IDOL
Announcing our new IDOL Direct Connection feature! You can now set up a direct connection for your IDOL data, and your IDOL reports will be automatically imported into IC, just like a regular data import. To set up your direct connection, follow the instructions below!
IDOL Direct Connection setup:
To set up a Direct Connection between your IDOL account and Infinite Catalog
- First, log into your IDOL account and click "Accounting" on the left side menu, then "Royalties"
- Click the gear icon in the top bar, navigate to "New Automation", and set up a new automation following the example below:
Please note! Your Infinite Catalog's Account ID can be found at the top of the IDOL Direct Connection page in your Infinite Catalog account (Account -> Account Settings -> Direct Connections -> IDOL). Use this unique ID number when setting up your direct connection in IDOL's portal in order to establish a connection between IC and IDOL.
Once you have finished setting up the automation in the IDOL portal, log into IC and navigate to Account -> Account Settings -> Direct Connections (IDOL) and click Add Connection in order to enable the Direct Connection within Infinite Catalog.
Please note! Our IDOL Direct Connection settings require a Default Currency to be selected during setup. Please select the currency that the transactions in your data are reported to you in (this is typically the currency of your region). If you're unsure, please reach out to your IDOL rep for confirmation.
After you have done so, the IDOL Direct Connection will now show ✓Enabled on the Direct Connections menu, and your IDOL data will begin to automatically import into your account every month - the day after your monthly IDOL statement is available. Imported statements will show up on the Data Imports page, broken out into separate imports corresponding to the respective monthly reports that our system ingests for royalty accounting purposes, just like a regular data import!
Please note! Our IDOL Direct Connection will begin importing new reports, starting with the first report that is available after your Direct Connection has been set up. If accounting for older historic statements, those will need to be ingested manually by following the instructions detailed below.
If you don't want to use the Direct Connection, here's how to get the data:
- Log into your IDOL account and click "Accounting" on the left side menu, then "Reports"
- Click on the desired month(s) + select your label from the "Choose a contract" drop down menu - reports must be downloaded individually by month
- Select .csv as the file type
- Statements are sent to your email inbox when ready
Importing into IC
- In IC, navigate to Royalties -> Data Imports
- Select the IDOL importer from the drop-down importer list
Please note, IDOL data is reported in EUR, and our system maps transactions from IDOL data in EUR within IC by default. If your native account currency is not in EUR, our system will automatically apply currency conversion rates to your native account currency based on the Paid Timestamp of the import - and you can more granularly update these currency conversions to match your remitted total for the reporting using the Update Currency Conversions Action on each data import's landing page - more on that here in our Knowledge Base.