Daily Backups

Your Data, Every Day, In Your Hands.

A complete BACPAC backup of your entire database, generated daily, retained for 60 days. Download via API or application. Connect Power BI directly. Included at no extra cost.

What Is a BACPAC?

A BACPAC is an Azure SQL Database export format that packages your entire database — every table, every relationship, every stored procedure, and every row of data — into a single portable file.

It's not a proprietary format locked to P4 Books. It's a standard Microsoft SQL Server format that can be restored into any SQL Server instance — local server, Azure cloud, or any other SQL Server environment.

Your BACPAC Includes
  • Every table and relationship
  • All stored procedures
  • Every row of your data
  • Complete schema definition

Daily Backups, 60-Day Retention

P4 Books generates a fresh BACPAC of your production database every day. Each backup is retained for 60 days, giving you a rolling window of daily snapshots.

Fresh Daily Backup

New BACPAC generated every day with your complete current database

60-Day History

Access any backup from the past 60 days to track changes or recover data

Included Free

Not a premium feature or add-on — every customer gets daily backups

Access Your Backups Two Ways

Choose the method that fits your workflow — automated API access or manual download from the application.

API Access for Automation

P4 Books exposes an API endpoint that lets you programmatically download the latest BACPAC file. Set up a scheduled job that runs nightly to automatically download and restore to your own SQL Server.

  • Runs unattended every night
  • No manual steps required
  • Analytics always current
  • Perfect for Power BI pipelines
Download from Application

Download your BACPAC directly from within P4 Books. Log in, select any date within the 60-day window, download the file, and restore it wherever you need.

  • No tickets or requests needed
  • Choose any date in 60-day window
  • Instant access, no waiting
  • Perfect for occasional needs
Game Changer

Power BI and Analytics

The daily BACPAC becomes more than a backup — it becomes a data pipeline. Download nightly, restore to your analytics SQL Server, and connect Power BI directly to your complete dataset.

Your production environment stays untouched. Your analytics team works against their own copy. Performance is never impacted.

What This Enables
  • Unrestricted access to every table and field
  • Complex SQL queries with zero production impact
  • Historical analysis across 60 days of snapshots
  • Custom reports beyond built-in tools
  • Combine with data from other systems

A Different Approach

Traditional ERP vendors either provide limited built-in reporting or offer restricted APIs that extract data field by field — slowly, with rate limits, never giving you the complete picture.

Traditional ERP
  • Limited built-in reporting
  • Extra charges for advanced reports
  • Restricted API with rate limits
  • Field-by-field extraction only
  • Backup management is your problem
P4 Books
  • Complete database every night
  • Standard SQL Server format
  • API or manual download
  • 60-day retention window
  • Backup management handled for you

Your Data, Your Control

Download it any time. Restore it to your own infrastructure. Analyze it with any tool. Keep your own copies. And if you ever decide to leave P4 Books, your data walks out the door with you — in a standard, portable format.

No proprietary format. No restricted export. No charge for accessing your own information.

Ready to See It in Action?

If your current ERP makes you fight for access to your own data — or charges you for the privilege — there's a better way.