most systems can output information in CSV format, and some also have facilities to import information that conforms to a specific CSV format.
ASCII
For a small percentage of systems, it is not possible to provide an interface in either XML or CSV format. In this case ASCII output can be used as long as it follows a consistent format.