The Problem
Reports and data reconciliations occur at regular intervals—and each time involve the same manual steps: exporting, copying, checking, and sending.
Copy-Paste at the End of the Month
Manually copying numbers from multiple systems, formatting them, and sending them out—every month all over again, often under time pressure.
Data is diverging
Inventory, CMDB, and monitoring all provide different information. Without regular cross-checking, no one knows which source is correct at any given time.
Errors & Missing Documentation
Manual reports contain typos and outdated figures—which is bad for decision-making and for audit documentation.
How we work with you
Four steps, the same for every NETWAYS solution—from capturing your reports and data sources to the final automation during live operations.
Analysis & Concept
We'll take a look at your recurring reports and reconciliations: which sources, which recipients, what frequency, and what format.
→ We only automate clearly defined processes—we don't automate chaos.
Setup & Integration
n8n is set up in your environment and connected to your data sources, databases, inventory, and distribution channels.
→ A centralized pipeline instead of scattered scripts and Excel macros.
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Support & Operations
If you'd like, we can take full responsibility for operating and maintaining the workflows—or train your team to manage them on their own.
→ We add new sources and formats without requiring you to maintain scripts.
What’s Happening Behind the Scenes
Four building blocks that can be implemented individually or in combination—depending on where you have the greatest leverage.
Retrieve data from sources
As part of the schedule, the workflow retrieves data from monitoring systems, inventory systems, databases, and APIs—always the same fields, always formatted the same way.
Result: No more manual exports from five tools.
Reconcile & Clean Up
Data records are compared, duplicates and discrepancies are identified, and data is standardized—for example, between the CMDB, inventory, and actual conditions.
Effect: a reliable source of truth.
Generate Report
The consolidated data is automatically converted into a finished document—PDF, Excel, or dashboard—in the familiar layout.
Result: a print-ready report with no manual work required.
Distribute & Archive
The report is sent to the correct recipients via email or chat and is stored in an audit-proof manner—so it can be retrieved at any time.
Result: On-time delivery and complete documentation.
What You’ll Achieve
Time saved, reliable figures, verified data quality.
Time Regained
Hours of manual compilation per month are eliminated. The report is ready before anyone even asks for it.
Reliable figures
Always the same method, no typos, no outdated figures—decisions based on reliable data.
Verified Data Quality
Regular synchronization keeps the inventory and CMDB up to date. Deviations are noticed immediately, rather than only during the audit.
What is your solution built with?
Tried-and-true open-source components. You decide which components you’ll manage yourself and where you’ll rely on NETWAYS services.
n8n
Icinga
Snipe IT
Grafana
We’ll integrate what you’re already using with
n8n comes with native integrations for over 400 systems—anything else can be added via API. A selection of the tools that our alert workflows typically integrate with.
Data Sources & Databases/h3>
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL / MariaDB
- Microsoft SQL Server
- MongoDB
- REST APIs
Inventory & CMDB
- Snipe IT
- Icinga
- GLPI
- i-doit
- Foreman
Spreadsheets & Office
- Microsoft Excel
- Google Sheets
- Microsoft 365
- CSV files
Reporting & BI
- Grafana
- Metabase
- Power BI
- PDF Export
Distribution & Filing
- Email / SMTP
- Slack
- Microsoft Teams
- Nextcloud
- S3 / Object Storage
Questions & Answers
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