DataSight is a commercial-off-the-shelf environmental data management system (EDMS) that combines an open back-end database (Microsoft SQL Server) with powerful data acquisition, validation, visualization and reporting capability.

DataSight is an intuitive, user friendly system. The software has been designed with flexibility in mind and as a Client/Server application, with the understanding that you may need to be able to manage your data management system as independently as possible. In many remote areas, it is not a viable solution (practically or financially) to have to continually seek support from a software provider. DataSight has been designed to reduce the need for support wherever possible through the design of intuitive interfaces, simple automation for ingestion of data, in built reporting tools and industry standard linkages through ODBC. 

Well-designed client-server applications work effectively across the varying quality of WAN and internet, allowing DataSight users to connect to different databases as required even if connectivity is poor. The software (the ‘client’ side) is installed on a user’s PC and connects to Microsoft SQL server databases (the ‘server’ side) located within a network (LAN or WAN) or via the internet. You can configure the system to have remote access from anywhere in the world.

A DataSight implementation may involve:

• One PC/laptop hosting both the database and the DataSight client
• Multiple, multi-tenanted databases
• Multiple DataSight users connecting to these databases, both on the LAN, WAN and via the internet
• Geographic separation of users and databases
• Web browser access to data and reports by management and other stakeholders
• Real-time data imports
• Overnight database replication, such as from operational sites to company headquarters.

DataSight is currently being used to capture and ingest data from many different sources including manual data import, radio telemetry, GSM/GPRS, GOES, Iridium, email, file transfer protocol, direct linkages to Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), handheld mobile devices and manual data importation. You can build your own import routines and then schedule them as automated tasks. Once data has been captured in DataSight, you have a wide array of charting tools to view your data, undertake data analysis and calculations and develop reports. DataSight has a granular audit trail that tracks the data from the moment it is imported to the moment it is locked (archived).

DataSight is highly scalable. The table structure has been designed to ensure that you have enormous capacity for the number of monitoring sites (tens of thousands), measured variables (thousands) or data points (currently tested to 3 billion records) that you may wish to ingest into DataSight.

DataSight does not add or include any proprietary data formats; it maintains full ODBC and XML compliance and extensibility.  All data stored and managed by DataSight is open to other systems if you choose to provide access permission – there are no middleware or additional costs for other systems to access the data tables.

System Design

When designing your DataSight environmental data management system, you have the choice of either:

DataSight On-Premise - DataSight components are installed to your computer or network and licensed for perpetual usage.

DataSight Cloud - A software as a service (SaaS) offering through an annual subscription.  This requires access to the internet.

Both systems offer the same functionality. 

In addition, you may use either of, or both:

DSWeb for dissemination of your DataSight data to any stakeholder through a web browser.

DSApp for collection of field measurements on a mobile device.

Please contact your local reseller for more information.