Reference data management

Eliminate data inconsistencies and ensure a single source of truth with UniFi

UniFi comes with robust reference data management capabilities that allow users to easily create, amend, delete and manage reference data across all your systems, including UniFi. 

UniFi can manage reference data held within its Apps and data held in other systems such as your ERP, CRM, and FMS. 

You can create Apps to manage the approval of the creation of reference data items in other systems. Once the item is approved, it will be created in UniFi or your business systems. 

You can build apps for any use case and use a variety of dropdown fields (e.g: single select, multi select, customer, user, supplier etc) to create any type of reference data or retrieve it live from your business systems. 

Users can choose to create the reference data within UniFi or they can create it in their other business systems and use UniFi to retrieve that live data.  

This ensures a single source of truth and eliminates the need for reference data lists to be maintained in multiple systems. Giving you better data insights into your organisation. 

How UniFi Reference Data Solution Works

UniFi can manage reference data in two ways: it can store and manage reference data in its own reference data section. It can also push, pull and convert data from multiple sources using data connectors. You can then decide where this data goes so you have a single source of truth.

To illustrate, if a CRM system is where you create your customers, you won’t need to create that customer again in any other system.

Instead, you can use a data connector in UniFi to the customer list in your CRM. You can then present that customer list as a live drop-down in Apps you create in UniFi. 

(Keep in mind that ‘customer data’ is only an example in this instance. You can have any type of reference data populated in your dropdown fields in your Apps).

By retrieving data from other business systems that you already use,UniFi saves time and resources, eliminating the need for re-keying of data and ensuring that all information is up-to-date and accurate. 

UniFi saves you from creating and managing multiple project lists, customer lists, supplier lists, cost centres, employee records and other analytical/reference type data.   

Simply pick the master system to hold the data and use UniFi to deal with approving the creation and amendment of the master data. The master system will update when changes are approved and then you can use this field in any part of UniFi or your wider business systems.  

With this, you can be confident that everyone is working on the same set of information. Ultimately providing you with much better reporting and data insights.   

What is Reference Data Management?

Reference data management is the creation, amendment, deletion, and general management of reference data with the goal of maintaining a single source of truth across the organisation for consistency and accuracy in all systems.  Effective reference data management is crucial for reporting and measuring performance, as it ensures that all data is accurate and consistent across all systems. 
Autonomous Processes

Autonomous processes mimic the activities of human users so you can streamline operations, reduce manual tasks, and enhance productivity – all in the background without human input. They are fulfilled by bots that can imitate and perform routine actions that normally take a chunk of your team’s valuable time.

UniFi currently has 8 Autonomous Processes:

UniFi automates transaction creation by monitoring emails, extracting key data from attachments using OCR and AI, and seamlessly progressing transactions through workflows for faster, more efficient processing.

UniFi leverages Machine Learning and Generative AI (powered by ChatGPT) to enhance OCR and Autonomous Data Capture, enabling accurate extraction and interpretation of data from various document types, such as invoices, identity documents, forms, and tables. These AI services ensure seamless form population, with machine learning recognising key fields and generative AI providing contextual understanding for financial and HR-related documents, driving continuous automation improvements.

The Scheduler automates transactions at predefined times with preset fields, ensuring consistency, reducing manual effort, and streamlining routine financial processes.

Connect Hub offers pre-integrated autonomous APIs for UniFi, enabling seamless connections to services like Companies House, eCommerce platforms, and travel booking systems, simplifying processes like KYC, procurement, and automated bookings without technical setup.

Robotic Process Automation (RPA), automates repetitive tasks like invoice matching and automated ordering, enhancing efficiency, consistency, and freeing up time for higher-value work.

Generative AI, extends beyond OCR to automate tasks like invoice coding and document authenticity analysis, streamlining workflows, reducing errors, and enhancing compliance.

Integration bots for each inbound UniFi API connection automate interactions with external systems, enabling seamless transaction updates, data syncing, and real-time workflow automation.

 Webhooks in UniFi enable unauthenticated, one-way data transmission for immediate execution, ideal for non-critical processes like real-time notifications where response verification isn’t required.

Find out more about our Autonomous Processes here.

The use case, Reference Data Management, on this page can be turned into and autonomous process and completed by a bot. However, it’s important to note that autonomous processes offer incredible flexibility and can be adapted to any use case you can imagine. The below table showcases some of the current ways users are leveraging bots, but these are just a few examples. The possibilities are virtually limitless and constrained only by your creativity.

Autonomous Process Use Cases

Autonomous Processes
Use Cases RPA Email Extraction Bot AI/ChatGPT Integration Scheduler Connect Hub Generative AI Web Hook Integration
Autonomous Processes
Use Cases RPA Email Extraction Bot AI/ChatGPT Integration Scheduler Connect Hub Generative AI Web Hook Integration
Autonomous Processes
Use Cases RPA Email Extraction Bot AI/ChatGPT Integration Scheduler Connect Hub Generative AI Web Hook Integration
Autonomous Processes
Use Cases RPA Email Extraction Bot AI/ChatGPT Integration Scheduler Connect Hub Generative AI Web Hook Integration
Autonomous Processes
Use Cases RPA Email Extraction Bot AI/ChatGPT Integration Scheduler Connect Hub Generative AI Web Hook Integration
Autonomous Processes
Use Cases RPA Email Extraction Bot AI/ChatGPT Integration Scheduler Connect Hub Generative AI Web Hook Integration
Autonomous Processes
Use Cases RPA Email Extraction Bot AI/ChatGPT Integration Scheduler Connect Hub Generative AI Web Hook Integration
Autonomous Processes
Use Cases RPA Email Extraction Bot AI/ChatGPT Integration Scheduler Connect Hub Generative AI Web Hook Integration
Autonomous Processes
Use Cases RPA Email Extraction Bot AI/ChatGPT Integration Scheduler Connect Hub Generative AI Web Hook Integration

What Our Clients Say About Us

“Having a audit report for changes on users/reference data is very useful as we can now track all changes and who/when/what were made.”
Devendra Patel
Financial Reporting and Systems Accountant |ScreenSkills

Other Compliance Use Cases

If you have a unique requirement or use case that’s not listed on this page, it’s highly likely that it’s creatable or configurable in UniFi, please speak to our team and we’ll be happy to discuss your options

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