Collecting data from Facebook Public Page

This guide explains how to collect data from Facebook Public Page. To learn how to collect data from a different data source, go back to the Available data sources in Adverity overview.

Introduction

For a list of the fields that you can collect from Facebook Public Page, see Facebook Public Page.

Prerequisites

Before you start collecting data from Facebook Public Page, perform all of the following actions:

  • Find the page handle of the Facebook Public Page on which you want to collect data.

  • Alternatively, create a value table that contains the page handles of the Facebook Public Pages. For more information on how to create a value table, see Creating value tables.

Creating a datastream to collect data from Facebook Public Page

The basics of creating a datastream to collect data from any data source are explained in our guide to Creating a datastream. This guide contains information about the specific steps to create a datastream to fetch data from Facebook Public Page.

Configuration: Choose the data you want to collect from Facebook Public Page

To choose what data to collect and customize the Facebook Public Page datastream configuration, follow these steps:

  1. (Optional) Rename your datastream.

  1. In Pages, choose how you want to specify the page handles on which to collect data:

    Type in

    Select this option to manually enter the page handles for the pages on which you want to collect data.

    If you select this option, in Type in, type in and select the page handles on which you want to collect data.

    Value table

    Select this option to provide a value table containing the page handles for the pages on which you want to collect data.

    If you select this option, in Value table, select the value table containing the page handles for the pages on which you want to collect data.

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