Generate reports from MYOB AccountRight
hi there, We use Microsoft's Power BI to generate reports but as Microsoft have advised that they have EOL the content pack integration to Power BI Online as of 1 September 2019, we cannot use Po...
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Hi PujaParekh , the ODBCLink app uses the API to access the AccountRight file, and then converts the endpoints into tables that look like the ODBC tables in v19. So it is likely to operate at the same speed or slower than native API, given that there is a conversion/transformation process included.
hi mike,
Before when myob supported ODBC driver, we accessed myob tables in Microsoft Access. It was quite fast. So I am assuming this addon be similar.
When using myob API to download data, i will have to manually create the myob tables in sql server and every time i have to run reports, I will need to run the api first to download latest data. Wouldn't this take long ?
sorry but I am just trying to figure out the best option here.
Hi PujaParekh , the ODBC and API access methods are completely different, so don't make any assumptions about performance in general, or particular apps. The vendor can probably comment further.
We do the same, ie we use a local relational database to store API extracts for further reporting, and we find the performance of the extracts is generally adequate for most users' requirements. Occasionally we switch to reporting off the live file, either because performance is not an issue, or for functional reasons.
Note that extracting data from cloud files requires you to deal with oauth2 credentials and processes including 2FA, whereas extracting data from files held locally or on a network does not.
Hi PujaParekh
I agree with Mike_James on the how to improve performance of retrieving MYOB data. The best way we have now is to pull all data from MYOB api to SQL database tables.
The speed is faster if you use data file locally. Secondly, you may need reduce the frequency of retrieving large tables like Journal,
Regards,
