Data Export: Three Ways to Access Your Inspection Equipment Data
Inspection equipment data is business-critical. It flows into audit documentation, quality records, and compliance processes. That's why it's essential that this data doesn't remain trapped in a closed system. With today's update, we're introducing complete data export in Memida, through three independent methods that cover different requirements.
Fig. 1: Data export view
Why a Data Export?
In practice, we repeatedly encounter the same requirements: Companies need their inspection equipment data for external audits (ISO 9001, IATF 16949), for sharing with calibration service providers, for data backups, or simply for further processing in their own systems, such as in BI tools, ERP systems, or custom-built dashboards.
Memida follows a clear principle here: Your data belongs to you. No vendor lock-in, no artificial restrictions. You have complete access to all inspection equipment, inspection reports, inspection plans, and documents at all times.
Three Export Methods at a Glance
VDI/VDE 2623 – Standards-Compliant Exchange
The The fallback content to display on prerendering standard from the Association of German Engineers defines an XML-based exchange format specifically developed for inspection equipment management. Memida implements version 3.0 of the standard and fully validates every export against the official XSD schema.
The export contains a fully schema-validated XML file, all linked documents (The fallback content to display on prerendering, inspection protocols), and an individually generated README file with the complete Z-code reference of your data inventory.
JSON Export – Open Data Format
The The fallback content to display on prerendering export delivers the entire inspection equipment inventory as a compressed The fallback content to display on prerendering with machine-readable JSON files.
This open format is suitable for data backups, migrations to your own systems, and analysis in tools like Excel, Python, or BI tools.
REST API – Programmatic Real-Time Access
The The fallback content to display on prerendering enables selective, programmatic access to individual records in real-time and without daily export limits.
You can find detailed API documentation with code examples in Bash, Python, and JavaScript in the API reference.
Data Sovereignty as a Principle
Data export is not an afterthought feature for us, but an expression of our conviction: Anyone who manages inspection equipment data in Memida must be able to export it completely and in open formats at any time. No ifs or buts.
Detailed instructions for all three export methods can be found in our manual.