Success: Complex Trigger Allows Company to Analyze Data the Right Way
In the modern business world, finding the right partnership can often be likened to finding a needle in a haystack, challenging yet rewarding. When Zach Johnson found his company at a crossroads with a complex project at hand, he embarked on a quest for an unprecedented solution. Enter Caspio and Solutions Afoot – two companies that would provide the perfect solution.
“Our company is working on a novel data analysis and tracking solution for the aviation industry,” Johnson explained. When they first started the project, the company was working with Excel spreadsheets, but Johnson said they quickly realized this process did not have all the capabilities they were looking for and was not scalable, which led them to Caspio. “Then after some time trying to work Caspio ourselves, we could see that it was the right platform,” he said. “But we did not have the skills, experience, or time to make it do what we needed it to do.”
They began looking for Caspio developers who could help them on the project and found out about Solutions Afoot. “We found Solutions Afoot as a very positively reviewed Caspio Gold Partner and set up a meeting with them,” Johnson said. They talked with Nike Roach, the Chief Business Development Officer with Solutions Afoot, and Chris Vaughan, the Chief Knowledge Officer, and were pleased with the prospect of working with them. “From the first meeting with Nike and Chris, we were confident they could help us, and so we got started and put them to work,” according to Johnson.
During the onboarding session, Chris asked Zach several questions about the various calculations the company was trying to make. Through this discovery process, the former math teacher was able to realize the issues that Zach and his team were running into when trying to manipulate the Caspio tables themselves. The Solutions Afoot team then looked at a couple of different ways the calculations could be made, including the potential to utilize an API. Miles Catlett, a Senior Developer for Solutions Afoot realized that it was possible to create a complex trigger to loop through all the database records once a new entry was submitted to the database.
Caspio triggers are powerful tools within the Caspio system. They work as events that automatically occur once certain conditions are met within your database applications. Triggers are designed to cut down on repetitive tasks and improve workflow efficiency. Simple triggers can be created easily within the Caspio platform, but some of the complex triggers can take a little time to create, especially when multiple conditions and formulas are utilized. “It is important to remember that databases don’t behave like or have the functionality of spreadsheets, where these kinds of automatic calculations can be done easily. Creating triggers for these tasks can require a lot of creativity and persistence,” Miles said.
The company was very pleased with the results. “The advanced trigger that Solutions Afoot created helped solve our problem,” Johnson said. “We could not have come up with anything like that on our own. So, if you’re considering Caspio as a platform, or just looking for help on a project of any size, I highly recommend Solutions Afoot for their top-notch development, professionalism, and communication.”
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