Sage SData

SData Showcases & Downloads

SData provides a very simple way to share data across the organisation using simple RSS or Atom readers. However it can also be used for a variety of other purposes. Let's take a look at some more examples of what SData can do.

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SData Core Specification

Download a PDF version of the technical details of SData core specification.
Getting Data into Excel

Excel is used by many people to manipulate data and create reports. However you need to get the data from a Sage application into Excel in the first place. This is where SData comes in. SData makes it very easy to import data from any SData-enabled data source. So for example you can pull information in from your CRM system and combine it with data from your accounts system to produce reports that provide information from across the business.

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Self-service Website

SData can be used to provide web self-service capabilities. Using SData in this way, a company can provide its customers with direct access to certain information held within the company's accounting and other systems via the Web. Customers can view details of products directly, together with up-to-the-minute prices and stock (inventory) availability, and also access other pertinent information such as details of their current sales quotations and outstanding sales orders.

Note: Please use the user name guest and leave password field blank to log into the self-service website.

Access the self-service example website
Outlook contact import

The plug-in is a technology exercise that shows how Contacts provided from a central application through SData feeds can be imported into Outlook.

Download Outlook contact import
Blackberry Demo

SData is used in several projects that connect server-based applications to mobile clients. The movie provided below, shows how a Blackberry is used to connect to feeds provided by an application and navigates through the available, live data.

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Java-Script example

The Javascript file provided below shows how easy it is to connect to an existing feed and display its contents. Simply open a command line shell, enter: "cscript <followed by the path to the extracted SDataSample.js file>" and the contents drawn from the SData showcases server will be displayed in your console window.

Download the Java-Script example
SData Demo Google Desktop Gadgets

SData Feed Display Demo Google Desktop Gadget: The SData feed display demo gadget is a Java Script application based on Google Desktop technology. It provides a simple interface allowing users to view feeds provided by an SData-enabled application.

Download Display Demo Google Desktop Gadget

SData Graphing Demo Gadget: The SData graphing demo gadget is a Java Script application based on Google Desktop technologies. It
provides a simple interface allowing users to view a bar chart consuming data from a feed provided
by an SData-enabled application.

Download Graphing Demo Google Desktop Gadget
SData Validation Tool

The Validation Tool is a desktop application that operates as an SData feed consumer. It applies a series of tests to the the feeds it is pointed to in order to determine the feed's compliance with the SData standard. This site contains a complete section describing the Validation Tool.

Download the Validation Tool

Download Validation Documentation PDF document
Sage CRM Interactive Dashboard

The Sage CRM new Interactive Dashboard enables simple, codeless data integration with our SData Gadget. Simply by point-and-click interaction, a user can integrate other Sage products like ERP systems and even third party vertical customizations from our Business Partner community.

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