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Near-Real-Time Sales Data Processing

Sales data is now processed every 2 hours instead of once daily, giving you fresher insights throughout the trading day.

Jan 30, 20253 min readBy CannMenus Product Team

What Changed

We upgraded our data pipeline to process sales metrics every 2 hours using a new intraday processing system. This means the dashboards now reflect market activity from earlier the same day rather than showing only yesterday's data. Stock movement calculations, pricing updates, and assortment changes are captured throughout the day with watermark-based checkpointing for reliability.

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