Compliance & ReportingPurpose
1.2. Automates the preservation of critical customer information, reservation histories, payment details, and guest communications.
1.3. Enables automated traceability for audits, dispute resolution, and record retention policies for B&B operators.
1.4. Minimizes manual intervention by automating file extraction, data transfer, encryption, and storage at regular intervals.
1.5. Reduces risks posed by data loss due to system failure, cyber incidents, or human error by systematically backing up data.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Alternative automated trigger: End-of-day close in hospitality management software.
2.3. Optional: Manual trigger for on-demand automated data backup.
Platform Variants
• Feature/Setting: Automate file upload to a secure folder using `/files.create` with incremental backup logic.
3.2. Dropbox API
• Feature/Setting: Automator with `/files/upload` endpoint and distinct backup directory per day.
3.3. Microsoft OneDrive Graph API
• Feature/Setting: Automatedly utilize `/drive/root:/backup:/children` for structured archive.
3.4. Amazon S3
• Feature/Setting: Automate `PutObject` for bucket-based encrypted backup with tagging.
3.5. Azure Blob Storage
• Feature/Setting: Automated job with `Put Block Blob` for append-only backups.
3.6. Box
• Feature/Setting: Automating `/files/content` upload for secure cloud backups.
3.7. Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage
• Feature/Setting: Automator for S3-compatible API and automated retention policies.
3.8. Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
• Feature/Setting: Automates with `b2_upload_file` and lifecycle rule settings.
3.9. FTP/SFTP Server
• Feature/Setting: Automated transfer using authenticated session and directory rotation.
3.10. Google Sheets API
• Feature/Setting: Automatedly append daily guest record snapshots using `/spreadsheets.values.append`.
3.11. Airtable
• Feature/Setting: Automates insertion into daily backup tables using Airtable API `POST /v0/{baseId}/{tableName}`.
3.12. MYOB AccountRight Live API
• Feature/Setting: Automator to export and store guest transaction logs via `/Sale/Invoice` endpoints.
3.13. QuickBooks Online API
• Feature/Setting: Automate guest transaction data export via `reports` endpoint to secure backup storage.
3.14. Xero API
• Feature/Setting: Automates regular syncing and data backup of contacts and invoices with `/Contacts` and `/Invoices`.
3.15. Zapier
• Feature/Setting: Automated workflow to move data from PMS (Property Management System) to storage platforms.
3.16. Integromat (Make)
• Feature/Setting: Automating multi-step backup from various apps and PMS via HTTP modules.
3.17. Slack API
• Feature/Setting: Automated notification to compliance channel post-backup using `chat.postMessage`.
3.18. Trello API
• Feature/Setting: Automator creates a card/log entry in compliance board for each automated backup event.
3.19. Asana API
• Feature/Setting: Automatedly logs backup success/failure as an Asana task for compliance tracking.
3.20. PagerDuty API
• Feature/Setting: Automator triggers incident if backup fails via `/incidents` endpoint.
3.21. Notion API
• Feature/Setting: Automated archiving of summarized guest records into Notion database as backup.
3.22. Salesforce CRM API
• Feature/Setting: Automate guest record data extraction into a daily export for backup.
Benefits
4.2. Reduces manual labor and error potential through reliable scheduled automation.
4.3. Automates audit preparedness with systematic logs and archiving.
4.4. Enables fast recovery and continuity using automated, offsite, and encrypted backups.
4.5. Scales easily across multiple properties or systems by automating multi-platform integration.
4.6. Provides real-time transparency to stakeholders by automating notifications and compliance records.