Zoho Reports - New features rolled out on June 21, 2013

Zoho Reports - New features rolled out on June 21, 2013

Support for Importing Data from Authenticated URL

Previously, you can import data into Zoho Reports from a web location only when they are publicly accessible. Now, Zoho Reports supports importing data from URL with basic authentication. With this, you will be able to import data from a private data source available in a web location. Option to import for authenticated URL is available in the Import wizard.  

You can setup a scheduled import as you do from a public URL. It is also possible to re-fetch the data at that instance if needed. 


Enhanced Upload Tool

We have now released the new Upload Tool with major enhancements rolled out:
 

  • New Databases Support: Upload tool now supports many more new databases including Cloud database. Now you can upload data from the following databases too. 
    • Microsoft Access 2010
    • Firebird
    • SQL Azure (Cloud Database)
  • The new Upload Tool supports Auth Token for accessing the Zoho Reports service to upload data. This allows you to upload data using Upload Tool without exposing your user credentials (your password).
  • Lot more options (parameters) have been added to command line more of the Upload tool. For more details refer to the following link.

Recommend you to check out the latest documentation for more details. 

Note: Older versions of Upload Tool will not be supported from 30th of July. Hence, users are recommended to download & use the latest Upload Tool available here.

Auth Token Support

Now Zoho Reports API supports a permanent Authentication Token (Auth Token) replacing the temporary Tickets to access your Zoho Reports account using API.  This reduces the tedious process of generating temporary Tickets often.

Auth Token is a user-specific and permanent authentication ID that needs to be passed along with every Zoho Reports API request.  This ID is service-specific and cannot be interchanged among Zoho services.  Generating Auth Token is a one-time process. This will be valid till you deliberately remove or regenerate it. Click here for more details on this.

Note: Users are strongly recommended to use Auth Token instead of Tickets for your API requests, as Zoho Reports will completely remove the usage of Ticket by 30th of July.