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Extract validated financial data from Datarails Finance OS to Excel. Creates workbooks with P&L, Balance Sheet, KPIs (including ARR), and validation checks.

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Datarails Financial Data Extraction

Extract validated financial data from Finance OS to Excel workbooks with:

  • P&L Data: Revenue, COGS, Operating Expenses by month
  • KPI Data: ARR, Net New ARR, Churn, LTV, Revenue by quarter
  • Validation: Cross-checks between P&L and KPI tables

Arguments

ArgumentDescriptionDefault
--output <file>Output filenametmp/Financial_Extract_YYYY.xlsx
--scenario <name>Primary scenarioActuals
--year <YYYY>Calendar year to extractCurrent year

Workflow

Step 1: Verify Connection

If any Datarails tool call fails with an authentication or connection error, tell the user:

The Datarails connector isn't connected. Click the "+" button next to the prompt, select Connectors, find Datarails, and click Connect.

Then STOP — do not retry until the user has reconnected.

Step 2: Run Extraction via MCP Tool

Call the extract_financials MCP tool with the parsed arguments:

Use: extract_financials
Arguments:
  year: <parsed year, default current year>
  scenario: <parsed scenario, default "Actuals">
  output_path: <parsed output, or omit for default>

The tool handles:

  • Loading the client profile for the environment
  • Pagination (500 rows per request) with auto token refresh
  • Client-side aggregation
  • Excel generation with openpyxl

Step 3: Report Results

Present the extraction summary to the user:

  • Output file path
  • Year and scenario extracted
  • Any errors or warnings

Expected Output

The tool generates an Excel workbook with:

  1. Summary sheet: Key totals and metrics
  2. P&L sheet: Monthly breakdown by account category
  3. KPIs sheet: Quarterly KPI values
  4. Validation sheet: Cross-checks and profile info

Output location: tmp/ folder (configurable via --output)

Troubleshooting

"profile_not_found" error

Run /dr-learn first to create a profile.

"missing_dependency" error

The MCP server is hosted remotely — this error should not occur. If it does, contact support.

Token expires during extraction

The script auto-refreshes tokens every 20K rows. If you still get 401 errors:

  1. Reconnect via Connectors UI ("+" > Connectors > Datarails)

Missing months in data

Check System_Year filter value - must be a string ("2025"), not integer.

Related Skills

  • Connect via Connectors UI first
  • /dr-learn - Create/update client profile
  • /dr-tables - Explore available tables
  • /dr-query - Investigate specific records