Export of financial and booking records to external systems

Purpose

1.1. Automate the extraction, transformation, and secure transmission of airline financial and booking data into various external accounting, ERP, cloud storage, and analytics systems for reconciliation, compliance, auditing, and performance reporting.
1.2. Ensure near real-time synchronization between ticketing back-office and external business platforms, reducing manual handling, error, and compliance risks.
1.3. Streamline monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting by enabling continuous data flows and direct integration with partner, regulatory, or business intelligence systems.
1.4. Broaden interoperability with financial, CRM, or analytical services adopted by client agencies, franchisors, or global alliances.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. New booking confirmed or ticket issued in the central reservation system (CRS).
2.2. Daily/weekly/monthly batch or scheduled data export process.
2.3. Manual or automated reconciliation trigger (e.g., end of day closing process).
2.4. Data or field update (e.g., status, payment, refund) detected.
2.5. External request via webhook or API pull from a partner system.

Platform Variants

3.1. SAP
• Function/Setting: Use SAP BAPI_ACC_DOCUMENT_POST or S/4HANA OData service for financial record import; configure endpoint URL and authentication.
3.2. Oracle NetSuite
• Function/Setting: Configure SuiteScript Restlet endpoint for POST/PUT booking/financial JSON payloads.
3.3. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
• Function/Setting: Use the “General Ledger Entries” or “Sales Invoice” API; set OAuth and object mapping.
3.4. QuickBooks Online
• Function/Setting: Use the Create Invoice or Create JournalEntry REST endpoint; provide OAuth2 token and map account codes.
3.5. Xero
• Function/Setting: Use the Accounting API – Invoices and Bank Transactions endpoints; configure tenant ID.
3.6. FreshBooks
• Function/Setting: Use Invoice and Expense POST endpoints; map client and payment detail fields.
3.7. Zoho Books
• Function/Setting: Sales Invoice API; set organization ID and access token for secure posting.
3.8. Salesforce
• Function/Setting: Use Data Loader or REST API sObject insert for Financial_Transaction__c; map external ID fields.
3.9. Google Sheets
• Function/Setting: Sheets API “spreadsheets.values.append”; set spreadsheet ID and worksheet name.
3.10. Airtable
• Function/Setting: POST to Table endpoint via Airtable API; configure API key and field mapping.
3.11. Amazon S3
• Function/Setting: Upload CSV/JSON via PutObject API; specify bucket, path, and access credentials.
3.12. Dropbox
• Function/Setting: Use files/upload endpoint to transmit export files; parametrize path and bearer token.
3.13. Box
• Function/Setting: Use /files/content endpoint for batch uploads; authenticate with App Token.
3.14. Power BI
• Function/Setting: Use Push Datasets API; register workspace and dataset, send batched JSON rows.
3.15. Tableau
• Function/Setting: Use Tableau REST API “Add Data to Extract” method; set project and datasource IDs.
3.16. Slack
• Function/Setting: Incoming Webhook to notify exports; set channel and message structure.
3.17. Email (SMTP)
• Function/Setting: Automate email with export file as attachment; specify SMTP host, port, and credentials.
3.18. SFTP
• Function/Setting: Scripted SFTP put to remote folder; configure server, folder path, credentials.
3.19. Google BigQuery
• Function/Setting: Insert rows via “tabledata.insertAll”; set dataset, table ID, and schema.
3.20. Snowflake
• Function/Setting: Use Snowflake connector or REST API for bulk inserts; set warehouse, schema, table.

Benefits

4.1. Eliminates manual, error-prone export/import of booking and finance records.
4.2. Accelerates reconciliation, closing, and audit processes.
4.3. Enhances compliance and security through consistent, structured transfers.
4.4. Enables advanced analytics, trend analysis, and regulatory reporting.
4.5. Supports flexible partner, franchise, or multi-system integrations and scalability.