Every insight starts with connected data.

The Integration Layer is the foundation of the Rayven Platform — the set of tools and connectors that bring data from any source into the platform. It supports file uploads, pre-built IT/OT connectors, REST APIs, IoT protocols, digital forms, AI connectors, and streaming data pipelines. Together, these capabilities give organisations a single, governed path to data unification regardless of where their data originates.

The Integration Layer handles virtually any data source an industrial or enterprise organisation might have: cloud applications (ERP, CRM, SaaS tools), operational technology (SCADA, PLCs, DCS systems, historians), IoT and IIoT devices (MQTT, OPC-UA, Modbus), streaming data pipelines, REST and GraphQL APIs, file-based data (CSV, Excel, JSON, XML), and manually entered data via configurable digital forms.

No. Rayven ships with 200+ pre-built connectors for common enterprise and industrial systems. For systems not yet covered, the API endpoint tool and custom connector builder allow technical teams to build reusable integrations without deep software engineering. Most connections can be configured by operations or IT teams — not just developers.

Yes. The Integration Layer supports real-time streaming (via MQTT, websockets, OPC-UA, and other event-driven protocols) and batch ingestion (scheduled file imports, ETL jobs, API polling) simultaneously. You can mix both modes across different sources, with all data flowing into the same unified downstream environment.

Rayven includes native connectors for SCADA platforms, historians (including OSIsoft PI and Aspen), PLCs, and a wide range of industrial communication protocols. For truly legacy or proprietary systems, edge adapters and custom connectors extend coverage without requiring infrastructure replacement. All OT connections are managed centrally with health monitoring and full governance controls.

Rayven's IoT integration natively supports MQTT, OPC-UA, Modbus TCP/RTU, BACnet, AMQP, HTTP/HTTPS webhooks, and custom protocol adapters. Devices can connect to Rayven directly or via an edge gateway, depending on the network architecture and latency requirements of your environment.

The Integration Layer is Layer 1 of the 5-layer Rayven Platform stack. Data ingested here flows into the Data Layer (Layer 2) for storage, transformation, and unification — which then feeds the Execution Layer (automated workflows and alerts), the Presentation Layer (dashboards and reports), and the Security and Governance Layer. Every Rayven capability depends on data that started in the Integration Layer.

Yes. Many of Rayven's customers operate environments with legacy OT infrastructure, proprietary industrial protocols, and ageing IT systems alongside modern cloud platforms. The Integration Layer is specifically designed to bridge old and new without requiring system replacement — connecting your full operational data estate into a single governed pipeline.

Rayven supports CSV, Excel (XLS/XLSX), JSON, XML, Parquet, and standard delimited text files. Automated parsing, column mapping, and data type inference reduce the onboarding effort for file-based datasets. Scheduled imports can pull from FTP, SFTP, SharePoint, Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, and other storage locations.

Every connection in the Integration Layer maintains a full audit log — what data was received, when, from which source, and whether it passed validation. Schema enforcement, data quality checks, and transformation rules can be applied at the point of ingestion, ensuring only clean, validated data flows downstream. Governance status is visible from the central Rayven admin dashboard.