The Challenge
Teams manually download CSV/Excel files and copy data into databases, causing delays and errors. Manual data entry leads to quality issues and reporting delays that slow down business operations.
Our Solution
Automated file processing that validates, transforms, and loads spreadsheet data directly into databases with comprehensive error handling and audit trails.
Business Impact
- 85% reduction in processing time
- Eliminated manual errors
- Automated data availability
- Complete audit trails
- Improved data quality
Comprehensive File Processing Automation
Clockspring automates the entire spreadsheet to database workflow:
Automated File Pickup
Monitor SFTP servers, email attachments, and shared folders for new CSV/Excel files with scheduled or event-driven pickup.
Data Transformation
Apply schema mapping, data type conversion, and business rule validation before loading into your database.
Quality Controls
Automated validation catches format issues, missing data, and business rule violations before database loading.
Error Handling
Failed records are quarantined with detailed error reports while successful records load immediately for reporting.
Systems Involved
Notes: Supports CSV and Excel file formats from SFTP servers, email attachments, and shared folders. Compatible with all major relational databases including MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and Oracle.
How It Works (60 seconds)
- Monitor: Automatically detect new CSV/Excel files from SFTP, email, or shared folders with scheduled or event-based pickup.
- Validate: Apply data quality checks, business rules, and schema validation before loading into the database.
- Load: Transform and insert validated records into your database with complete audit trails and error handling.
- File monitoring: SFTP polling, email attachment extraction, folder watching
- Format parsing: CSV and Excel file parsing with header detection
- Schema mapping: Transform source columns to target database schema
- Data validation: Type checking, business rule validation, quality controls
- Database loading: Insert/update operations with transaction management
- Error quarantine: Failed records isolated with detailed error reports
- Audit logging: Complete tracking of all file processing events
Built‑in Safeguards
- Data validation: Comprehensive quality checks before database loading
- Error quarantine: Failed records isolated with detailed error reporting
- Audit trails: Complete tracking of all file processing events
- Transaction management: Database rollback capability for failed batches
- File archival: Processed files archived for compliance and auditing
Ready to Automate Your Spreadsheets?
Stop rekeying spreadsheets and ship accurate data on time with automated file processing and validation.