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(Beta) Google Ad Manager 360 connection

Last update: Thu Oct 10 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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IMPORTANT
Google is releasing changes to the , , and the in order to support the compliance and consent-related requirements defined under the (DMA) in the European Union (). Enforcement of these changes to consent requirements is live as of March 6, 2024.


To adhere to the EU user consent policy and continue creating audience lists for users in the European Economic Area (EEA), advertisers and partners must ensure they are passing end-user consent when uploading audience data. As a Google Partner, ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓƵ provides you with the necessary tools to comply with these consent requirements under the DMA in the European Union.


Customers who have purchased ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓƵ Privacy & Security Shield and have configured a consent policy to filter out non-consented profiles do not need to take any action.


Customers who have not purchased ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓƵ Privacy & Security Shield must use the segment definition capabilities within Segment Builder to filter out non-consented profiles, in order to continue using the existing Real-Time CDP Google Destinations without interruption.

The Google Ad Manager 360 connection enables batch upload for publisher provided identifiers (PPID) into Google Ad Manager 360, via Google Cloud Storage.

For more details on how publisher provided identifiers work in Google Ad Manager 360, see the .

IMPORTANT
This destination is currently in Beta and is only available to a limited number of customers. To request access to the Google Ad Manager 360 connection, contact your ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓƵ representative and provide your organization ID.

The Google Ad Manager 360 destination exports CSV files to your Google Cloud Storage bucket. Once you’ve exported the CSV files, you must import them into your Google Ad Manager 360 account.

Destination specifics specifics

Note the following details that are specific to Google Ad Manager 360 destinations.

  • This destination does not currently support the export files on-demand feature.
  • Activated audiences are created programmatically in the Google platform and populated in the CSV file.

Supported identities supported-identities

This integration supports the activation of identities described in the table below.

Target Identity
Description
Considerations
PPID
Publisher provided ID
Select this target identity to send audiences to Google Ad Manager 360

Supported audiences supported-audiences

This section describes which types of audiences you can export to this destination.

Audience origin
Supported
Description
Segmentation Service
✓
Audiences generated through the Experience Platform Segmentation Service.
Custom uploads
✓
Audiences imported into Experience Platform from CSV files.

Export type and frequency export-type-frequency

Refer to the table below for information about the destination export type and frequency.

Item
Type
Notes
Export type
Profile-based
You are exporting all members of a segment, together with the applicable schema fields (for example your PPID), as chosen in the select profile attributes screen of the destination activation workflow.
Export frequency
Batch
Batch destinations export files to downstream platforms in increments of three, six, eight, twelve, or twenty-four hours. Read more about batch file-based destinations.

Prerequisites prerequisites

Allow-listing allow-listing

Allow-listing is mandatory before setting up your first Google Ad Manager 360 destination in Platform. Make sure to complete the allow-listing process described below, before creating your destination.

NOTE
The exception to this rule is for existing Audience Manager customers. If you have already created a connection to this Google destination in Audience Manager, then it is not necessary to go through the allow-listing process again and you can proceed to the next steps.
  1. Follow the steps described in the to add ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓƵ as a linked Data Management Platform (DMP).
  2. In the Google Ad Manager interface, go to Admin > Global Settings > Network Settings, and enable the API Access slider.

Connect to the destination connect

IMPORTANT
To connect to the destination, you need the View Destinations and Manage Destinations access control permissions. Read the access control overview or contact your product administrator to obtain the required permissions.

To connect to this destination, follow the steps described in the destination configuration tutorial. In the destination configuration workflow, fill in the fields listed in the two sections below.

Authenticate to destination authenticate

To authenticate to the destination, fill in the required fields and select Connect to destination.

  • Access key ID: A 61-character, alphanumeric string used to authenticate your Google Cloud Storage account to Platform.
  • Secret access key: A 40-character, base64-encoded string used to authenticate your Google Cloud Storage account to Platform.

For more information about these values, see the guide. For steps on how to generate your own access key ID and secret access key, refer to the Google Cloud Storage source overview.

Fill in destination details destination-details

To configure details for the destination, fill in the required and optional fields below. An asterisk next to a field in the UI indicates that the field is required.

  • Name: Fill in the preferred name for this destination.

  • Description: Optional. For example, you can mention which campaign you are using this destination for.

  • Folder path: Enter the path to the destination folder that will host the exported files.

  • Bucket name: Enter the name of the Google Cloud Storage bucket to be used by this destination.

  • Account ID: Enter your Audience Link ID from your Google account. This is a specific identifier associated with your Google Ad Manager network (not your Network code). You can find this under Admin > Global settings in the Google Ad Manager interface.

  • Account Type: Select an option, depending on your Google account:

    • Use AdX buyer for Google AdX
    • Use DFP by Google for DoubleClick for Publishers

  • Append audience ID to audience name: Select this option to have the audience name in Google Ad Manager 360 include the audience ID from Experience Platform, like this: Audience Name (Audience ID).

Enable alerts enable-alerts

You can enable alerts to receive notifications on the status of the dataflow to your destination. Select an alert from the list to subscribe to receive notifications on the status of your dataflow. For more information on alerts, see the guide on subscribing to destinations alerts using the UI.

When you are finished providing details for your destination connection, select Next.

Activate audiences to this destination activate

IMPORTANT

See Activate audience data to batch profile export destinations for instructions on activating audiences to this destination.

In the identity mapping step, you can see the following pre-populated mappings:

Pre-populated mapping
Description
ECID -> ppid
This is the only user-editable pre-populated mapping. You can select any of your attributes or identity namespaces from Platform and map them to ppid.
metadata.segment.alias -> list_id
Maps Experience Platform audience names to audience IDs in the Google platform.
iif(${segmentMembership.ups.seg_id.status}=="exited", "1","0") -> delete
Tells the Google platform when to remove disqualified users from segments.

These mappings are required by Google Ad Manager 360 and are automatically created by ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓƵ Experience Platform for all Google Ad Manager 360 connections.

UI image showing the mapping step for Google Ad Manager 360.

Exported data exported-data

To verify if data has been exported successfully, check your Google Cloud Storage bucket and make sure the exported files contain the expected profile populations.

Troubleshooting troubleshooting

In case you encounter any errors while using this destination and need to reach out to either ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓƵ or Google, keep the following IDs at hand.

These are ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓƵ’s Google Account IDs:

  • Account ID: 87933855
  • Customer ID: 89690775
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