Your company will have existing data stored in tools and databases.  Some of this data is regarded as important to your company's workflow.  This data can be synced or imported into Projectal.  It is important to identify what data and what tools you want Projectal to sync with at your company.  The Project Support team can assist and advise what is the best approach to connecting your Projectal to these tools.

Below is a list of the typical data sources, tools and databases that Projectal can connect with to access your key data.

Human Resource (HR) tools

Projectal can connect to your HR tools to sync all your staff and their details into Projectal.  Popular HR tools are Workday, BambooHR, PeopleHR and HiBob.

Shot Tracking tools

For creative businesses that use shot tracking tools, Projectal can connect to these tools to sync projects, tasks, staff assignments, time logs and status information. Popular shot tracking tools are Shotgrid, ftrack and Kitsu.

Issue Tracking & Ticketing tools

For companies that use issue tracking and ticketing tools, Projectal can connect to these tools to sync projects, tasks, staff assignments, time logs and status information.  Popular issue tracking tools include Jira and Perforce.

Asset Management tools

For companies that have an inventory of equipment or resource to manage, they may be using asset management tools to maintain their asset list and track their usage.  Projectal can connect to these tools to ensure an up-to-date list of resources, their quotas and their status in Projectal for use in projects.

Render Farm Management tools

For creative businesses that use render farms for generating their visualization work, Projectal can connect to render farm management tools to get access to the current render metrics and compare them to the estimated metrics of the current and future projects so that the company can capacity plan their render farm requirements for the next 6 to 12 months.

Finance tools

For Finance teams that need financial reporting on projects, departments, staff (full time, freelancers), timesheets and more, then Projectal can generate these data points & reports, and sync this data to the company's finance tools.

Collaboration & Calendar tools

Many companies use collaboration tools for instant communication between employees and shared calendar services to managing bookings and schedules.  Projectal can sync with these tools to notify about events and update calendars when schedule change.  Popular collaboration and calendar tools include Slack and Google Calendar.