December
December
Platform Enhancements
Run Immediate
A common problem customers encounter while using Daton is that, when they choose a replication frequency of 1 hour, this frequency also gets applied to historical data extracts. This results in a longer extraction time for this data. This issue, although manageable, was not ideal primarily when customers selected 24 hours as the replication frequency.
Solution with Run Immediate
With the recent release of Run Immediate, we have launched the underlying platform capability to trigger a new replication job immediately after a currently running replication job is complete. A source could make a determination as to whether the next job should wait for the set frequency, typically for incremental extracts, or run the next job immediately.
Note that, all new sources built on Daton, going forward, will have this capability built-in right from the beginning. We will work on adding this capability to the currently available sources over the next couple of quarters.
Benefits
- Faster replication of historical data.
- Small extraction windows lead to fewer errors and more scalable sources.
Advanced Rate Limit Manager
Rate Limit Management is central to the efficient extraction of data. Although some versions of rate limit management have been implemented in Daton over the last couple of years, we have been quickly growing out of it, necessitating a complete overhaul of this critical module.
Daton implements an Advanced Rate Limit Manager that provides a faster, more reliable data replication capability to our customers, without overhead to our partners.
Rate Limit Manager had been designed to centrally manage API calls made by each Daton connector. It keeps track of API calls made, determines the number of calls available dynamically, and notifies the pipelines so that further calls to the APIs could be made or held until limits become available again.
API throttling occurs when:
- Daily/Monthly limits exceed for subscription
- API call limits exceed per hour/minute/second for a developer account
- API call limits exceed per hour/minute/second for a user/subscription
Benefits
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Reduce throttling errors and job failures
Data availability becomes faster, and jobs complete without errors - Fewer error notification emails sent
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Optimizes API limits
Data replication becomes data faster for both historical and incremental data
Source level changes
- User ASIN/SKU file input has been enabled from the backend.
- The faulty parsing of the DOUBLE datatype has been corrected.
Changes in the Tables
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FBARestockInventoryReporthave been enabled for all the Daton marketplaces. - The previously deprecated
tableSalesAndTrafficReportByDateisnow added back to the list of tables that can be selected.
Upcoming Enhancements
The following enhancements in the platform will be reflected shortly.
- Support for Sponsored Display datasets. ETA: 15th January 2023
- Support for Sponsored Brand datasets is yet to be made available by Amazon.
Connector Enhancements
Amazon Selling Partner Connector
The rate limit manager has been implemented for the following API calls. This will result in fewer errors and faster data replication in a day.
- Catalog Items API
- Finances API
- Listings API
- Orders API
- Product Pricing API
- Reports API (Upcoming in the next release)
Changes in the Tables:
Brand Analytics tables added:
MarketBasketAnalysisReportRepeatPurchaseBehaviourReport
New SKU Column added:
SalesAndTrafficReportByChildASIN
New SKU Column redacted:
SalesAndTrafficReportByChildASIN
Amazon Ads Connector
The following Amazon Ads connectors have been overhauled to provide faster replication of data, fewer errors, and enhanced handling of rate limits. These connectors will use the feature for the time being while we expand the usage of this service gradually over the next couple of quarters.
- Amazon Sponsored Brands
- Amazon Sponsored Products
- Amazon Sponsored Display
Shiprocket Connector
The Shiprocket connector is revamped with Hibernate sync feature which will result in faster replication of data.
Tables added:
OrdersProductsInventory DetailsListingsNDR
Amazon Vendor Central Connector
Tables added:
RetailProcurementOrdersStatusMarketBasketAnalysisReportRepeatPurchaseBehaviourReport
Bol Retail Connector
Tables added:
Shipment DetailsInvoice Line Items
NEW Connectors Added!
Klaviyo Connector
About Klaviyo Connector
Klaviyo is an eCommerce marketing automation platform that helps in delivering more personalized experiences across owned marketing channels like email, SMS, in-app notifications, and web. Klaviyo has more than 75,000 paying customers.
Documentation for Klaviyo can be found here.
Tables added:
MetricsListsSegmentsFlowsFlow ActionsFlow MessagesTemplates
Events added:
Bounced EmailClicked EmailClicked SMSConsented To Receive SMSDropped EmailFailed to deliver Automated Response SMSFailed to Deliver SMSMarked Email as SpamMerged ProfileOpened EmailOpened PushReceived Automated Response SMSReceived EmailReceived PushReceived SMSSent SMSSubscribed to Back in StockSubscribed to ListUnsubscribedUnsubscribed From LisUnsubscribed From SMSUpdated Email PreferencePlaced OrdersCanceled OrderRefunded OrderActive on Site
GitLab Connector
About GitLab Connector
GitLab is a DevOps software package that combines the ability to develop, secure, and operate software in a single application. By effectively using GitLab, we can reduce costs, strengthen security and increase the productivity of developers.
Documentation for GitLab can be found here.
Tables Added:
BranchesCommentsCommitsGroupsGroup MilestonesEpicsIssuesMerge RequestsProjectsProject MilestonesReleasesTagsTodosUsers
Time Doctor Connector
About Time Doctor Connector
Time Doctor is a multi-functional employee monitoring application with CRM and white-label capabilities. They provide productivity insights that help companies know where to concentrate to increase productivity.
It has many integration capabilities with widely used tools like JIRA, Asana, G Suite, Trello, etc.
Documentation for Time Doctor can be found here.
Tables added:
BreakCategoriesCompaniesFilesNotificationsPayrollProjectsTagsTasksUsers
Amazon Marketing Streams Connector
About Amazon Marketing Streams Connector
Marketing streams is a data-streaming service from Amazon, which streams PPC metrics in real-time. This is a subscription-based service that pushes PPC events to AWS SQS (Simple Queue Service) in near real-time.
Setting this connector is a simple one-time process on Daton. Please refer to the setup documentation here.
Note that, this is a paid service on Daton. For exploring the connector in detail reach out for assistance at support@sarasanalytics.com or get in touch with our data experts here.
Benefits
- Receive data in near real-time instead of waiting for a day. This will enable reporting at hourly granularity.
- Real-time data will help take key intra-day decisions for campaigns, and cost optimizations.
Datasets
- Traffic and conversion datasets are now available for Sponsored Products for all Daton marketplaces.