Glossary
Stock Amount / Stock Status
Stock Amount / Stock Status fields record available quantity plus a state such as in-stock or awaiting supply across all 1,744 datasets Datadory catalogs. TME describes stock as updated in real time, LCSC breaks rows out per warehouse, and snapshot datasets fix quantities at collection time.
What is Stock Amount / Stock Status?
Stock data answers two questions at once: how much (amount) and in what condition (status). A status code - in-stock, awaiting supply, obsolete - travels beside the quantity, and either can change without the other.
All three shapes appear within Datadory's catalog of 1,744 datasets:
- TME Electronic Components Catalog & API — one record with price, stock amount/status, with stock 'described as updated in real time'.
- LCSC Electronics Catalog — 'per-warehouse stock rows', so quantity is split across locations.
- Electronic Components Supply Chain & Risk Dataset — tagged 'inventory', but its prices and stock are 'as-of-collection values, not live'.
That third case is the useful contrast: identical-looking numbers can be a live feed or a dated snapshot.
Why does Stock Amount / Stock Status matter when choosing a dataset?
Availability drives purchasing decisions, and stale availability is worse than none. A quantity captured at collection time reads exactly like a realtime figure, yet supports none of the same decisions - reorder points, lead-time promises, shortage alerts all assume the number moved since yesterday.
- Freshness differs by design. TME describes realtime updates; the HF supply-chain snapshot fixes stock at collection. Neither is wrong, but they answer different questions.
- Warehouse splits change totals. LCSC's per-warehouse rows mean a naive sum can double-count parts held in two locations.
The check costs nothing: 82.4% of the 1,744 datasets Datadory catalogs are free to access, so a timestamp comparison can run before committing to a source.
How do you evaluate Stock Amount / Stock Status in a data source?
- ('Find the collection timestamp before trusting any quantity.', "The Electronic Components Supply Chain & Risk Dataset states its prices and stock are 'as-of-collection values, not live' - look for that sentence, or its absence, in every terms note.")
- ('Ask whether updates are push or release-based.', 'TME describes stock as updated in real time; 22.6% of the 1,744 datasets in this catalog refresh daily, so put the cadence you need in writing.')
- ('Check whether quantity is split by warehouse.', "LCSC publishes 'per-warehouse stock rows'; decide whether your pipeline sums locations or tracks them separately before ingesting.")
- ('Pair the amount with its status code.', "A large quantity marked awaiting supply is not available stock - read amount and status together, as TME's single combined record does.")
Related terms
Stock fields travel with the pricing structures they quote against:
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between stock amount and stock status?
Amount is the quantity on hand; status is the condition attached to it, such as in-stock or awaiting supply. TME stores both in one record per component, while LCSC adds a warehouse split per row.
How fresh is stock data in distributor catalogs?
It depends on the source: TME describes its stock as updated in real time, whereas the Electronic Components Supply Chain & Risk Dataset marks its inventory figures as as-of-collection values, not live.
Why do per-warehouse stock rows matter?
Because the same part can appear in several warehouses. LCSC's per-warehouse rows mean a pipeline must decide whether to sum locations or keep them separate, or totals can be double-counted.
Datasets containing this field
Datasets containing Stock Amount / Stock Status
5 datasets carry stock amount / stock status in the catalog. Open one, count the fields, judge for yourself.
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