# What does Nova read from a Vendor Central account?

Source: https://novadata.io/docs/vendor-central/what-nova-reads
Checked against Nova's code on 2026-10-29

For a Vendor Central account, Nova reads Amazon's retail analytics, the vendor reports, and the vendor APIs for purchase orders, shipments, invoices and payments, plus your catalogue, listings and ads. Analytics settle about two days after the day; real-time reports cover today and yesterday hour by hour. History goes back two years, on a trial as on a paid plan.

## What does Nova read, and how often?

All times are UTC.

| Data | Amazon source | Refresh | History |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shipped units, shipped revenue, shipped COGS, margin, co-op accrual, customer returns, by ASIN and day | Data Kiosk Vendor Analytics, Sourcing view | Daily, 18:30 | 2 years |
| Ordered units, featured offer page views, lost featured offer | Data Kiosk Vendor Analytics, Manufacturing view | Daily, 15:30, re-reading 14 days | 2 years |
| Net received, units and value, by ASIN and day | Vendor inventory report, Sourcing view | Twice a day, 06:45 and 18:45, re-reading 15 days | 2 years |
| Stock at Amazon: sellable, unsellable, in transit, aged 90+, unhealthy, open purchase order units | Data Kiosk, weekly | Thursday | 8 weeks (Amazon's limit), 24 months by month |
| Monthly totals | Data Kiosk, monthly | The 5th, checked again on the 20th | 24 months |
| Today and yesterday: sales and traffic | Real-time sales and traffic reports | Every hour | Until the analytics replace them |
| Demand forecast | Data Kiosk | Weekly, Thursday | From connection: Amazon serves the current forecast only |
| Purchase orders | Vendor Orders API | Daily, 15:15, re-reading 7 days | 12 months asked; Amazon returns about 6 |
| Shipments | Vendor Shipments API | Daily, 18:00, re-reading 14 days | 6 months |
| Invoices | Vendor Invoices API | Daily, 17:30 | 12 months |
| Remittances (payments and deductions) | Finance Remittance API | Daily, 17:15, re-reading 60 days | 24 months |
| Catalogue and Best Seller Rank | Catalog Items API | Daily, 07:15 | From connection |
| Listing health | Listings Items API | Daily, 18:15 | Current state |
| Sponsored Products and Sponsored Display | Amazon Ads API, your vendor Ads profiles | As for Seller Central | As for Seller Central |

The daily vendor sales report checks the analytics. Real-time inventory, promotion and coupon reports are collected but not shown yet.

## Sourcing or Manufacturing view?

**Sourcing** covers the products Amazon bought from you, whatever the brand: it ties to your invoices, so the P&L reads it. **Manufacturing** covers your brand's products, whoever supplied them: ordered units and traffic exist only there. Nova reads both, and re-reads the last three months of Manufacturing every month because Amazon restates it.

## What about today and yesterday?

A Sourcing day is final about two days later. Until then, the real-time reports fill it: ordered units net of cancellations, at retail price, with shipped COGS estimated from the product's recent rate. These days are marked provisional. Net received arrives two to three days after the day; later days show as a gap, never a zero.

## Which marketplaces and currencies?

Amazon binds a Vendor Central account to one marketplace, in North America, Europe or the Far East. Nova finds it from Amazon's answer when you connect.

Analytics come in the marketplace's currency; purchase orders, invoices and payments in your agreement's currency, which can differ. Nova converts each amount to your workspace currency at the rate of its day: invoices at the invoice date, deductions at the payment date. See [Currencies](/docs/your-data/currencies).

## What is not available for Vendor Central?

- **Listing edits**: Nova writes listings through Seller Central only and refuses a Vendor Central account.
- **DSP cost in the 1P P&L**: DSP spend linked to a vendor account stays out of its P&L.
- **Sponsored Brands spend in the 1P P&L**: not read for vendor rows yet.
- **Today's ad spend, budget usage, keyword impression share**: these come from Amazon Marketing Stream and reports Nova runs for Seller Central accounts only.
- **Reviews and Search Query Performance**: Amazon refuses them to a vendor account.
- **Sources that exist only for sellers**: FBA and AWD inventory, inbound shipments, Amazon fees and reimbursements, Subscribe & Save.
- **VAT**: Nova takes no VAT out of a 1P line; the tax on your invoices is kept apart.

## Ask your AI

> For my Vendor Central account, which day is the last one Amazon has settled, and how many units did Amazon receive from me last week?