1. Monitor performance

Data feed reports

In the Customer Engagement Console (CEC), Sitecore Discover provides reports that let you quickly see the status of your data feed runs. In these reports you can drill down to see more details about specific data feed runs, providing deep insights into the overall health and status of your scheduled data feed processes.

Discover provides analytics about product, category, and offline sales data feed runs.

Following is an example of the Product feeds report in the CEC.

Shows product data feed statistics available in Discover Customer Engagement Console,
Note

The analytics provided for products and sales data feeds are very similar. The following information applies to products and sales data feed reports. Differences are highlighted where they exist.

The Product feeds report is divided into the following sections:

The last feed process summary reports

Discover provides a distinct last feed process summary reports for product data feed and for the sales data feed.

The Last product feed process summary and the Last sales feed process summary reports provide similar information about the overall status of the last data feed run.

The following table lists items provided in the last feed process summary reports for both the products and sales data feed:

Summary itemDescriptionProduct feedOffline sales feed
STATUSWhether or not the last feed to run was successful.­YesYes
REASONProbable cause of failure when the feed failed.YesNo
FILE RECEIVEDTime the data feed file was uploaded to the FTP site.YesYes
STARTED ATTime when the feed processing started.YesYes
FINISHED ATTime when the feed processing ended.YesYes
ACTIVE PRODUCTS / ACTIVE CATEGORIESNumber of active products and active categories included in the data feed run.YesNo
TOTAL SKUS / TOTAL CATEGORIESTotal number SKUS and categories in the data feed run.YesNo
FILE NAMESNames of the product and category data feed files.YesYes
LINES PROCESSEDNumber of lines processed in feed.NoYes
FILTERED OUT RECORDSNumber of records filtered out by feed process.NoYes
VALID RECORDSNumber of valid records.NoYes
ORDER EVENTSNumber of order events processed.NoYes
VIEW EVENTSNumber of view events processed.NoYes
SKU RESOLUTION ERRORSProduct or SKU errors.NoYes

The feed runs timeline report

The Feed runs timeline report provides a visual overview of the status of the last 20, 30, or 50 data feed runs. The bar chart is color coded where:

  • Blue bars indicate a successful run.
  • Pink bars indicate a failed run.
  • Gray bars indicate currently a run currently process.

From each bar or date in the chart, you can drill down to a more detailed report about a specific data feed run ID.

The job run list report

The Job run list report provides an overview of the last 20, 30 or 50 job runs in a table format (same feed runs as those displayed in the bar chart).

The table consolidates information provided in the Last product feed process summary report with the following additional data:

Job run list itemDescription
END TO END DURATIONTotal duration of feed run.
ACTIVE SKUSNumber of active SKUs in feed run.
ACTIVE CATEGORIESNumber of active categories in feed run.

From each row in the Job Run List table, you can drill down to a more detailed report about that specific data feed run.

Detailed report by Job Run ID

In addition to the product feed process summary information, the detailed report by job run ID provides the following:

Run details timeline

The Run details report provides a timeline that includes:

Run details itemsDescription
SFTP File ReceivedDate and time the SFTP file for that run was received.
Feed Processing StartedDate and time the data feed processing started.
Feed Processing FinishedDate and time the data feed processing ended.

Feed files

The Feed files table provides the following overview information about each data feed file included in a job:

ColumnDescription
FILE NAMEThe name of the feed file that is part of the run job.
TAGTag that identifies category or product data.
TIMESTAMPThe time stamps of the feed file.
SIZEThe size of the file.
LINES PROCESSINGThe number of lines processed.
LINES DROPPEDThe number of lines dropped.

The Feed files table lets you drill down further to view the Feed file details report.

The Feed file details report provides a detailed visual of product attributes and values included in the product feed.

Note

The content of the product feed file details report is specific to each product catalog implementation.

Breakdown of dropped lines

The Breakdown of dropped lines report provides a summary of data feed files from which lines were dropped during the data feed process.

The summary includes: the file name, the reason for dropping ine, and the number of lines dropped. The Breakdown of dropped lines report lets you can drill down further to view the Breakdown of dropped line details report.

The Breakdown of dropped line details report contains detailed information about each dropped dropped line, including: line number, file name, error field, reason, and the content of the dropped line.

Feed task details

The Feed task details table provides the status information about the following tasks that take place during the data feed process, including:

  • data_sync
  • feed_post_processing
  • indexing
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