IA data automatically feed into spreadsheet

[onlinebingofinder]

I've noticed that a lot of bingo operators have IA set up slightly differently from one another, i was hoping there was some way i could automatically pull in all my data from all the IA sites i work into a report in a few simple clicks as opposed to logging into each site and pulling the reports that way....

Otherwise, is their some software that you can use to go and grab all the data from all the different sources and put it all into one report??

[Pmig]

IA have an API, the data from the API is always on the same format, so its just a matter of enable it and retrieve.

[onlinebingofinder]

This way of working would be new to me but naturally very efficient... How would you go about getting all that data into a excel sheet which you can then manipulate into a pivot table of some sort

....is there a solution for all the non IA sites like some 3rd party piece of software that can take all the data and import into the same spreadsheet??

[Pmig]

For all kind of sites its possible using some scrapping techniques (like using xpath/querypath) but it require some programming knowledge. I don't know any commercial solution or even a "ready made" one...

[onlinebingofinder]

So it would be a custom build based on the variation of sites you were trying to log into, probably 7 max i'd say. Does anyone know where you could find that type of person to put it all together?

[Louis - Income Access]

Income Access also has the Central Station service which allows you to get all your stats in a single report for all Income Access powered programs. From there you can export to Excel, CSV, XML.

You have to have an Income Access network affiliate account and once logged in you go to the Central Station tab and input your username for the Income Access powered programs you are a member of.

The caveat is that the program must be subscribed to the service. However, it is a free service so if a brand is not yet subscribed to the service, you can encourage your affiliate manager to have the program subscribe to the Central Station service.

[onlinebingofinder]

Income Access also has the Central Station service which allows you to get all your stats in a single report for all Income Access powered programs. From there you can export to Excel, CSV, XML.

You have to have an Income Access network affiliate account and once logged in you go to the Central Station tab and input your username for the Income Access powered programs you are a member of.

The caveat is that the program must be subscribed to the service. However, it is a free service so if a brand is not yet subscribed to the service, you can encourage your affiliate manager to have the program subscribe to the Central Station service.

Does the operator have any extra work or is it as simple as turning the service on?

Do i also have to sign up to this service?

Now i just need to convinvce every affiliate manager to turn this service on! It should be just be made automatic?

[JamieF]

The operators are required to submit a summary about their program and their logo. This information will be displayed in all Income Access Network Affiliate Accounts.

As Louis mentioned previously you need an Income Access Affiliate account. In the affiliate navigation bar select "CentralSTATion registration" under the CentralSTATion tab and select your programs. Once you have registered, goto "Global Report" to review your stats for your registered programs.

The benefit of the registration page for CentralSTATion is it list all operators opted in to CentralSTATion and affiliates have the ability to register to other IA software clients.

Onlinebingofinder, please pm me as I will be happy to arrange a demonstration with you.