Case Study: Inverse-Square achieves centralized, automated analytics and faster reporting with Fivetran

Software Shop finds Fivetran-Tableau-Snowflake Combo a Million Times Better

Inverse-Square, a custom software firm in Indianapolis, struggled with time-consuming, manual Excel reporting that required exporting QuickBooks Online and LiquidPlanner data and rebuilding spreadsheet models, which prevented reliable trend analysis. To modernize its analytics, Inverse-Square adopted a Tableau–Snowflake–Fivetran stack, using Fivetran connectors/cloud pipelines to move data into Snowflake and Tableau for visualization.

Fivetran delivered zero‑maintenance pipelines (set up in about five minutes) to replicate QuickBooks and LiquidPlanner into Snowflake—typically nightly for Inverse‑Square—so Tableau can query consolidated, up‑to‑yesterday data. The change replaced one-off Excel reports with automated, centralized analytics, dramatically faster queries (described by Inverse‑Square as “a million times better”), improved trend tracking, and the ability to join financial and project data to monitor revenue, profit and uncover cost savings and new opportunities.

Inverse-Square

Patrick Laskowski

Business Analyst