Complete payout calculation tasks with self-serve docs

Start Here A guided overview of the first docs to read when you are evaluating or setting up Allocora. Quickstart: Create a Workspace and Load Sample Data Create a free workspace, choose a preset, and inspect a realistic payout calculation flow. Quickstart: Royalty and Publishing Sample Workspaces Self-serve steps for trying the music label and small publisher sample workspaces. Quickstart: Import Revenue Data Prepare CSV or integration revenue for mapped, auditable payout calculations. Quickstart: Configure a Payout Rule Define a simple rule, simulate the result, and keep rule changes traceable over time. Quickstart: Generate the First Statement Review a run, generate statements, and export close-ready payout evidence.

Tutorial: First Payout Calculation A complete first-run lesson with exact clicks, checkpoints, expected output, and recovery tips.

Affiliate Commission Tracking Guide A practical guide for replacing manual affiliate commission tracking with governed payout calculations. Royalty Payout Calculation Guide Use Allocora as a rules-driven royalty calculation layer for close periods and statements. Multi-Payee Revenue Split Guide Structure split logic so shared revenue can be reviewed, repeated, and exported safely. Replace Spreadsheet Payout Tracking Move payout tracking out of spreadsheets while preserving explainability and self-service setup.

Glossary Core Allocora domain terms for payout calculations, royalty statements, revenue splits, and settlement review. Glossary: Payee Understand how payees fit into rules, calculation runs, statements, and exports. Glossary: Rule Learn how payout rules control commissions, royalties, revenue shares, and settlement calculations. Glossary: Revenue Event Understand the source rows that drive Allocora payout calculations. Glossary: Statement Understand how statements turn reviewed calculation output into payee-facing evidence. Glossary: Contract Understand how contracts become rule scope, effective dates, payees, and review evidence in Allocora. Glossary: Revenue Split Understand how multi-payee splits are modeled with payees, rules, allocation percentages, and reviewed output. Glossary: Royalty Understand how royalty obligations are calculated from source revenue, rules, adjustments, statements, and audit evidence. Glossary: Commission Understand how commissions are tracked with payees, eligible revenue, rule scope, refunds, and statements. Glossary: Settlement Understand settlement as reviewed payout evidence before bank, payout rail, or accounting execution. Glossary: Adjustment Understand how adjustments explain corrections, deltas, refunds, and review changes in payout calculations. Glossary: Payout Period Understand how payout periods frame imports, rules, calculation runs, statements, exports, and settlement review.

Import Suspense Queue How to review, resolve, exclude, and reprocess blocked or warning-worthy import rows. Troubleshooting Imports and Calculations Common symptoms, likely causes, and recovery steps for self-service payout workflows.

Permissions and Roles Role and permission guidance for workspace access, payout data, API keys, billing, and review workflows. Billing and Cancellation Billing and cancellation guidance for workspace administrators using Allocora as a payout calculation layer. Data Retention and Security Basics Security and retention basics for handling sensitive payout calculation evidence inside Allocora. Data Import Behavior How imports, mappings, duplicates, refunds, adjustments, and sample data behave before calculation runs.

Import Template Library Template-assisted import mapping for common royalty, publishing, marketplace, affiliate, subscription, payout confirmation, and revenue-share CSV shapes. CSV Column Reference A scannable reference for source revenue columns, required fields, and mapping notes. Rule Field Reference A scannable reference for payee, scope, rate, priority, and effective-date rule fields. Statement and Export Field Reference A scannable reference for statement totals, payee fields, source evidence, and downstream export handoff. Payout Confirmation Reconciliation How to prepare payout confirmation files, read matched, partial, missing, extra, overpaid, underpaid, held, and below-threshold buckets, and investigate variance without treating Allocora as the payment processor. Competitor Alternatives, Tools, and Migration Assets A reference for the public acquisition pages and how each one connects to product-led activation. Examples and Templates Starter examples for common payout calculation workflows. CSV Imports Practical import guidance for getting revenue rows ready for calculation runs. API Keys How to create, store, and test API keys for Allocora API access. API Endpoint Reference Start here for API authentication, shared request conventions, and entity-specific endpoint references. Payee API Endpoints Every payee endpoint with request and response examples for list, show, create, update, batch, and upsert workflows. Product API Endpoints Every product endpoint with request and response examples for list, show, create, update, batch, upsert, and archive workflows. Revenue API Endpoints Every revenue endpoint with request and response examples for list, show, single create, and batch create workflows. Rule API Endpoints Every rule endpoint with request and response examples for list, show, create, update, upsert, batch, toggle, and history workflows. Audit Trail What Allocora tracks so payout calculations remain reviewable after the period closes.