Your guide to Amazon DSP
This guide contains detailed information about collecting data from Amazon DSP.
Introduction
This guide contains detailed information about using Amazon DSP in Adverity.
To create a datastream to collect data from Amazon DSP, follow the steps in our guide to Collecting data in Adverity. If these steps are not detailed enough, refer back to this Amazon DSP guide for detailed configuration instructions.
For more information on the data fields that you can collect from Amazon DSP, see List of supported fields.
Limitations
Collecting data from Amazon DSP comes with the following limitations:
You can only generate reports for up to 31 consecutive days using Amazon DSP. The start date of the report can be up to 90 days before the date on which the report is created.
Prerequisites
Before you start collecting data from Amazon DSP, perform all of the following actions:
To collect profile data, you need to satisfy several requirements. For more information, see Collecting profile data from Amazon DSP.
Creating a datastream to collect data from Amazon DSP
This section of the Amazon DSP guide contains information specific to Amazon DSP. Not all steps in the datastream creation process will be described here. If a step is not described here, follow the process in our guide to Collecting data in Adverity.
Configuration: Choose the data you want to collect from Amazon DSP
To choose what data to collect and customize the Amazon DSP datastream configuration, follow these steps:
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(Optional) Rename your datastream.
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In Managed Accounts, select the managed accounts for which to collect data. If you do not select any items in a drop-down list, Adverity collects data for all items in the drop-down list. This field is displayed if the account used to set up the is a Managed Account.
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In Profiles, select the profiles for which to collect data. If you do not select any items in a drop-down list, Adverity collects data for all items in the drop-down list. This field is displayed if the account used to set up the is not a Managed Account.
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In Advertisers, select the advertisers for which to collect data. If you do not select any items in a drop-down list, Adverity collects data for all items in the drop-down list.
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In Report type, select the type of data to collect from Amazon DSP.
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In Dimensions and Metrics, change the list of fields that you want to see in your data extract.
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In Aggregation level, choose one of the following:
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Select Summary to collect aggregated data.
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Select Daily to collect data segmented by day.
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What's next?
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Apply Data Mapping to your collected data to harmonize data collected from different sources in Adverity.
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Store your data in Adverity Data Storage for further analysis in Adverity.
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Transform your data to meet your needs by creating and applying enrichments to your datastream.
Troubleshooting Amazon DSP
I see an error message when fetching data from Amazon DSP
The {"message":"Too many requests"}
error message appears due to a limitation on the Amazon DSP API.
To resolve this issue, change your datastream settings to fetch less data.
Advanced Amazon DSP tips
Collecting profile data from Amazon DSP
If the data collected from Amazon DSP does not contain profile data from a certain region, this could be due to several reasons. Check the following points for solutions to this issue:
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Make sure the merchant has set up an Adverity with the correct account.
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If the merchant uses multiple accounts, make sure they are connecting to Adverity with the correct account.
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If the account used to set up the Profiles field is hidden in the datastream configuration.
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Make sure there is only one email address associated with each region for which to collect data. This is the email address for the authorized account. For example, only use the email amazon-eu@xyz.com for data collection in the EU region and the email amazon-na@xyz.com for data collection in the NA region.
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Make sure the merchant has created at least Sponsored Products campaign.
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Make sure the account used in the Adverity has View and Edit permissions for Campaign Management.