I recently went through the process of trying to determine how to integrate with Sage since a client was looking to use them. Very difficult and expensive was the answer regarding automated integration.
I have looked at Xero previously because of their REST API but in accounting terms I don’t know how they compare to something like Sage. It would be great to hear how others are using Xero. Seems like a good fit for 4D... > On Jun 13, 2017, at 9:34 AM, Pat Bensky via 4D_Tech <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi Dougie, > Interesting ... we use Xero for our own business. Hadn't thought of > integrating with that, but seems like it would be an interesting idea. > > Unfortunately lots of companies are deeply entrenched in Sage :) > > Is it not possible to integrate via ODBC? For example a customer might want > to set up an automated process where once a day our database queries the > Sage db to get info on new/modified/deleted products, and updates the 4D > database. > > Importing and exporting text is OK and that's what they currently do. But > they want something more automated. > > Pat Later, Guy -- Guy Algot, Solutions Specialist Edmonton, Alberta (780) 974-8538 hardware, installation, training, support, programming, internet specializing in 4th Dimension =-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= "Microsoft is a cross between the Borg and the Ferengi. Unfortunately, they use Borg to do their marketing and Ferengi to do their programming." -- Simon Slavin ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
