Connect Azure Synapse and
Planful with AI

Automate the flow of actuals from your enterprise data warehouse into financial planning workflows. Stop exporting SQL query results to CSV, uploading to staging tables, and manually reconciling actuals against budget every month.

No code required
Live in minutes
SOC 2 Type II

What you can automate today

Redbird gives your team ready-to-run workflows — just connect your accounts and go.

Sync actuals from Synapse dedicated SQL pools into Planful for variance analysis

Automatically push monthly actuals from your Synapse data warehouse into Planful dimensions and cubes. Redbird maps your SQL schema to Planful's chart of accounts, entities, and custom dimensions so finance teams get accurate variance reports without manual data prep.

Load consolidated forecasts and budgets from Planful into Synapse for enterprise BI

Pull approved budgets, forecasts, and planning scenarios from Planful into your Synapse analytical tables. Enable Power BI dashboards and executive reports that combine financial plans with operational actuals in a single source of truth.

Automate daily actuals refresh from Spark workloads to Planful planning cubes

Push transformed actuals from Synapse Spark pools directly into Planful after ETL pipeline completion. Keep your FP&A team working with current data without waiting for month-end batch uploads or manual intervention.

Trigger Synapse pipeline runs when Planful budgets are locked and approved

Automatically kick off Synapse data integration pipelines when finance teams finalize budgets in Planful. Redbird detects approval events and orchestrates downstream analytics, ensuring your warehouse always reflects the latest approved plans.

Enrich Planful actuals with operational metrics from Azure data lake storage

Combine granular operational data stored in Synapse with financial actuals flowing to Planful. Automatically attach headcount, transaction volumes, or usage metrics to P&L line items so finance teams understand the drivers behind variances.

Alert finance teams when Synapse actuals deviate from Planful forecast thresholds

Monitor actuals streaming into Synapse against forecast targets stored in Planful. Redbird detects material variances based on your thresholds and notifies FP&A teams in Slack or email, surfacing issues before month-end close.

Live in four steps

No engineers, no pipelines to maintain. Redbird handles the connectivity — you focus on the outcome.

01

Connect your accounts

Authorize Azure Synapse and Planful with OAuth or API credentials. Redbird never stores your data — it just passes through.

02

Describe what you want

Tell Redbird what to do in plain language — no SQL, no code, no configuration files required.

03

Review and activate

Redbird shows you exactly what it will do before running anything. Approve the workflow, set a schedule, and switch it on.

04

Let it run — and iterate

Workflows run on your schedule or on triggers. Every run is logged. Adjust with natural language at any time.

Built for data-driven teams

Redbird understands both Synapse's analytical schemas and Planful's financial planning structures, so your data flows correctly without custom mapping scripts or middleware.

AI that reads dedicated SQL pools, Spark tables, and Planful cubes

Redbird maps Synapse fact and dimension tables to Planful's chart of accounts, entity hierarchies, and custom dimensions automatically. Our AI understands GL account structures, time period rollups, and multi-currency consolidation rules. Whether your actuals live in dedicated SQL pools or Spark-managed tables, Redbird handles the transformation logic so data arrives in Planful ready for variance analysis and board reporting.

Dedicated SQL pool schemas
Spark dataframe structures
Planful cube dimensions
Entity consolidation hierarchies
10×

faster than building Synapse pipelines with staging tables and manual Planful imports

No Azure Data Factory workflows, Python scripts for CSV generation, or manual dimension mapping in Planful's import wizard

Auto-generated reports

Redbird can pull from Azure Synapse and Planful simultaneously, merge the results, and format a polished report — sent on a schedule or on demand.

Trigger-based alerts

Set conditions in natural language. Get notified in Slack or email the moment a threshold is crossed in either Azure Synapse or Planful.

Enterprise-grade security

SOC 2 Type II certified. Data flows encrypted in transit and at rest. Fine-grained permission controls with full audit logs.

Bidirectional sync

Push data from Azure Synapse into Planful, or from Planful back into Azure Synapse. Resolve conflicts with configurable merge rules.

Full audit trail

Every workflow run is logged — what ran, what changed, and why. Replay or revert any individual step at any time.

Triggers & actions for every team

Start workflows from any event in Azure Synapse or Planful—from pipeline completions to budget approvals.

Azure Synapse
Triggers & Actions
Trigger

Dedicated SQL pool query completes

Trigger workflows when scheduled SQL queries finish running on your Synapse warehouse.

Trigger

Spark job writes to Delta table

Detect when Spark workloads update analytical tables in your data lake storage.

Trigger

Pipeline run succeeds or fails

React to Azure Synapse pipeline execution events and status changes in real-time.

Action

Execute SQL query on dedicated pool

Run parameterized SQL queries against your Synapse data warehouse and retrieve results.

Action

Trigger pipeline with parameters

Start Synapse integration pipelines programmatically with custom parameter values from other systems.

Action

Write data to Spark table

Insert or update records in Synapse Spark-managed tables from external sources.

Planful
Triggers & Actions
Trigger

Budget or forecast locked

Trigger workflows when finance teams finalize and lock planning versions in Planful.

Trigger

Actuals import completes

Detect when actuals from ERP or other sources finish loading into Planful cubes.

Trigger

Workflow approval event

React when budget submissions or planning scenarios move through approval chains.

Action

Load actuals to planning cube

Push financial actuals into specific Planful cubes with proper dimension and period mapping.

Action

Update dimension member attributes

Modify account, entity, or custom dimension properties based on changes in source systems.

Action

Export scenario or report data

Extract budget, forecast, or scenario data from Planful for analysis in external tools.

Azure Synapse
+
Planful

Ready to connect your stack?

Stop manually syncing actuals between Azure Synapse and Planful. Redbird automates the data flow so your finance team works with current numbers and your warehouse reflects approved plans.

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