Release notes

This article gives you an overview of the updates to Adverity in each release.

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Version 2023.49

New connectors and destinations

BigCommerce

With this release, you can now collect data from BigCommerce.

Improvements

Apple Search Ads

With this release, Ad group and Campaign metadata fields have been added to this connector.

Google Ads

With this release, the selectors for MCCs, customers, and campaigns have been improved.

Roundel

With this release, you can now fetch data based on a campaign start date or event date.

Version 2023.48

Improvements

Google Ads

With this release, the new Change Events resource has been added to the Custom report type for this connector.

Google Trends

With this release, you can now specify Topic IDs, time zones, and Google properties when configuring Google Trends datastreams.

TikTok Ads

With this release, we have improved the help texts for TikTok Ads datastream settings. As a result, it is easier to create, configure and change a TikTok Ads datastream.

Version 2023.47

Major new features

Data shares

With this release, data shares are now available to all users.

You can now use data shares to give your BI tools access to data that you have collected in the Adverity platform, as a single source of truth. You can use data shares to send your data to a number of tools, including Power BI and Tableau. For more information, see Sending data to BI tools with data shares.

New connectors and destinations

Amazon Ads Metadata

With this release, you can now collect data from Amazon Ads Metadata.

Criteo PMC

With this release, you can now collect data from Criteo PMC.

Improvements

DoubleVerify

With this release, you can now select a time zone when configuring DoubleVerify datastreams.

Version 2023.46

API updates

Spotify Ads

With this release, the Spotify Ads connector has been updated to the API version 2.

Improvements

Adobe Analytics

With this release, the OAuth Server-to-Server authorization method is now available.

all eyes on screens (previously AdScanner)

With this release, the connector's name and logo have been updated from AdScanner to all eyes on screens.

Google Ads Audiences

With this release, you can now send pre-hashed values to this destination.

theTradeDesk

With this release, you can now select timezones for the Template report type.

New categories in the connector library

With this release, three new connector categories have been created:

  • Finance - financial platforms, for example, Netsuite, Stripe, and Quickbooks.

  • Video - video platforms, for example, GoToWebinar, Spotwatch, and JW player.

  • Productivity - management platforms, for example, Clickup, Google Calendar, and Jira Cloud.

Version 2023.45

New connectors and destinations

Yahoo! Japan Display Ads

With this release, you can now fetch data from Yahoo! Japan Display Ads.

Improvements

Conversion rate calculated metric

With this release, the default format of the Conversion rate calculated metric has been changed from Number to Percentage. You will see this change if you already use this calculated metric. To change the default format back to Number, edit the calculated metric.

Performance outlier notifications

With this release, you can receive notifications about performance outliers, which inform you if a task takes longer than usual. To subscribe to these notifications, use the link on the Activity page or go to the Administration page and click Notifications. For more information, see Managing user notifications.

Google Ads

With this release, a Shared Criterion resource has been added for Custom report types for this connector.

Pinterest

With this release, Targeting type has been added as an optional field to the Advertiser Delivery Metrics report. The targeting_type and targeting_value fields will appear in the data extract for this report type if this field is included.

Version 2023.44

New connectors and destinations

Adjust Report Service

With this release, you can now collect data from Adjust Report Service.

Improvements

Amazon Advertising

With this release, Amazon Attribution reports have been added for this connector. Additionally, the Campaign type filter has been renamed Advertising channel.

Appfigures

With this release, star rating percent fields have been added to the Rating report type for this connector.

DoubleVerify

With this release, the Pinterest report type has been added for this connector.

Google Ads

With this release, the Ad Group Criterion Type field has been added to applicable resources.

Google Analytics Data (GA4)

With this release, you can no longer use deprecated Google Analytics authorizations for Google Analytics Data (GA4) datastreams. Additionally, this connector now uses the new OAuth2 authorization, and uses Properties instead of Views as the billing objects.

Invoca

With this release, additional fields have been added to all the account types for this connector.

Pinterest

With this release, the Audience Insights report type has been added for this connector. Additionally, the Advertiser name and Ad Account name fields have been added to the Advertiser delivery metric report type.

Reddit Ads

With this release, new fields, including custom conversion fields, have been added for this connector.

API updates

DoubleVerify

With this release, this connector has been updated in line with DoubleVerify's recent API changes affecting the Social Network report types.

Version 2023.43

Major new features

External sharing for dashboards

With this release, you can share your dashboards externally with guests who do not have access to Adverity.

For more information, see Sharing dashboards with guests.

New connectors and destinations

TikTok Business

With this release, you can now collect data from TikTok Business.

Walmart Marketplace

With this release, you can now collect data from Walmart Marketplace.

Version 2023.42

Major new features

DoubleVerify authorization tokens

DoubleVerify tokens must be updated to v2 by October 24, 2023. To do so, follow these steps:

  1. If you do not already have a v2 token, generate a v2 token in the Analytics > Data API section of the DoubleVerify user interface.

  2. In Adverity, go to the Authorizations page and click the name of your DoubleVerify authorization.

  3. In Bearer token v2, enter the new v2 token.

  4. Click Save.

In addition, by October 24, 2023, the following changes will also be made to this connector:

  • The GroupM Facebook report type will be included in the Meta report type.

  • The GroupM Youtube report type will be deprecated.

  • V2 token authentication will be required for all report types.

Schedule Daily import status notifications

With this release, you can schedule the Daily import status notifications. Previously these notifications were sent at a fixed time. This is especially relevant for users far from the UTC time zone.

New connectors and destinations

Google Search Ads 360

With this release, you can now collect data from Google Search Ads 360.

LeadSquared

With this release, you can now collect data from LeadSquared.

Improvements

Amazon Advertising

With this release, a number of metrics and dimensions have been added to several report types.

Google Analytics Data (GA4)

With this release, Adverity now checks that your Google Analytics Data (GA4) connector configuration is valid in real-time. Any errors are identified, which means you can solve them before you save your configuration or fetch data.

Integral Ad Science

With this release, the external_id dimension has been added to the Performance and Brand Suitability Failure report types. The connector logo has also been updated.

LinkedIn Organizations and Brands

With this release, the content_type field has been added to the Posts report type.

Matomo

With this release, several new report types and breakdowns, as well as a Granularity field, have been added to this connector.

Yahoo DSP

With this release, the Video player size dimension has been added for this connector.

Version 2023.41

Improvements

Preview custom script enrichments

When configuring a custom script enrichment, you can now preview the result of your enrichment in the Table Preview tab. The preview displays the changes that the enrichment will make to your data extract.

Roundel

With this release, Target Roundel has been rebranded to Roundel and is now available to all Adverity users.

Version 2023.40

API updates

Criteo Marketing Solutions

With this release, the Criteo Marketing Solutions connector has been updated to API version 2023.07.

Improvements

Branch Custom API

With this release, a date field has been added to the SKAdNetwork Valid Messages and SKAdNetwork Invalid Messages topics.

Datastream settings

From this release, the Fetch sequentially and Share with child workspaces datastream settings are hidden by default. To show these settings, adjust your workspace settings in the Administration page.

Google Analytics Data (GA4)

With this release, the Service Account authorization type is now available for this connector.

New Python module for custom enrichments: Statistics

With this release, the classes and methods of the Statistics Python module are now supported by Adverity custom script enrichments. You can use these classes and methods by importing this Python module.

Version 2023.39

Improvements

Google Analytics Data (GA4)

With this release, the dimensions and metrics from the data source are now loaded dynamically. As a result, any field changes made by Google will appear in the Google Analytics Data (GA4) connector much faster.

TikTok

With this release, new metrics have been added to the Basic report type.

Version 2023.38

Major new features

Schedule a fetch to run once

With this release, you can now create a scheduled fetch that only runs once. For example, if you want to run a fetch that will take a long time, you can now schedule this fetch to run during the night, so it does not affect other tasks during your working hours.

For more information, see Configuring scheduled fetches.

Improvements

Creating a datastream

With this release, Adverity's help texts are hidden behind tooltip icons, improving the appearance of our datastream configuration steps.

Facebook Ads

With this release, the Facebook Ads connector help texts have been improved to describe each setting and its use cases more clearly.

Facebook Page Insights

With this release, the Reels Insights report type has been added to this connector.

Google Analytics Data (GA4)

With this release, a message has been added to the Google Analytics Data (GA4) configuration page to clarify this connector's limitation when selecting dimensions.

Google Display & Video 360

With this release, the request limit quotas have been increased following the Google announcement.

LinkedIn Ads

With this release, additional metadata fields have been added for the Conversion pivot, and the selectors for Ad Accounts and Campaigns have been improved.

Target Roundel

With this release, the Overview report type has been added to this connector.