# Pull your Scintilla reports into your own systems > Read the rows of your finished Store Sales & Inventory and Store Demand Forecast reports in Scintilla with one API call each. A workflow can start your saved reports at 6:00 each weekday, and another can email you the stores with nothing on hand at 9:00. Page: https://fous.com/automate/scintilla Updated: 2026-11-12 Works with your own Scintilla account. Fous is an independent product. ## What you can build on Scintilla ### Get store sales and inventory rows Reads a finished Store Sales & Inventory report from Report Builder and returns one row per store and item for the Walmart time period it covers. - Takes: Report name, item numbers (optional) - Returns: Walmart week, store number, item number, item description, units sold, store sales, units on hand, data refreshed at ### Get store demand forecast rows Reads a finished Store Demand Forecast report from Report Builder and returns the forecast for each store and item. - Takes: Report name, item numbers (optional) - Returns: Walmart week, store number, item number, item description, forecast units ### Check when a dataset was last refreshed Opens a dataset in Report Builder, such as Store Sales & Inventory, and reads the last data refresh time shown under Create Report. - Takes: Dataset name - Returns: Dataset name, last data refresh time ### Run a saved report Opens a report you saved in Report Builder, sets its required Walmart time filter and selects Create Report so the report starts processing. - Takes: Report name, Walmart time filter (date, week, month, quarter or year) - Returns: Report name, time filter, last data refresh time, started at ## Automate Scintilla with a workflow A [workflow](/product/workflows) runs your methods as one process, with nobody at the screen. A schedule or a call from your own system starts it, the steps run in order, and the result arrives in your inbox or in the systems you already use. ### Start your saved reports when new data is in Starts: Every weekday at 6:00 1. Check when the Store Sales & Inventory dataset was last refreshed. 2. Stop when the refresh time has not changed since the last run. 3. Run each saved report you name with the last Walmart week as its time filter. 4. Email you the report names and the time each one started. ### Stores with nothing on hand, by item Starts: Every weekday at 9:00 1. Read the finished Store Sales & Inventory report you name. 2. Keep the store and item rows with zero units on hand. 3. Keep the rows that were not there on the last run. 4. Email you the list grouped by item, with store number and units sold. ### Weekly store demand forecast, posted to your planning system Starts: Every Monday at 10:00 1. Read the finished Store Demand Forecast report you name. 2. Keep the store and item rows whose forecast changed since the last run. 3. Post them to your planning system's webhook. You can run a workflow by hand on every plan, Free included. Schedules and webhook triggers come with the paid plans, from $29 a month. ## Once built, one call from your code Once you have built a [method](/product/methods), it is one POST to /v1/runs from your backend, or a tool an AI agent calls over MCP. This is what “Get store sales and inventory rows” would look like. Example request: ``` curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "method": "scintilla.com/get_store_sales_inventory", "input": { "report_name": "Store sales last Walmart week", "item_numbers": [ "551203448" ] } }' ``` Example response: ``` { "status": "completed", "data": { "report_name": "Store sales last Walmart week", "data_refreshed_at": "2026-11-12T05:40:00-06:00", "rows": [ { "walmart_week": "202641", "store_number": 1042, "item_number": "551203448", "item_description": "ACME TRAIL MIX 12OZ", "units_sold": 38, "store_sales": 189.62, "units_on_hand": 0 } ], "count": 1 } } ``` An example with invented data, not a ready-made endpoint. The method exists in your organization once you build it, and its name, inputs and fields follow your request. ## Scintilla’s own options Walmart Data Ventures documents a Data Feed API and Cloud Feeds for Scintilla data on its developer portal. API access and data feeds come with Scintilla Charter, the paid subscription, whose price is not published. Scintilla Basic is free for Walmart suppliers: reports are built and downloaded by hand in Report Builder, with no API, data feeds or report sharing. | Option | What it covers | What it takes | | --- | --- | --- | | Data Feed API | Performance and shopper behavior data across channels. | A Scintilla Charter subscription. Price not published. | | Cloud Feeds | Direct access to Walmart data through cloud-to-cloud sharing. | A Scintilla Charter subscription. Price not published. | | Syndicated partners (ALR) | Your Walmart data delivered through a syndicated partner under the Account Level Release program. | Scintilla Charter for new access since May 1, 2026. Suppliers already approved must subscribe by January 31, 2027. | | Scintilla by hand | Report Builder datasets such as Store Sales & Inventory, Store Demand Forecast and eComm Sales, created and downloaded one report at a time. | A free Scintilla Basic account through your Retail Link login. | Read on November 12, 2026: [Channel Performance data feeds](https://developer.walmartdataventures.com/cpdb-data-feeds/reference), [Walmart Data Ventures developer portal](https://developer.walmartdataventures.com/cpdb-data-feeds/docs), [Updates to Walmart data access](https://walmartdataventures.com/insights/walmart-data-access-updates-what-you-need-to-know). ## Signing in to Scintilla Scintilla's sign-in sends you to Walmart's account sign-in, and your Retail Link login is the single sign-on for Scintilla and Supplier One. Routine sign-ins ask for a verification code, and too many failed attempts lock the account until the Help Desk opens it again. With Fous you sign in through that same sign-in with your own account, and the login is sealed with AES-256. ## Worth knowing - **Reports run in the background**: After Create Report, a Scintilla report takes about 20 to 70 minutes to process, and Basic emails you when it is done. So a method reads a finished report, and a workflow starts reports well before it reads them. - **Every report needs a Walmart time filter**: Create Report stays inactive until you set the required Walmart time filter: Date, Week, Month, Quarter or Year. Save a report you run often, so a method can run it again by name. - **Some datasets are Charter only**: Hourly Store Inventory, Purchase Order, Omni Sales and OMNI OTIF appear in the Walmart datasets only for Charter subscribers. A method can read only the datasets your own account shows. ## More in Retail: vendor portals (North America) - [Rithum OrderStream](https://fous.com/automate/rithum-orderstream.md) - [Syndigo CXH](https://fous.com/automate/syndigo-cxh.md) - [1WorldSync Item Management](https://fous.com/automate/1worldsync-item-management.md) - [AlbertsonsNet for Suppliers](https://fous.com/automate/albertsonsnet-for-suppliers.md) - [CVS AP Vendor Portal](https://fous.com/automate/cvs-ap-vendor-portal.md) - [Home Depot Supplier Hub](https://fous.com/automate/home-depot-supplier-hub.md) - [Kroger Partner Pass](https://fous.com/automate/kroger-partner-pass.md) - [Lowe's Vendor Gateway](https://fous.com/automate/lowe-s-vendor-gateway.md) - [Target Partners Online](https://fous.com/automate/target-partners-online.md) - [Wayfair Partner Home](https://fous.com/automate/wayfair-partner-home.md) - [Traverse Portal](https://fous.com/automate/traverse-portal.md) - [myUNFI](https://fous.com/automate/myunfi.md) Other industries: [Morrisons Supplier Portal](/automate/morrisons-supplier-portal), [AT&T Business Center](/automate/at-and-t-business-center), [Housecall Pro](/automate/housecall-pro), [Tungsten Network](/automate/tungsten-network), [Domínio Sistemas](/automate/dominio-sistemas), [Mindbody](/automate/mindbody). ## Frequently asked questions ### Does Scintilla have an API? Yes, for Charter subscribers. Walmart Data Ventures documents a Data Feed API and Cloud Feeds. Charter is the paid tier, and its price is not published. Scintilla Basic, which is free, has no API or data feeds: reports are built and downloaded by hand in Report Builder. ### Where do I find what I used in Retail Link DSS? In Report Builder in Scintilla, which holds most of the old DSS functionality under new names. When you choose columns you can search by Scintilla names or by the legacy DSS element names, and hovering over a column shows its DSS alias. ### How long does a Scintilla report take? About 20 to 70 minutes after you select Create Report. The last data refresh time is shown just below Create Report, so you can check that the data is new before you run a report. ### Do I need Charter to send my Walmart data to a syndicated partner? Yes, for new access. Since May 1, 2026, access to Walmart data through syndicated partners under the Account Level Release program requires Scintilla Charter. Suppliers already approved for ALR must subscribe by January 31, 2027 to keep it. ### Is Fous affiliated with Walmart Data Ventures? No. Fous is an independent product. You use it with your own Scintilla account, and a method reads and does only what that account can. Fous is an independent product: it is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by the operator of Scintilla (Walmart Data Ventures). The name is used only to say which system this page is about. Something here wrong or out of date? Write to legal@fous.com.