Exports
Exports can be used to request and retrieve metadata related to your campaigns. You can request exports at different levels (e.g., campaign, ad group, target).
Read more about the Exports pipeline here
Configuring the Credentials
Select the account credentials which has access to relevant Amazon Ads data from the dropdown menu & Click Next
Data Pipelines Details
- Data Pipeline
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Select Exports from the dropdown
- Data Pipeline configuration
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Enter the configuration for this pipeline in the screen that shows up. Detailed description for each parameter is given below.
- Profile
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Select one or more profiles from the drop-down
| All profiles which your credentials have access to should be available here. If they are not, please check the credentials selected / configured by you. While you can add multiple profiles, the table size may become too large and so it is advisable to add one account per pipeline and use Union queries in the data warehouse to join the data for consumption. |
Setting Parameters
| Parameter | Description | Values |
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No of Days |
Required Number of days for which you wish to get the data in each run. |
Integer value |
Insert Mode |
Required Specifies the manner in which data will get updated in the data warehouse : UPSERT will insert only new records or records with changes, APPEND will insert all fetched data at the end, REPLACE will drop the existing table and recreate a fresh one on each run.Recommended to use "Upsert" option unless there is a specific requirement. |
Default Value: UPSERT |
Upsert Keys Dependant |
Required (If Upsert is chosen as the Insert Mode Type) Specify the upsert keys based on which data is to be upserted. |
String value |
Export Type |
Required The type of export (campaign, target, ad or ad group). |
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Datapipeline Scheduling
Scheduling specifies the frequency with which data will get updated in the data warehouse. You can choose between Manual Run, Normal Scheduling or Advance Scheduling.
- Manual Run
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If scheduling is not required, you can use the toggle to run the pipeline manually.
- Normal Scheduling
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Use the dropdown to select an interval-based hourly, monthly, weekly, or daily frequency.
- Advance Scheduling
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Set schedules fine-grained at the level of Months, Days, Hours, and Minutes.
Detailed explanation on scheduling of pipelines can be found here
Dataset & Name
- Dataset Name
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Key in the Dataset Name(also serves as the table name in your data warehouse).Keep in mind, that the name should be unique across the account and the data source. Special characters (except underscore _) and blank spaces are not allowed. It is best to follow a consistent naming scheme for future search to locate the tables.
- Dataset Description
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Enter a short description (optional) describing the dataset being fetched by this particular pipeline.
- Notifications
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Choose the events for which you’d like to be notified: whether "ERROR ONLY" or "ERROR AND SUCCESS".
Once you have finished click on Finish to save it. Read more about naming and saving your pipelines including the option to save them as templates here
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