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      Example Use Cases

      Explore the types of applications you can build with Rayven

      Overview

      Rayven is a highly flexible application toolkit that can be used to build a wide variety of SaaS business applications. This page outlines common patterns and example use cases that demonstrate how Rayven can be applied across different industries and domains—from traditional business systems to complex, real-time and data-driven applications. These examples are designed to show how Rayven’s modular architecture, powerful workflow engine, and user-friendly interface builder can be combined to create solutions tailored to specific business needs.

      Application Types

      Rayven supports a wide range of applications. These examples help illustrate the breadth of possibilities.

      Traditional Business Applications

      These applications rely primarily on human input and structured data workflows.

      • Customer & Job Management Systems: Create CRM-style applications to manage customers, projects, quotes, invoices, documents, and communications.

      • Asset or Equipment Registers: Manage a fleet of physical or digital assets with configurable fields, linked records, and visual interfaces.

      • Inspection, Audit or Form-Based Workflows: Use forms and workflows to collect structured information and generate reports or follow-up tasks.

      • Project or Work Order Tracking: Track the progress of jobs or tasks using status updates, role-based access, and dynamic dashboards.

      Real-time, Time Series & IoT Applications

      Rayven is uniquely capable of supporting real-time and time-series workflows where data changes rapidly and continuously.

      • Sensor & Device Monitoring: Capture and visualise high-frequency data from sensors or devices, including tracking asset health and sending alerts.

      • Energy Usage & Environmental Monitoring: Track electricity, water, or gas usage in real-time and compare against thresholds or historical baselines.

      • Fleet or Equipment Telemetry Dashboards: Visualise location, usage, and performance data from mobile assets with live maps and gauges.

      Integrated Applications

      Rayven makes it easy to integrate with third-party platforms or internal business systems via APIs, files, or direct connectors.

      • Vendor Data Ingestion Dashboards: Pull data from an external API or receive uploaded CSVs, then validate, process, and display insights.

      • Two-Way System Interfaces: Sync records between Rayven and external CRMs, ERPs, or data lakes to maintain consistency and eliminate double-handling.

      • Automated Email Parsing: Ingest and extract structured data from incoming emails to drive downstream automation.

      Workflow-Only Applications

      Not all Rayven applications require user interfaces. You can build backend-only solutions focused purely on logic and automation.

      • Data Consolidation & ETL Pipelines: Aggregate and transform data from multiple sources, applying logic and business rules for downstream use.

      • Decision Workflows: Automate approvals, routing, and rule-based decisions without requiring user input or dashboards.

      • AI-Powered Processing Pipelines: Use generative AI nodes to analyse documents or data, returning structured outputs or triggering follow-up actions.

      • Integration Services: Act as a middleware layer that processes incoming data and pushes it to one or more external systems via API, email, or file drop.

      Generative AI-Enhanced Applications

      Leverage Rayven’s AI nodes to create intelligent interfaces and automations.

      • Document Intelligence Dashboards: Upload contracts, reports, or forms and extract structured information using Gen AI workflows.

      • Insight Assistants: Add conversational widgets to your interface that respond to real-time or historical data queries using your trained LLM.

      • Decision-Support Workflows: Use AI-generated summaries or recommendations as part of approval or triage processes.

      Custom Frontend Solutions

      Rayven allows complete control over the frontend experience through UI Code nodes and custom interfaces.

      • Full-Screen Interactive Interfaces: Build end-to-end screens with completely custom layout, logic, and behaviour.

      • Map-Based Interfaces: Overlay data onto maps or floorplans, showing asset status, incidents, or user interactions spatially.

      • Dynamic Portals: Create customer or internal portals with tailored access, workflows, and responsive layouts.

      Summary

      Rayven enables teams to create a wide variety of applications by combining structured data tables, real-time workflows, custom interfaces, and automation logic—all without deep software engineering expertise. Whether you're building an internal tool, customer-facing app, or a system integrated with live data feeds, Rayven provides the flexibility and depth needed to deliver a fit-for-purpose solution.

      FAQs

      What types of applications is Rayven best suited for?
      Rayven is ideal for SaaS business applications that combine structured data, workflows, and custom interfaces. It can also support more advanced use cases involving real-time data, integrations, and automation.

      Can I use Rayven for IoT applications as well as traditional business applications?
      Yes. Rayven is designed for both traditional business applications and time-series, real-time and IoT applications.

      Does Rayven come with prebuilt application templates?
      No. Rayven is a flexible toolkit rather than a template-driven platform. However, you can reuse workflows, interface elements, and data structures across applications.

      Can I build both internal and customer-facing applications?
      Yes. Rayven supports the creation of multi-user applications with configurable roles and permissions, allowing you to tailor experiences for both internal and external users.

      Can I use Rayven without creating any front end interfaces?
      Yes. While Rayven provides a powerful interface builder, it’s not required. You can create backend-only applications focused on data consolidation, integration, ETL, AI-driven automation, and system-to-system workflows—without exposing any user-facing screens.