8/23/2020 Google Ad Manager transfers | BigQuery Data Transfer Service Google Ad Manager transfers The BigQuery Data Transfer Service for Google Ad Manager allows you to automatically schedule and manage recurring load jobs for Google Ad Manager (formerly known as DoubleClick for Publishers) reporting data. Suppoed repos The BigQuery Data Transfer Service for Google Ad Manager currently supports the following reporting options: Data Transfer (Google Ad Manager DT) les (https://support.google.com/admanager/answer/1733124) Data Transfer elds (https://support.google.com/admanager/table/7401123) Match Tables as provided via PQL (https://developers.google.com/doubleclick-publishers/docs/pqlreference#matchtables) Match Tables from CompanyService (v201908) (https://developers.google.com/doubleclick-publishers/docs/reference/v201908/CompanyService) Match Tables from OrderService (v201908) (https://developers.google.com/doubleclick-publishers/docs/reference/v201908/OrderService) Match Tables from PlacementService (v201908) (https://developers.google.com/doubleclick-publishers/docs/reference/v201908/PlacementService) For information on how Google Ad Manager reports are transformed into BigQuery tables and views, see Google Ad Manager report transformations (/bigquery-transfer/docs/doubleclick-publisher-transformation). The BigQuery Data Transfer Service supports the following delimiters for Google Ad Manager DT les: Tab ( \t ) aret ( ^ ), and Comma ( , ). The Thorn (þ) delimiter is NOT currently supported. Reporting option Support Supported API v201908 https://cloud.google.com/bigquery-transfer/docs/doubleclick-publisher-transfer/ 1/10 8/23/2020 Google Ad Manager transfers | BigQuery Data Transfer Service version (https://developers.google.com/doubleclick-publishers/docs/rel_notes#v201908) Schedule Every 8 hours, based on the creation time. Not congurable Refresh window Last 2 days Not congurable Maximum backll Last 60 days duration Google Ad Manager retains Data Transfer les for up to 60 days. Files older than 60 days are deleted by Google Ad Manager. Before you begin Before you create a Google Ad Manager transfer: Verify that you have completed all actions required to enable the BigQuery Data Transfer Service (/bigquery-transfer/docs/enable-transfer-service). Create a BigQuery dataset (/bigquery/docs/datasets) to store the Google Ad Manager data. Ensure that your organization has access to Google Ad Manager Data Transfer (Google Ad Manager DT) les. These les are delivered by the Google Ad Manager team to a Cloud Storage bucket. To gain access to Google Ad Manager DT les, complete the following steps. Additional charges from the Google Ad Manager team may apply. Review the Overview of Data Transfer reports (https://support.google.com/admanager/answer/1733124). In the upper right corner of the page, click Contact Us. Click Reports. Email or chat with a representative and ask about access to Google Ad Manager Data Transfer les. After completing this step, you will receive a Cloud Storage bucket similar to the following: https://cloud.google.com/bigquery-transfer/docs/doubleclick-publisher-transfer/ 2/10 8/23/2020 Google Ad Manager transfers | BigQuery Data Transfer Service gdfp-12345678 The Google Cloud team does NOT have the ability to generate or grant access to Google Ad Manager DT les on your behalf. Contact, Google Ad Manager support (https://support.google.com/admanager/answer/3059042?hl=en&ref_topic=7519191), for access to Google Ad Manager DT les. Enable API access (https://support.google.com/admanager/answer/3088588?hl=en) to your Google Ad Manager network. If you intend to create transfers using the classic BigQuery web UI, allow pop-ups from bigquery.cloud.google.com so you can view the permissions window. You must allow the BigQuery Data Transfer Service permission to manage your Google Ad Manager data for the transfer to succeed. If you intend to setup transfer notications, you must have pubsub.topics.setIamPolicy permissions for Pub/Sub. Pub/Sub permissions are not required if you just set up email notications. For more information, see BigQuery Data Transfer Service run notications (/bigquery-transfer/docs/transfer-run-notications). Required permissions BigQuery: Ensure that the person creating the transfer has the following permissions in BigQuery: bigquery.transfers.update permissions to create the transfer bigquery.datasets.update permissions on the target dataset The bigquery.admin predened IAM role includes bigquery.transfers.update and bigquery.datasets.update permissions. For more information on IAM roles in BigQuery Data Transfer Service, see Access control reference (/bigquery-transfer/docs/reference/access-control). Google Ad Manager: Read access to the Google Ad Manager DT les stored in Cloud Storage. Permissions for Google Ad Manager DT les are managed by the Google Ad Manager team. https://cloud.google.com/bigquery-transfer/docs/doubleclick-publisher-transfer/ 3/10 8/23/2020 Google Ad Manager transfers | BigQuery Data Transfer Service Seing up a Google Ad Manager transfer Setting up a BigQuery data transfer for Google Ad Manager requires a: Cloud Storage bucket: The Cloud Storage bucket URI for your Google Ad Manager DT les as described in Before you begin (/bigquery-transfer/docs/doubleclick-publisher-transfer#before_you_begin). The bucket name should look like the following: gdfp-12345678 Network Code: You'll nd the Google Ad Manager network code in the URL when you are logged into your network. For example, in the URL https://admanager.google.com/2032576#delivery, 2032576 is your network code. For more information, see Get started with Google Ad Manager (https://developers.google.com/doubleclick-publishers/docs/start). To create a BigQuery Data Transfer Service transfer for Google Ad Manager: ConsoleClassic UI (#classic-ui)bq (#bq)API (#api) 1. Go to the BigQuery web UI. Go to the BigQuery web UI (https://console.cloud.google.com/bigquery) 2. Click Transfers. 3. Click Create Transfer. 4. On the Create Transfer page: In the Source type section, for Source, choose Google Ad Manager. In the Transfer cong name section, for Display name, enter a name for the transfer such as My Transfer. The transfer name can be any value that allows you to easily https://cloud.google.com/bigquery-transfer/docs/doubleclick-publisher-transfer/ 4/10 8/23/2020 Google Ad Manager transfers | BigQuery Data Transfer Service identify the transfer if you need to modify it later. In the Schedule options section, for Schedule, leave the default value (Start now) or click Start at a set time. For Repeats, choose an option for how often to run the transfer. Daily (default) Weekly Monthly Custom On-demand For Start date and run time, enter the date and time to start the transfer. If you choose Start now, this option is disabled. In the Destination settings section, for Destination dataset, choose the dataset you created to store your data. https://cloud.google.com/bigquery-transfer/docs/doubleclick-publisher-transfer/ 5/10 8/23/2020 Google Ad Manager transfers | BigQuery Data Transfer Service In the Data source details section: For Cloud Storage bucket, enter the name of the Cloud Storage bucket that stores your Data Transfer les. When you enter the bucket name, do not include gs://. For Network code, enter your network code. (Optional) In the Notication options section: Click the toggle to enable email notications. When you enable this option, the transfer administrator receives an email notication when a transfer run fails. For Select a Pub/Sub topic, choose your topic (/pubsub/docs/overview#types) name or click Create a topic. This option congures Pub/Sub run notications (/bigquery-transfer/docs/transfer-run-notications) for your transfer. 5. Click Save. ng: If you change the schema of a report, all les on that day must have the same schema, or the transfer for t day will fail. Troubleshooting Google Ad Manager transfer setup If you are having issues setting up your transfer, see Google Ad Manager transfer issues (/bigquery-transfer/docs/transfer-troubleshooting#google_ad_manager_transfer_issues) in https://cloud.google.com/bigquery-transfer/docs/doubleclick-publisher-transfer/ 6/10 8/23/2020 Google Ad Manager transfers | BigQuery Data Transfer Service Troubleshooting BigQuery Data Transfer Service transfer setup (/bigquery-transfer/docs/transfer-troubleshooting). Querying your data When your data is transferred to BigQuery, the data is written to ingestion-time partitioned tables. For more information, see Introduction to partitioned tables (/bigquery/docs/partitioned-tables). If you query your tables directly instead of using the auto-generated views, you must use the _PARTITIONTIME pseudo-column in your query. For more information, see Querying partitioned tables (/bigquery/docs/querying-partitioned-tables). Google Ad Manager sample queries You can use the following Google Ad Manager sample queries to analyze your transferred data. You can also use the queries in a visualization tool such as Google Data Studio (https://www.google.com/analytics/data-studio/). These queries are provided to help you get started on querying your Google Ad Manager data with BigQuery. For additional questions on what you can do with these reports, contact your Google Ad Manager technical representative. If you query your tables directly instead of using the auto-generated views, you must use the _PARTITIONTIM o-column in your query. For more information, see Querying partitioned tables uery/docs/querying-partitioned-tables). In each of the following