Task Kinds
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PPC Robot has two kinds of tasks:

* :term:`Report` is a task which reads data from marketing platforms, transforms and analyzes them and generates
  an output. Report can be used on various levels:

    * **Client Account level:** the report will run only for a selected :term:`Client Account`.
    * **Service Account level:** the report will start for a given :term:`Service Account`, process data from selected
      client accounts under the given service account and merge the data into a single output.
    * **Client level:** the report will run for given :term:`Client`. It will process data from selected (or all)
      :term:`Client Accounts <Client Account>` linked to the client and merge the data into a single output.

* :term:`Robot` is a specialized task that can perform various read-write operations: generate new campaigns in
  a client account, update bids and so on. Robot can have an output, but most of them will have just notifications and
  a specialized interface that can be used for tracking robot state and execution. Robot is always linked to
  an existing client, but can also run on various levels:

    * **Client Account level:** the robot will operate only on given account linked to the :term:`Client`.
    * **Client level:** the report will run for given client. It will process data from selected (or all)
      :term:`Client Accounts <Client Account>` linked to the client.