Analytics Central

Introducing Analytics Central

Unlock Deeper Insights Across Sites with Centralized High QA Data

High QA generates a wealth of valuable data across inspections, job progress, and quality activities. But until now, accessing and visualizing that data across multiple sites or time periods has been a challenge.

Analytics Central changes that.

What is Analytics Central?

Analytics Central is a powerful HQA Connector that unlocks your High QA data for real business intelligence. It transforms siloed inspection and quality records into a structured SQL database that works seamlessly with dashboarding tools like Power BI or Crystal Reports.

Whether you're overseeing a single plant or coordinating quality across multiple facilities, Analytics Central makes it simple to visualize quality trends, compare site performance, and monitor key quality metrics.

Key Capabilities

Multi-site Data Aggregation	Combines data from multiple High QA installations into one centralized source
BI Dashboard Compatibility	Connects easily to Power BI, Crystal Reports, Tableau, or any other SQL-compatible platform
Historical Data Tracking	Supports trend analysis with timestamped records
Scalable & Flexible	Use your own tools to build the dashboards you need—no vendor lock-in

What You Can Build

Analytics Central enables your BI team to create dashboards that deliver visibility and insight into:

Usage Metrics – Track High QA utilization across your different facilities
Inspection & Job Progress – Monitor completion status for each site
NCR Pareto Charts – Identify top reasons for non-conformances by site or globally
Custom KPIs – Visualize the quality and operational metrics that matter to you the most
And more…

Frequently Asked Questions

Can’t I export quality reports from High QA directly?

Absolutely, but manual exports are flat and isolated. Analytics Central offers continuous, structured access to live, cross-site data—ideal for scalable dashboards and tracking trends over time.

We already use Power BI. What value does Analytics Central bring?

Analytics Central feeds your High QA data directly into Power BI (or other BI tools), eliminating extensive API development and database restructuring efforts.

Are any dashboards or dashboarding tools included?

No—Analytics Central is a backend data connector. It provides clean, structured data to feed the dashboarding tools you already know and love, such as Power BI or Crystal Reports.

What do I need before I get started with Analytics Central?

To use Analytics Central effectively, organizations should have:

One or multiple facilities using High QA's Inspection Manager
A SQL-capable BI tool (such as Power BI, Crystal Reports, Tableau, etc.)
Internal staff or external resources with dashboarding/SQL expertise
A server environment where Analytics Central can be hosted and run

What if we don’t have BI experts in-house?

Many customers use external consultants or contractors. The connector is designed to be intuitive for teams familiar with standard BI workflows and SQL.

Technical Overview

Analytics Central provides a structured SQL database that optimizes High QA’s data structure for BI tools.

HQA Connector Type	SQL Database, powered by HQA Connect
Install/Setup	Local deployment by your IT team or with High QA support
Hosting	On-prem or private cloud
Compatible Tools	Power BI, Crystal Reports, Tableau, or any SQL-capable BI platform
Update Frequency	Scheduled sync (e.g., daily)
Security	Respects internal server firewalls and user access controls

How It Works: Extract, Transform, Load (ETL)

Analytics Central uses a streamlined ETL process to extract, transform, and load High QA data from one or multiple Inspection Manager installations into a structured, analytics-ready SQL database.

Extract

Data is retrieved from the High QA Inspection Manager database using secure API calls. HQA Connect makes it easy to pull from one or multiple facilities, giving organizations control over what data is centralized. This data is regularly extracted on a scheduled sync (e.g., daily).

Transform

The raw, relational data from Inspection Manager is cleaned and organized through pre-defined tables and views. These combine key quality and operational data points (such as jobs, parts, inspections, and NCRs) into clean, consistent datasets ready for analysis.

This includes:

Joining related data across tables (e.g., linking NCRs to jobs or parts)
Formatting fields for consistency (e.g., timestamps, statuses)
Structuring data to match BI dashboard needs (e.g., progress tracking, trend summaries)

Load

The transformed data is then loaded into the Analytics Central SQL database, hosted in your on-prem or private cloud environment. From there, it’s accessible to any SQL-compatible dashboarding tool (Power BI, Crystal Reports, Tableau, etc.).

Data Structure (Preview)

Click the image below for a list of data tables and values provided (subject to change).

Get Started with a Free Demo Database

To evaluate Analytics Central, we offer a demo database with sample data that can be used to develop proof-of-concept dashboards before purchasing:

Connect the demo database to your BI platform of choice
Explore the data structure and build dashboards to validate use-cases
Once you are ready, purchase and activate Analytics Central to sync your live High QA data into your dashboards

To request demo access, please contact your High QA sales representative.