Data, NinjaCat, and You
All of our efforts go into accessing, aggregating, and delivering your data in the most helpful way we can. For this effort, we maintain an always growing number of direct connections to data source providers. Inside these direct connections, data is requested and delivered through APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) These APIs are created and managed by the data source developer and leveraged by us to gather your data from them.
Not all APIs are created equal. While using NinjaCat you may be interacting with multiple data sources in a single template. Maybe even in a single widget! Pulling data from multiple APIs leads to inconsistent experiences in data display. In order to increase consistency across data source behavior and in data display, NinjaCat employs a data warehouse strategy across all of our data sources.
Expected Behavior
In brief, to supply data to the Template Builder, Reports, and Dashboards, NinjaCat:
A) At a default time, every morning receives data from
- APIs for direct data source connections
- Server connections like SQL, FTP, and Amazon S3 for custom data
- Data sources that we don't have API connections for via URL, automated Email, and Google Sheets
B) Warehouses that data in our own data warehouse
C) Delivers the warehoused data when requested in:
- The NinjaCat Template Builder
- Reports
- Dashboards
Depending on the time of day you’re analyzing your reports, you may notice slight variations in NinjaCat’s data and what’s showing in the direct provider’s UI. Google Ads, for example, may display an increased number of clicks or conversions than NinjaCat, but that’s simply because NinjaCat’s Data warehouse refresh happened before these adjustments. By the next day, however, any minor discrepancies will have auto-corrected.
Change Default Refresh Hour
1. Go to the Setup Settings
2. Click on the desired Data Source Network
3. Click on the field under the "Refresh Hour" label
4. Select the desired hour from the resulting drop-down menu
5. Click the "Save Network" button near the bottom left
Updated 3 months ago