Avantlink walkthrough
Avantlink reports in Data Integration
Data Integration supports the integration of Avantlink reports, providing the same feature as the Affiliate account interface available at www.avantlink.com. The reports can be accessed through the Report Input section in Data Integration.
Time period selection for reports
Avantlink reports in Data Integration supports two types of time periods when the "Is Lifetime Report" option is unchecked:
1. Date range
- Data is pulled between the specified start and end dates, including the end date.
- A start date must be provided.
- Leaving the end date empty will pull data up to the current time at the river's execution.
- Timezone offset can be specified to adjust the date range according to the offset.
- The Last Days Back For Each Run option expands the start date by a specified number of days before the chosen start date, which is useful for back-filling data.
In this example, the river pulls data from "17/06/2019" to the moment of execution.
2. Predefined date ranges
Data Integration also provides predefined date ranges for easy selection:
- Day: Yesterday
- Week: Week to date, Previous week, Previous week to date
- Month: Month to date, Previous month, Previous month to date
- Year: Year to date
3. Interval chunking
Data Integration can break data extraction into smaller intervals (chunks) to improve efficiency and accuracy. The available options are:
- Don't Split: Extract data for the entire date range in one bulk operation.
- Daily: Data is chunked daily between the start and end dates.
- Monthly: Data is chunked monthly.
- Yearly (Less Recommended): Data is chunked yearly. This option is less preferred due to the potential volume of data.
important API call limits
Merchant API call limitations:
- The Avantlink API has a limit of 250 requests per day for Merchants.
- If using Daily split over a multi-month period, be mindful of the API limit to avoid reaching the maximum number of requests.