Review your real-time bidding activity and a detailed breakout of your filtered bids using RTB Breakout. This tool displays bid responses that are being filtered and impressions lost due to issues that may be actionable by you.
Client users with access to your Authorized Buyers account can access RTB Breakout. These users see the non-bidder version of this tool, but only have access to data for deals with which they are associated. Learn more about client access permissions.
View RTB activity
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Sign in to Authorized Buyers.
- Click Troubleshooting, and then RTB breakout.
- Under "Real-time," click
and select an option:
- For real-time data, select Real-time. Learn more about the real-time data visualization.
- For historical data, select a previous period, such as "Yesterday" or "Last 7 days."
- To add a filter, click Add filter, then make a section and click Apply.
Bidding activity automatically updates upon filter or date range selection. Date ranges include today, yesterday, the last 7 days, the last 30 days, or a custom range you select. The Real-time option allows you to view streaming activity in real-time (default).
Filter RTB activity
Filters help narrow the scope of activity you want to view. For instance, you may want to troubleshoot issues with a specific publisher or have issues with a specific creative. Applying filters can retrieve just the information you need.
Some filters are available for both real-time and historical data, while others are for historical data only. Review the following table for details.
| Real-time and historical filters | Account: Filter by an account you select. |
|---|---|
| Creative ID: Filter by a creative ID you enter. | |
| Deal: Filter by a deal ID you enter. | |
| Environment: Filter by environment, either web or app. | |
| Format: Filter by ad format, such as native display or native video. | |
| Platform: Filter by platform, such as desktop or tablet. | |
| Publisher: Filter by publisher name or publisher ID. | |
| Historical filters | Rendering SDK: Filter by Buyer SDK or GMA SDK. |
| Transaction type: Filter by transaction type, such as Open auction, Private auction, Preferred deal, and so on. | |
| Publisher creative settings: Filter by publisher creative settings, such as protections or creative policies applied. |
View real-time bid samples
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Sign in to Authorized Buyers.
- Click Troubleshooting, and then RTB breakout.
- Under "Real-time," click
- For real-time data, select Real-time.
- For historical data, select a previous period, such as "Yesterday" or "Last 7 days."
- For an overview, review the data for "Auctions won," "Win rate," "Filtered bids," and "Filtered bid rate."
- For more details, review the visualization. Bidding issues are broken out to the right in categories such as "Filtered impressions," "Bid requests not sent," "Bid response errors," and so on. Under each category, review the specific reason or issue for details that may help troubleshooting.