Only available in Google Ad Manager 360.
Features in Beta phase might not be available in your network. Watch the release notes for when this feature becomes generally available.
After Data Transfer is enabled, you can set up the file types for your reports.
If you’re an administrator, you can update delivery settings as follows:
- Add, remove, and update file types for your Data Transfer reports.
- Select the output format(s) for each file type.
- Add, remove, and reorder fields in Data Transfer files.
You can set any Data Transfer file type to “active” or “inactive.” File types set to active are included in your reports. Billing is based on your number of active file types. When you add or remove file types, your billing automatically updates to reflect the changes.
Set ID preferences
Under "Include IDs," select which IDs you want populated across all of the Data Transfer reports in your network:
- OriginalPublisherProvidedID only
- PublisherProvidedID, and UserId
Notes:
- Events served to EMEA users can only be provided as PublisherProvidedID and UserId, regardless of this setting.
- You can include all of the fields in your file configuration, but the system will populate only the fields based on the option selected.
- If the fields associated with the selected option are not in your file configuration(s), you won’t get any data for these fields.
Before you begin
- The "Modify data transfer fields" user role permission is required.
- At least one Data Transfer file type must be added to your Ad Manager network. Learn how to get started with Data Transfer.
Manage Data Transfer file types
All available file types show in your Data Transfer configurations.
- Sign in to Google Ad Manager.
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Click Admin, then Data transfer to view all available file types and the status per output format.
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Active: The file type will be added to your Data Transfer report.
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Inactive: The file type will be removed from your Data Transfer report.
Choose Inactive if you want to configure the file type, but don't want the file to be generated or be billed for the file.
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To change the output status of a file type, select the name then select CSV and/or Parquet as the output format. One file will be produced per output format selected.
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Under "Google Storage page with the files," take note of the link. Your files are delivered there.
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Click Save, and then Save and continue to confirm activation.
After you activate a file type:-
Its status can’t be changed for 1 hour, so the first file can generate.
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The file type will be billed.
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4. To add Data Transfer fields, under "Fields," click Type to search and select one or more fields on the list.
Fields show in the report in the order you add them.
- To remove a field, uncheck its box on the list, or click
on the field name.
- To reorder fields, remove fields that appear after or to the right of a field, and include them again in the correct order.
5. CSV Files Only: Under “Separator,” click and choose the separator you want to appear between field values in your files.
Note: The default separator is a comma ( , ). If the character you choose for a separator appears within the text of the field values in the Data Transfer file, it will be stripped out.
For example, if you choose a comma ( , ) as the separator, the comma would be removed from the field value "Catherine's Bakery, LLC". This example would become "Catherine's Bakery LLC" in the Data Transfer file.
How long until my files show the changes?
Saved changes appear in the following hour's file. For example, if you update your Data Transfer settings at 10:30 AM, the 11:00 AM file and all following files will use the updated settings. All file generation timestamps are in Pacific Standard Time (PST).
If you remove a field, that field's data is not included in Data Transfer files generated and delivered after that point. You can add the field again, but any files delivered while the field was removed will not contain the field's data. Data cannot be retroactively filled into a previously delivered file.
