Accounts Statuses

Introduction

This article shares detail on the diagnosis and troubleshooting of account sources connections through an explanation of your account statuses and accompanying health check statuses.

What is an Account?

An account is a source connected to an eCommerce management platform from which your data can be collected, processed, and shared back with actionable analytics. An account is added using your exisitng credentials and authorization. DataHawk supports the following accounts in sources:

  • An Amazon Seller Central Account
  • An Amazon Vendor Central Account
  • An Amazon Advertising Account

Understanding Account Statuses

Account statuses

An added account will have a basic status summarizing the state of the account. It generally shares whether an added account is connecting, connected, or facing an error.

Types of Account Statuses

Account StatusMeaningMessage
ConnectingYour account runs a set of connectivity checks to ensure your data can be retrievedIt may take up to 4 hours to connect your account.
ConnectedYour account is ready to retrieve your data. This action can still take up to 48 hours.The account has been successfully connected. It takes up to 48 hours for all data to reach your database for the first time.
Connected ⚠ Attention RequiredYour account can not retrieve all of your data, some action is required from you to complete the connectivityThe account has been connected but needs your attention. It takes up to 48 hours for all data to reach your database for the first time.
ErrorYour account can not retrieve any data. Action is required from you to enable this connectivityThe account cannot be connected. Please check your configuration.

Health Check statuses

Health Check statuses provide further details to the account status. When an account is in error or connected but needs attention, health check statuses enrich the status with the explanation for the status, the extent of the status, and the action needed to remedy the status.

Troubleshooting

Please review the message in each status for the applicable action needed to resolve any potential issue. Where available, find suppplementary reference material in the tables below.

Amazon Seller Central Account Health Check Statuses

Health Check StatusMessageDescriptionReference Material
SellerFinanceAccessUnauthorizedYour Seller account does not have the role “Finance and Accounting” to access your data. Please grant this role to your account.The Seller Account does not grant the Finance and Accounting role for the data access.https://developer-docs.amazon.com/sp-api/docs/roles-in-the-selling-partner-api

https://developer-docs.amazon.com/sp-api/docs/finance-and-accounting-role
SellerWithoutBrandAnalyticsRoleYour Seller account does not have the role “Brand Analytics” to access your data. Please grant this role to your account.The Seller Account does not grant the Brand Analytics role for the data access.https://developer-docs.amazon.com/sp-api/docs/roles-in-the-selling-partner-api

https://developer-docs.amazon.com/sp-api/docs/brand-analytics-role
CredentialsNotValidYour account cannot be accessed. Please reconnect to your Amazon account.The credentials provided to connect to the API are invalid.
CredentialsRevokedYour access was revoked. Please reconnect to your Amazon account.The credentials provided to connect to the API were revoked.
SellerNoMarketplaceParticipationErrorYour Seller account is not active in any marketplace. Please review your account configuration.The Seller account does not receive data on any marketplace.

Amazon Vendor Central Account Health Check Statuses

Health Check StatusMessageDescriptionReference Material
CredentialsNotValidYour account cannot be accessed. Please reconnect to your Amazon account.The credentials provided to connect to the API are invalid.
CredentialsRevokedYour access was revoked. Please reconnect to your Amazon account.The credentials provided to connect to the API were revoked.
VendorManufacturingDistributorViewUnsupportedYour Vendor account does not support Manufacturing Distributor data. Only supported views will be collected.The manufacturing view shows data for Amazon Standard Identification Numbers (ASINs) of items manufactured by you, regardless of who sourced the products to Amazon. Having this status means no data is available from a Manufacturing Distributor perspective.https://developer-docs.amazon.com/sp-api/docs/sp-api-for-vendors-reports-faq#what-is-the-difference-between-distributorview-manufacturing-and-distributorview-sourcing

https://consulterce.com/amazon-retail-analytics/#:~:text=There are two distributor views, from which products are sourced.

https://help.seelk.io/en/articles/3551378-sourcing-vs-manufacturing-vendor-metrics

https://developer-docs.amazon.com/sp-api/docs/report-type-values-analytics#vendor-retail-analytics-reports
⇒ Vendor Sales Report
⇒ Vendor Inventory Report
⇒ Vendor Forecasting Report
VendorSourcingDistributorViewUnsupportedYour Vendor account does not support Sourcing Distributor data. Only supported views will be collected.The sourcing view only shows data for ASINs of items sourced directly from your vendor group. Having this status means no data is available from a Sourcing Distributor perspective.https://developer-docs.amazon.com/sp-api/docs/sp-api-for-vendors-reports-faq#what-is-the-difference-between-distributorview-manufacturing-and-distributorview-sourcing

https://consulterce.com/amazon-retail-analytics/#:~:text=There are two distributor views,whom the products were sourced.

https://help.seelk.io/en/articles/3551378-sourcing-vs-manufacturing-vendor-metrics

https://developer-docs.amazon.com/sp-api/docs/report-type-values-analytics#vendor-retail-analytics-reports
⇒ Vendor Sales Report
⇒ Vendor Inventory Report
⇒ Vendor Forecasting Report
VendorBusinessSellingProgramUnsupportedYour Vendor account does not support Business Selling Program. Only supported Selling Programs data will be collected.The Business Selling Program show data for ASINs of items sold on the Amazon Business BtoB channel. Having this status means no data is available from a Amazon Business perspective.https://developer-docs.amazon.com/sp-api/docs/report-type-values-analytics#vendor-retail-analytics-reports
⇒ Vendor Sales Report
VendorFreshSellingProgramUnsupportedYour Vendor account does not support Fresh Selling Program. Only supported Selling Programs data will be collected.The Fresh Selling Program show data for ASINs of items sold on the Amazon Fresh è channel. Having this status means no data is available from a Amazon Fresh perspective.https://developer-docs.amazon.com/sp-api/docs/report-type-values-analytics#vendor-retail-analytics-reports
⇒ Vendor Sales Report
⇒ Vendor Inventory Report
⇒ Vendor Forecasting Report
VendorRetailSellingProgramUnsupportedYour Vendor account does not support Retail Selling Program. Only supported Selling Programs data will be collected.The Business Selling Program show data for ASINs of items sold on Amazon Retail. Having this status means no data is available from a Amazon Retail perspective.
Note: Amazon RETAIL includes data from Amazon Retail, Amazon Business, and Amazon Fresh.
https://developer-docs.amazon.com/sp-api/docs/report-type-values-analytics#vendor-retail-analytics-reports
⇒ Vendor Sales Report
⇒ Vendor Inventory Report
⇒ Vendor Forecasting Report

https://developer-docs.amazon.com/sp-api/docs/sp-api-for-vendors-reports-faq#which-amazon-selling-programs-does-sellingprogramretail-include
VendorWithoutBrandAnalyticsRoleYour Vendor account does not have the role “Brand Analytics” to access your data. Please grant this role to your account.The Vendor Account does not grant the Brand Analytics role for the data access.https://developer-docs.amazon.com/sp-api/docs/roles-in-the-selling-partner-api

https://developer-docs.amazon.com/sp-api/docs/brand-analytics-role

Amazon Advertising Account Health Check Statuses

Health Check StatusMessageDescriptionReference Material
AdsNoProfileErrorNo ads account was found. Please review your connected ads accounts in the Amazon Ads console.No account is found in Amazon Ads
AdsSponsoredBrandNotAccessibleToKindleAuthorsKindle Direct Publishing accounts cannot access Sponsored Brands campaigns. Only other campaign types will be collected.The account in Amazon Ads is a Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) account and thus cannot access to Sponsored Brands campaigns. (API limitation)https://advertising.amazon.com/API/docs/en-us/sponsored-brands/3-0/openapi#tag/Moderation/paths/~1sb~1moderation~1campaigns~1{campaignId}/get
AdsManageProfileUnauthorizedThe advertiser does not have access to manage any of the connected ads accounts. Please check your access rights on the Amazon Ads console.The account in Amazon Ads does not have the manage profile rights.https://advertising.amazon.com/API/docs/en-us/guides/account-management/authorization/profiles
CredentialsNotValidYour account cannot be accessed. Please reconnect to your Amazon account.The credentials provided to connect to the API are invalid
CredentialsRevokedYour access was revoked. Please reconnect to your Amazon account.The credentials provided to connect to the API were revoked
AdsNoMatchingAdvertiserFoundYour Amazon Ads account has no data to be collected. Please review your account configuration.The Ads account has no data to be collected.

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