Snapchat: Setup guide

Snapchat: Setup guide#

This guide explains how to collect data from Snapchat.

Introduction#

For a list of the fields that you can collect from Snapchat, see Snapchat.

Prerequisites#

Before you start collecting data from Snapchat, perform all of the following actions:

  • Ensure that the account you use to connect to Snapchat has Account Admin or higher role assigned. Snapchat users assigned the Data Analyst role can collect a limited number of fields.

Creating a datastream to collect data from Snapchat#

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 Snapchat.

Authorization: Allow Adverity to access Snapchat#

  1. If you choose Access using your credentials or Access using someone else’s credentials, in Set up or edit Ad Accounts, you or the person granting access must choose one of the following options:

    • Choose Grant access to all items, including those created in the future to give Adverity Ad Accounts to access all existing items and all items created in the future.

    • Choose Select specific items to which you want to grant access to only give Adverity Ad Accounts to access the selected items. Adverity will not automatically have access to items created in the future. You will need to grant Adverity access to any items created in the future.

    Warning

    If you use your credentials to grant Adverity access to Snapchat, all the items available to you using your credentials will be visible in the Authorizations page to all Adverity users with permission to edit this authorization.

    If someone else uses their credentials to grant Adverity access to Snapchat, the same applies to the items available using their credentials.

    This is important to consider if you do not want all Adverity users with permission to edit the authorization to be able to see the details of the authorization items. For more information about user permissions, see Managing user permissions.

Configuration: Choose the data you want to collect from Snapchat#

Note

This connector reports data in the timezone of the authorized ad account.

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

  1. (Optional) Rename your datastream.

  2. In Organizations, Ad Accounts, Campaigns, Ad Squads, and Ads, select the organizations, ad accounts, campaigns, ad squads, and ads 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.

  3. In Reporting type, select the type of data to collect from Snapchat.

  4. In Fields, change the list of fields that you want to see in your data extract.

Note

For information on configuring other Snapchat fields, see Advanced Snapchat tips.

What’s next?#

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