Media.net (Select): Setup guide

Media.net (Select): Setup guide#

This guide explains how to collect data from Media.net (Select).

Introduction#

Media.net (Select) is a programmatic curation platform on the sell-side of digital advertising. Curators build targeted ad inventory deals using audience signals and contextual data, and activate them across DSPs. The connector provides deal-level performance reporting, including impressions, spend, margins, and other metrics for curated inventory packages.

Limitations#

Collecting data from Media.net (Select) comes with the following limitations:

  • Only one time granularity dimension (Day, Week, or Hour) can be selected at a time. If no time granularity dimension is selected, a report_date column is added automatically to the data extract.

  • Each view has a maximum number of dimensions that can be selected. The limit varies by view and is enforced when you save the datastream.

  • Some dimension and metric combinations are incompatible. Adverity validates your selection when you save the datastream and displays an error message listing the incompatible items.

  • Only one report can be generated per user at a time. Additional requests are queued until the preceding report completes.

  • Reports exceeding 10 GB are incomplete. If a report exceeds this limit, Adverity displays a warning. To avoid truncation, narrow the date range or reduce the number of selected dimensions and metrics.

Creating a datastream to collect data from Media.net (Select)#

The basics of creating a datastream to collect data from any data source are explained in our guide to Collecting data in Adverity. This guide contains information about the specific steps to create a datastream to fetch data from Media.net (Select).

Authorization: Allow Adverity to access Media.net (Select)#

To set up a new authorization to fetch data from Media.net (Select), follow these steps:

  1. In the Authorization step of the datastream wizard, click Access Media.net (Select) using your credentials.

  2. In Email, enter the email address for your Media.net (Select) account.

  3. In Password, enter your Media.net (Select) password.

  4. Click Authorize.

Configuration: Choose the data you want to collect from Media.net (Select)#

To choose what data to collect and customize the Media.net (Select) datastream configuration, follow these steps:

  1. (Optional) Rename your datastream.

  2. In View, select the view (table) to use for your report. The available dimensions and metrics depend on the view you select.

  3. In Dimensions, select the dimensions to include in your data extract. The available options depend on the selected view.

  4. In Metrics, select the metrics to include in your data extract. The available options depend on the selected view and the dimensions you have selected.

What’s next?#

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