Qarma supports file-based data export for further analysis outside Qarma. This is useful for:

  • Business Intelligence applications showing dashboards, deep analysis of inspection data and supplier scorecards

  • Bulk updating order status in ERP systems (this can also be accomplished using the event-based API)

  • Updating order booking systems with status and dates for inspections

  • Update master data systems with information on suppliers and production units

Of course, there are many other applications. Overall, the API supports defining data export runs which will be running at scheduled intervals, delivering files that can then readily be downloaded through a URL which includes an API key. 

Getting access

You can access the data manually or programmatically. To extract data manually, please go to the Data export page and you will be able to make a one-time extract of the data. 

To get an API key and URL for continuous integration of the data, please contact Qarma Support, noting the parameters you would like to base the export data on.

Parameters

The parameters are:

Name

Description

Date start and Date end

The start date can be a specific date or a relative date (for example - 30 days would include everything 30 days before the current date, - 3 months would go three months back from today).

The date filter will be based on dates according to their status:

  • Planned: Will be filtered based on the following dates in the following order depending on the first one which is set:
    1. planned date (scheduled inspection/audit date)
    2. booking date
    3. ETD
    For audits only planned date is applicable.

  • In progress: Will be filtered based on start date.

  • Report: Will be filtered based on end date.

Please note that since Qarma supports off-line operations, there can be a delay between the actual end date as measured on the mobile device and the time the data is available at Qarma’s server. This means if you filter for a daily extract of data, it needs to include data several days back to be sure all data is included.

Type

Inspections, Audits or Suppliers

Extra data

The basic data that is always exported is a list of inspections, audits or suppliers, depending on type. In addition, the following data can be included:

  • Checkpoints: For In progress and Report statuses for inspections and audits, you can include a list of all checkpoints.

  • Defects (inspections only): For In progress and Report statuses, you can include a list of all defects.

  • Corrective Actions (audits only): For In progress and Report statuses, you can include a list of all corrective actions associated with an audit.

Only include checkpoints and defects/corrective actions if they are used, since they will contribute significantly to the size of the export file.

Status

Select one or more statuses: 

  • Planned

  • Downloaded (Audits only)

  • In progress

  • Report

Interval

Define how often the export job should run. This is quite flexible, so you can decide every day at 20:00, every Monday at 06:00, etc.

Data format

Data is served as both Excel and a set of CSV files. The content is the same. The Excel file will contain one or more sheets, depending on the Extra data parameter defined above. For each sheet, there is a corresponding CSV file. 

Due to limitation on the number of rows in Excel files, we recommend large file integrations to be based on CSV files rather than Excel files. If Qarma exports data with more than one million rows, no Excel file is generated, and only CSV files will be available.

Detailed export format descriptions

Inspections and defects 

Audits and Corrective Actions

Supplier and Production units