# BlueTally

BlueTally is an asset management platform that helps companies track equipment, assign assets to employees, and manage their hardware inventory. It gives IT and ops teams a clear picture of what they own, who has it, and where it is.

Connecting BlueTally to Coupler.io lets you pull your asset and employee data into any destination — spreadsheets, dashboards, data warehouses, or AI tools — without manual exports.

**Why connect BlueTally to Coupler.io?**

* Sync asset inventory and employee records to Google Sheets, Excel, or BigQuery automatically
* Combine BlueTally data with other sources (HR systems, procurement tools) using Join or Append transformations
* Feed asset data into AI tools like ChatGPT or Gemini for analysis and reporting
* Keep stakeholders updated with live dashboards in Looker Studio without touching a CSV

## Prerequisites

* An active BlueTally account
* A BlueTally API key (available in your account settings)

## Quick start

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Start by connecting the **Assets** entity — it's the core of BlueTally and gives you the most immediate value for inventory tracking and reporting.
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**Create a new data flow in Coupler.io.** Log in to Coupler.io, go to the Data flows section, and click **Add data flow**.
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**Select BlueTally as your source.** Search for BlueTally in the source catalog and select it.
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**Enter your API key.** In BlueTally, navigate to your account settings and copy your API key. Paste it into the API key field in Coupler.io.
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**Choose an entity.** Select either **Assets** or **Employees** depending on what data you want to pull. You can add more entities to the same data flow later.
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**Set a start date.** Use the date picker to define how far back you want to pull data from BlueTally.
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**Choose a destination.** Select where you want your data to land — Google Sheets, Excel, BigQuery, Looker Studio, or an AI destination like ChatGPT or Gemini.
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**Run your data flow.** Click **Run** to execute a manual sync and confirm your data loads correctly.
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## Available entities

| Entity    | Description                                                                             |
| --------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Assets    | Company assets and equipment tracked in BlueTally, including assignment and status info |
| Employees | Employee records managed in BlueTally, linked to asset assignments                      |