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Claude Datarails FinanceOS connectorWhat Claude can do in your Datarails FinanceOS account.

The Claude Datarails FinanceOS connector exposes 24 tools, all 24 of them read tools. 0 write, 0 undocumented. Below: what Claude can query in your consolidated finance data, who has to switch it on in Datarails, and what the publisher explicitly keeps off limits.

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Overview

What it changes for an FP&A team

Instead of exporting a table, building a pivot and double-checking the filters, you ask Claude for spend by vendor over the quarter. It queries Datarails, has the totals computed server-side and answers you. According to the publisher, none of the 24 tools creates, edits or deletes anything.

Answer with your own definitions. list_business_metrics returns the KPIs exactly as your organization defined them, and list_aliased_fields the business names of each column.

Compute without pulling everything. start_aggregation_by_alias starts a grouping on the server, then get_aggregation_result_by_alias brings back the totals. Raw rows arrive 100 per page through get_data_by_alias. The figures stay within what your Datarails role lets you see.

Vet a table before trusting it. profile_numeric_fields and profile_categorical_fields return counts, sample values and SUM, AVG, MIN, MAX statistics, so you can judge a table before a board pack goes out.

What Claude will not do: Datarails spells it out, the connector writes no data, formulas, models or users, and cannot switch itself on. It does not fire when a month closes either. For scheduled processing you need an automation tool, a different job gathered on the Integrations hub.

Vocabulary

The vocabulary in one minute

Five words before you connect Datarails FinanceOS.

Connector
The link you set up once between Claude and an account you already have, so Claude can work with it while it answers you.
Tool
One named action a connector opens to Claude. Claude picks the ones it needs by itself; the directory lists them by name.
Authorization
The service's own sign-in screen, where you hand Claude the access it will use. Granted once per person, and revocable.
Approval
The confirmation Claude waits for before an action that changes your account, shown in the chat at the moment it matters.
MCP
The shared standard connectors are built on: it is what lets an assistant like Claude talk to an outside service at all.
Connect

Connect Datarails FinanceOS to Claude in three steps

  1. 01

    Find the connector

    In Claude's settings, open Customize, then Connectors, and look for Datarails FinanceOS. On a Team or Enterprise workspace, an Owner or Primary Owner enables it first, then each member connects individually.

  2. 02

    Sign in to Datarails

    Click Connect on its row. Datarails opens its own login page, through your SSO if one is set up, and asks you to pick your environment. If the link breaks, Disconnect and connect again.

  3. 03

    Approve the consent screen

    Read Datarails' authorization screen before accepting. It is that screen, not Claude, that defines what the access covers. You can withdraw it later from Claude or from your Datarails account.

Tools

The 24 tools, all read-only

Datarails FinanceOS gives Claude 24 tools: 24 that read your account, 0 that change something in it.

Tables, fields, KPIs, company profile, filebox, FX rates and aggregations: Datarails labels all 24 tools as reads. Names stay as Claude shows them.

  • 24 read

What Claude reads (24)

24 tools

Twenty-four reads, including pairs that start a calculation and then collect its result.

get_aggregation_result_by_alias

Collects the result of an aggregation started earlier on a table named by its business alias. It is the second half of a pair: the query goes out first, the figures come back here.

When it helps
you asked for total spend per cost center on the 2026 actuals table and Claude now picks up the amounts.
Watch out
without the matching start query, there is nothing to return.

Sourcesupport.datarails.com · August 26, 2026 ↗

get_aggregation_result_by_id

Picks up the totals of an aggregation submitted on a table identified by its technical ID, once Datarails has finished computing them.

When it helps
a controller wants revenue summed by region on a table they only know by number.
Watch out
it depends on start_aggregation_by_id being called first.

Sourcesupport.datarails.com · August 26, 2026 ↗

get_company_profile_sections

Returns the text of named sections from your company profile in Datarails. You name the sections; their titles come from list_company_profile_sections.

When it helps
before explaining a variance, you want Claude to reread the section that describes your business lines.

Sourcesupport.datarails.com · August 26, 2026 ↗

get_connector_status

Reports whether the connector is switched on for your organization.

When it helps
Claude signs in but returns nothing, and you want to know whether an organization setting is to blame.
Watch out
if it is off, only a Super Admin can turn it back on in AI Center.

Sourcesupport.datarails.com · August 26, 2026 ↗

get_currency_rates

Gives your organization's current exchange rate snapshot, based on the US dollar. Claude can then convert an amount with the rates Datarails holds.

When it helps
you are consolidating a UK subsidiary and want its sales converted at the house rate.

Sourcesupport.datarails.com · August 26, 2026 ↗

get_data_by_alias

Brings back rows from a table you name by its business label, with the columns and filters you choose. Handy when nobody remembers the technical ID.

When it helps
you want March entries for the marketing account without opening the web app.
Watch out
rows come back 100 per page by default.

Sourcesupport.datarails.com · August 26, 2026 ↗

get_data_by_id

Returns rows from a table addressed by its ID, keeping only the columns and filters that matter. The technical twin of the alias lookup.

When it helps
the data team gave you the ID of a forecast table and you need a slice of it.
Watch out
default pagination caps each call at 100 rows.

Sourcesupport.datarails.com · August 26, 2026 ↗

get_distinct_values_result_by_alias

Hands back the list of different values found in a field, after a lookup started on a table referenced by alias.

When it helps
you want every department name in the budget table before filtering on one.
Watch out
it waits on the matching start_distinct_values_by_alias call.

Sourcesupport.datarails.com · August 26, 2026 ↗

get_distinct_values_result_by_id

Delivers the unique values of a field once the lookup is done, when the table was referenced by its identifier.

When it helps
you check which currency codes actually show up in a journal table before a month-end bank reconciliation.

Sourcesupport.datarails.com · August 26, 2026 ↗

get_fields_by_id

Describes a table's columns: their names, types and descriptions. Claude then knows what to ask for before it queries any rows.

When it helps
you inherit an unfamiliar table from a former controller and want to understand what each column holds.

Sourcesupport.datarails.com · August 26, 2026 ↗

get_org_users

Provides the list of organization users with their role and department. Datarails flags that it includes those people's names and email addresses.

When it helps
an admin wants to know who in finance holds the Contributor role.
Watch out
this is personal data, so handle it with the same care as in the app.

Sourcesupport.datarails.com · August 26, 2026 ↗

get_workflow_guide

Returns guidance written by Datarails for common analysis tasks, with no customer data in it. Datarails authors this material itself, so nothing from your own tables appears in it.

When it helps
you ask for a budget-versus-actuals review and want the approach Datarails itself recommends.

Sourcesupport.datarails.com · August 26, 2026 ↗

list_aliased_fields

Shows a table's business-friendly field aliases along with what each field means. In other words, the readable names your team gave its columns, nothing technical.

When it helps
a CFO wants to talk about contribution margin in a review meeting, not about a cryptic column code.

Sourcesupport.datarails.com · August 26, 2026 ↗

list_business_metrics

Lists the KPIs and metric definitions your organization has set up in Datarails. They come back as your organization defined them, not as generic finance terms.

When it helps
you want to confirm how adjusted EBITDA is defined in-house before commenting on it in front of leadership.

Sourcesupport.datarails.com · August 26, 2026 ↗

list_company_profile_sections

Lists the sections that make up your company profile, without their content. Use it before get_company_profile_sections, which then returns the text of the ones you name.

When it helps
you cannot remember whether the profile has a section on seasonality, and would rather ask than dig around.

Sourcesupport.datarails.com · August 26, 2026 ↗

list_data_models

Lists the tables and data models your account is allowed to see.

When it helps
you just joined the FP&A team and want to know which tables exist before asking anything.
Watch out
a colleague with different permissions will get a different list.

Sourcesupport.datarails.com · August 26, 2026 ↗

list_filebox

Shows how the filebox is organized: folders, files, templates and lookup tables, by name and structure only.

When it helps
you are hunting for the monthly reporting template without opening Datarails.
Watch out
only names and structure come back, not what is inside the files.

Sourcesupport.datarails.com · August 26, 2026 ↗

list_xl_functions

Lists the named XL functions that Excel DR.GET formulas rely on. Only the function names come back; the workbooks themselves stay in Excel.

When it helps
an analyst takes over a workbook full of DR.GET formulas and wants to know what each points to.

Sourcesupport.datarails.com · August 26, 2026 ↗

profile_categorical_fields

Profiles categorical fields with distinct counts and sample values. Like every data tool, it only covers tables your Datarails role lets you see.

When it helps
before a vendor report, you want to see whether the vendor column is clean or full of spelling variants.

Sourcesupport.datarails.com · August 26, 2026 ↗

profile_numeric_fields

Computes sum, average, minimum, maximum and count for numeric fields. As with the other data tools, Datarails checks each call against your role and permission groups.

When it helps
an unexpected negative amount is lurking in the sales table and you want to spot the outlier at a glance.

Sourcesupport.datarails.com · August 26, 2026 ↗

start_aggregation_by_alias

Asks the server for a grouped aggregation on a table named by its business alias and returns a tracking handle. Datarails states this query stores nothing.

When it helps
you want spend by vendor and by quarter without pulling every row.
Watch out
the figures arrive afterwards through get_aggregation_result_by_alias.

Sourcesupport.datarails.com · August 26, 2026 ↗

start_aggregation_by_id

Kicks off a grouped aggregation (sum, count, average, min, max and similar) on a table identified by ID. The query runs server-side and keeps nothing.

When it helps
a CFO wants average payment delay per customer, computed directly inside Datarails.
Watch out
you then need get_aggregation_result_by_id to read the output.

Sourcesupport.datarails.com · August 26, 2026 ↗

start_distinct_values_by_alias

Asks for the list of distinct values in a field of a table called by its business name. The answer is fetched in a second step.

When it helps
you want to know which legal entities appear in the consolidation table.

Sourcesupport.datarails.com · August 26, 2026 ↗

start_distinct_values_by_id

Launches the search for a field's unique values on a table referenced by ID, for a deferred read of the result.

When it helps
before filtering an export, you want every possible invoice status.
Watch out
the list is read with get_distinct_values_result_by_id.

Sourcesupport.datarails.com · August 26, 2026 ↗

Approvals

What Claude asks before it acts

By default, Claude stops and asks for your go-ahead before each action it takes on an account for you. Here, all 24 tools are reads.

No source describes a confirmation specific to Datarails. On a Team or Enterprise workspace, owners decide whether a member may let certain actions through without being asked again, and can cap what a connector does for the whole organization. On the Datarails side, every call is checked against your role (Super Admin, Admin, Contributor, Viewer) and permission groups, just as in the web app. Claude therefore sees nothing you could not see yourself.

Plans

Which plans it is available on

None of the 819 sheets in the directory shows plan availability. That information is not published anywhere, connector by connector.

The general rule is published: remote connectors are open to all users on Claude, Cowork, Claude Desktop and mobile. On Team and Enterprise, an Owner or Primary Owner turns the connector on for the organization first. The Datarails AI connector subscription is a separate matter, covered under limits. For the current state on your account, the sheet in the official directory remains the reference.

Limits

Where this connector stops

A connector is not an automation. Claude calls these tools while it answers you; nothing kicks off by itself when a period closes.

Only the publisher documents this connector. Neither Claude's help center nor Anthropic's developer docs have a page on it. Datarails stresses one point: read-only is a property of the tools published today, not an enforced restriction, and write tools sit on its roadmap. If someone must not change a data set, their Datarails permissions have to guarantee it. The directory badge is not a security audit, and Anthropic does not choose the tools a publisher exposes.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions about the Claude Datarails FinanceOS connector

01What can Claude do with the Datarails FinanceOS connector?
Claude can query your consolidated finance data in Datarails during a conversation. Its 24 tools list the tables you can access, describe columns and business aliases, return defined KPIs, FX rates and company profile sections, browse the filebox by name, fetch filtered rows and run aggregations on the server. They also profile field quality. That means you can ask for a budget versus actuals variance or spend by vendor without exporting a single file.
02Can Claude change data in Datarails?
No, not with the published inventory: Datarails labels all 24 tools as reads and states the connector writes no data, fileboxes, models, formulas or users. The tools that start an aggregation keep nothing either. The publisher does warn that this read-only status comes from the tools published, not from an enforced restriction, and that write tools are planned. To stop someone from changing data, their Datarails permissions are what count.
03Does Claude ask before acting in Datarails?
By default, Claude asks for confirmation before each action it takes on an account on your behalf. No source describes a confirmation specific to Datarails, and its 24 tools only read. On a Team or Enterprise workspace, owners decide whether a member can let some actions through without a prompt, and they can restrict the connector for the whole organization. On the Datarails side, every call is checked against your role and permission groups.
04Which plans is the Datarails FinanceOS connector available on?
No official source publishes plan availability connector by connector, and no directory sheet displays it. The general rule is that remote connectors are open to all users on Claude, Cowork, Claude Desktop and mobile, with prior enablement by an Owner on Team and Enterprise. On the Datarails side, you also need an AI connector subscription. The sheet in the official directory remains the only up-to-date place for your Claude account.
05Does Claude see all of the company's finance data?
Claude sees exactly what your Datarails account sees, no more and no less. Each call is judged against your role and permission groups, as if you had opened the web app, so a colleague with other rights gets other answers. Datarails notes there is no narrower AI-only scope. To cut access, a Super Admin disables the connector in AI Center, and a Team or Enterprise owner can also restrict it on the Claude side.
06Why does Claude connect to Datarails but return nothing?
One likely cause is on the Datarails side. The publisher sets two conditions: an active FinanceOS AI connector subscription for your organization, a paid feature arranged through your Customer Success Manager, and a Super Admin who enables the connector in AI Center under Manage AI Connectors. Enablement applies per organization, not per user, and a connector switched off there is blocked at runtime. The get_connector_status tool reports whether the connector is enabled for your organization, which tells you where to look before you ask your Super Admin.
07Claude or an automation tool for Datarails?
They do different jobs, so it depends on the use. Claude fits when you have a question about your numbers: a variance, a total per vendor, a KPI definition. It only acts during the conversation, and nothing kicks off by itself when a month closes. An automation tool fits processing that must run without you, on a set date or when new data lands. Datarails checks each call against your role, whichever way you work.