## Why You Should Connect 7shifts To Your Data Warehouse Today

Connecting [7shifts to Snowflake](https://portable.io/connectors/7shifts/snowflake), [7shifts to Google BigQuery](https://portable.io/connectors/7shifts/bigquery), [7shifts to Amazon Redshift](https://portable.io/connectors/7shifts/redshift), or [7shifts to PostgreSQL](https://portable.io/connectors/7shifts/postgresql) allows your analytics team to turn data from your employee scheduling platform into strategic insights quickly.

## What Data Can You Extract From the 7shifts API?

The [7shifts API Documentation](https://developers.7shifts.com/docs) exposes data that can be helpful for downstream analytics. Here are a few of the available entities.
- Locations
- Shifts
- Time Punches
- Companies
- Departments
- Roles
- Events
- Etc.

Do you want to see which endpoints Portable already supports? Feel free to [create an account](https://app.portable.io/login) and start replicating data (no credit card required)!

Let's now dig into the use cases for a [7shifts ETL integration](https://portable.io/connectors/7shifts).

## What Dashboards Can You Build With Data From 7shifts?

**7shifts is an employee scheduling platform** used for hiring and managing restaurant professionals. You can connect the 7shifts API to your data warehouse with no code using Portable. From there, you can start building dashboards using SQL and your data transformation tool of choice and then visualize the data in your visualization tool (Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, Looker, Retool, etc.). Here are three easy ways to get started analyzing your 7shifts data:
1. **Shifts Per Employee** - Get a clear image of which employees are working when. You can chart the hours worked per employee over time to understand engagement.
2. **Labor vs. Revenue** - When you map your labor expenses against your revenue data, you can finally understand when you need to increase bandwidth and when you can reduce labor costs.
3. **Events (By Location)** - In addition to understanding your employee shifts and time cards, you can also gain insight into events at your locations to optimize traffic to stores and location utilization.

Beyond the dashboards above, Portable's ready-to-query schemas can unlock infinite opportunities to power analytics, automate workflows, and develop products by replicating data from your SaaS applications into your data warehouse or data lake.

## What Methods Can You Use To Connect 7shifts To Your Data Warehouse?

There are two methods of data integration from 7shifts to Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, or PostgreSQL:
1. Script your data pipeline from 7shifts into the warehouse.
2. Leverage Portable's [prebuilt no-code ELT connectors](https://portable.io/connectors).

Are you considering writing code yourself? Instead of reading API docs, parsing JSON, and handling replication, you can get started faster with a cloud-hosted ETL tool to extract information from the data sources you need.

Let's walk through the setup process, how much it costs and how long it will take.

## Step-By-Step Instructions To Sync Data From 7shifts To Your Cloud Data Warehouse With Portable

1. Create an account with [Portable](https://app.portable.io/login)
2. Add a source - You can search for 7shifts or scroll to find it
3. Authenticate with 7shifts using the instructions in the Portable console
4. Add a warehouse (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, or PostgreSQL) and authenticate
5. Set up a flow connecting 7shifts to your analytics environment
6. Run your flow to replicate data from 7shifts to your warehouse

## How Much Does It Cost To Integrate 7shifts With Your Analytics Environment?

Portable keeps [pricing](https://portable.io/pricing) extremely simple.

Manually triggered data syncs are free. You can start moving data quickly (no credit card required) without writing a line of code.

With predictable, fixed-cost pricing per data flow, you know exactly how much your 7shifts integration will cost with Portable.

## How Long Does It Take To Start Analyzing Your 7shifts Data?

It's easy to start syncing data. Sign up for Portable, authenticate with 7shifts, add your data warehouse credentials, and trigger your first sync.

Once you’ve gathered your credentials, the setup process takes less than 5 minutes.

## What Other Tools Are Similar To 7shifts?

As you explore alternatives to 7shifts, don't forget that Portable offers no-code integrations to [Everhour](https://portable.io/connectors/everhour), [Harvest](https://portable.io/connectors/harvest), and [Hubstaff](https://portable.io/connectors/hubstaff).

If you have another tool in mind, you can [request an integration](https://portable.io/request). The Portable team can turn around new connectors in under 24 hours!

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