OData or MCP
OData or MCP: which connection suits you?
With DigiData you use the same business data in Power BI, Excel and AI assistants. OData is the connection for reporting, MCP the one for ChatGPT and Claude. You do not have to choose: use them side by side.
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OData: for Power BI and Excel
- Load your data straight into Power BI or Excel
- Build fixed reports and dashboards that refresh automatically
- Ideal for monthly reporting and fixed KPIs
MCP: for ChatGPT and Claude
- Ask questions in plain language in your own AI assistant
- No report to build: you get an answer straight away
- Ideal for ad-hoc questions and quick analyses
The same data, always current
Both connections read the same, automatically updated data from DigiData. Your Power BI report and your ChatGPT answer are based on the same numbers.
When to choose what
- Fixed reporting in Power BI or Excel: choose OData
- Ad-hoc questions in ChatGPT or Claude: choose MCP
- Recurring analysis with fixed definitions, in Teams, Slack or by email: choose the DigiData AI agent
From your software to your AI assistant
- Step 1
Your software
Exact Online, Twinfield, HubSpot and other systems update automatically in DigiData.
- Step 2
DigiData
Your data is stored securely and ready, so answers come fast.
- Step 3
Your choice
You decide what the AI assistant may see. Read-only.
- Step 4
ChatGPT or Claude
You ask your question and get an answer based on your own numbers.
