What the data for this category looks like
Operational data for brand agency operations is collected from three sources: e-commerce platform backend APIs, advertising platform APIs, and brand ERP systems. Two data update schedules apply: Full operational data synchronizes and updates the previous day’s data daily at midnight. Real-time advertising spend data refreshes every hour. Each data entry corresponds to the daily operational record for a single agency operation account. The document structure uses agency operation subject, brand name, and operation channel as grouping dimensions. It includes fields such as agency operation account ID, daily transaction amount, channel advertising cost, basic service fee, performance settlement amount, and account operation status. All numeric fields use RMB yuan as their unit. Status fields use fixed enumerated strings.
Constraints on workflow orchestration
Multiple data source access requirements require workflows to configure multiple sets of independent API authentication credentials. This adapts to authentication rules across different platforms. The dual update schedule of daily full synchronization and hourly real-time refresh requires workflows to include both scheduled trigger nodes and scheduled polling nodes. This avoids data delays or repeated data pulls. The account-based document structure requires workflows to add grouping filter nodes during data processing. This ensures data from different agency operation accounts does not get mixed. Cross-data source field association requirements require workflows to configure data merge nodes. These nodes use agency operation account ID and date as matching keys to associate fields from different sources such as revenue and cost. This completes net profit calculation. The daily report broadcast output requirement requires workflows to connect a formatting node at the end. This converts structured data into a format ready for direct broadcast.
Configuration Settings
| Configuration Item | Recommended Value | Rationale |
|---|---|---|
Scheduled Task cron Expression | 0 0 2 * * * | Matches the T+1 update schedule for brand agency operation daily reports. Avoids triggering during hours that interfere with daily business data |
API Request Timeout | `300 seconds | Covers normal response durations for most e-commerce and advertising platform APIs. Prevents mid-process interruptions during data pulls |
Global Variable Parameter Passing Method | Request body JSON format | Adapts to parameter passing specifications for most third-party operational data APIs. Facilitates subsequent field extraction and calculation |
HTTP Request File Transfer Type | multipart/form-data | Supports upload of TXT format daily report documents. Adapts to actual file transfer requirements |
Log Retention Period | 90 days | Covers the regular reconciliation cycle for brand agency operation operational data. Facilitates subsequent exception troubleshooting and data tracing |
Workflow Node Parallel Count | `First 10 accounts | Controls the scale of accounts processed per batch. Avoids exceeding third-party API call quotas |
The parameter values provided on this page are common recommended starting points for configuration. Actual values are affected by material form, data volume, and business rules. Specific issues require targeted analysis. Testing on individual samples is recommended before finalizing settings.
Three Common Misconfigurations
- Issue: HTTP request node returns
415 Unsupported Media Typeerror. Cause: File transfer type is not set tomultipart/form-data. Direct use of JSON format to transfer TXT files does not meet backend interface receiving requirements. - Issue: Net profit calculation results for some agency operation accounts are empty. Cause:
Data merge matching keyis not set to agency operation account ID + date. This causes revenue and cost data from different accounts cannot be correctly associated, leading to field matching failures. - Issue: Scheduled trigger workflow does not execute at the preset time. Cause: `Scheduled Task cron Expression parameters are set incorrectly. For example, setting the hour field to a dynamic wildcard leads to trigger frequency that does not meet the fixed schedule required for daily reports.
How to Confirm Proper Configuration
- Manually trigger the workflow one time. Compare returned data from each data source node against background data from the corresponding platform.
- Review workflow run logs. Confirm all nodes run successfully with no timeouts, errors, or missing fields.
- Extract daily data from 3 to 5 agency operation accounts. Manually calculate net profit and compare against workflow output results. Confirm the association logic works correctly.
- Verify scheduled task trigger records. Confirm the workflow starts automatically during the preset period and completes full data processing.
Question material comes from public community discussions. Configuration values are common starting points and should be measured against your own samples. Verified on 2026-09-14.