Posted On 15/02/2019
While these data insights are a true treasure, a striking 63% of HR professionals
Now, how are smart HR tech players reacting to this “need for insights”? We had a chat with Karel Rabaut, CEO at Beeple, about how they integrated Cumul.io to offer more advanced reporting to their clients.
Beeple: online staff management
Beeple is an online staff management tool. It completely takes over the HR processes related to flexible workforces: recruitment, planning
It integrates communication channels like bulk mailing or

Beeple aims to be the true ‘all-in-one’ platform for personnel management on the market. With the right integrations, they can keep fulfilling that mission statement:
With more than 500 features, we ensure that companies can manage the whole process of staff management easily ánd transparently, all in one tool. Of course, a big part of that transparency lies in reporting. So, we decided it was time to expand our reporting capabilities, by partnering up with Cumul.io.
Karel Rabaut, CEO at Beeple
Adding dashboards to the Beeple platform
Before the integration with Cumul.io, Beeple users could select & export the data from Beeple and perform their own analysis. Now, with the integration of Cumul.io, Beeple offers standard or custom-made dashboards to clients, in order to present this information visually in real-time.
Reporting has always been crucial to our customers. We saw that clients have always heavily used
the export functionality. However, it asks a lot of time and effort to manually analyze these exports. Thanks to the integration with Cumul.io, clients can now view or create a ready-made report in just a few clicks.Karel Rabaut, CEO at Beeple

For Beeple, adding dashboards to the platform was a logical choice. A visual, easy and fast alternative for reporting. The question was rather: “how do we add it to the platform?” For a tech company, the ‘build or buy’ decision is not always easy. For Beeple, however, the benefits of an integration (versus in-house development) were clear from the start:
At Beeple, we want to focus 100% on our specialty, which is personnel planning and communication. This is our expertise, where we can create the biggest value for our customers. We want to focus on being ‘best-of-breed’, which is why we needed a reliable partner for analytics. With Cumul.io’s expertise in dashboarding, we immediately saw the value of their integration.
Karel Rabaut, CEO at Beeple
Faster HR insights for clients
The Beeple dashboarding module is operational since
For customers, the dashboards better fulfill their reporting needs. Match Horeca Uitzendbureau, an employment agency in the
I love to get management information out of Beeple, for
example which people haven’t worked for some time. This gives us a better view on which employees are the most or the least active. On top of that, the dashboards help me to show our internal team how we’re performing.Pepijn Kooiman, owner at Match Horeca Uitzendbureau
So, what exactly can clients track and measure in Beeple’s dashboards? Let’s have a look!

Which KPIs are important for HR?
To get the data from the Beeple platform into the dashboards, they connected their own database to Cumul.io.
The development process to connect our data to Cumul.io ran smoothly. Thanks to the well-documented APIs of Cumul.io, we were able to connect our own database via API in no time. Now, the dashboards automatically update in real-time.
Karel Rabaut, CEO at Beeple
Depending on the needs & budget, there are 3 ways Beeple users can make use of the dashboards:
- Make use of the standard dashboards, configured by Beeple
- Let Beeple create a custom dashboard for your specific use case
- Create dashboards yourself via the dashboard editor
The standard dashboards contain the basic, yet crucial KPIs for any HR manager involved in staff management. For example:
- Total hours worked per customer
- Total hours worked per project
- Average time to fill a position
- Average time to fill all positions for 1 day/project/customer
- Number of messages sent to fill a position
This is of course just a selection, but these KPIs are common for all Beeple users. To give you an idea of what a client dashboard might look like, have a peek at the dashboard embedded below. Use the filters to play around a bit!
User-friendliness as key advantage
Having a visual reporting module as part of your application has many benefits. The main advantage though, for both Beeple and its users, is the user-friendliness:
As a brand, we promise our clients to be the most easy, user-friendly solution for people planning. From that angle, Cumul.io is the best possible extension to our platform. With Cumul.io, we have an extra asset to perfect our user experience.
Karel Rabaut, CEO at Beeple
Clients of Beeple can now analyze their HR data in the
We’re proud of our collaboration with Beeple! What about you? How do you visualize your HR data, whether internally or for customers? Let’s hear your thoughts in the comments!
👉 To learn more about the Beeple platform & dashboard
👉 To learn more about a dashboard integration for your platform, visit the Cumul.io website or get in touch.