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    Amazon Ads is a digital advertising platform offered by Amazon. It allows advertisers to promote their products and services directly within Amazon's ecosystem, including on search results pages and product detail pages, helping them reach potential customers and drive sales on the Amazon marketplace.

    Authorize Connection to Amazon Ads

    To authorize this service, use OAuth 2.0 to share specific data with Dataddo while keeping usernames, passwords, and other information private.

    1. On the Authorizers page, click on Authorize New Service and select your service.
    2. Follow the on-screen prompts to grant Dataddo the necessary permissions to access and retrieve your data.
    3. [Optional] Once your authorizer is created, click on it to change the label for easier identification.

    Ensure that the account you're granting access to holds at least admin-level permissions. If necessary, assign a team member with the required permissions with the authorizer role to authenticate the service for you.

    For more information, see our article on authorizers.

    How to Create an Amazon Ads Data Source

    Retrieving data from the Amazon Ads API requires two step.

    1. Create a source using the Amazon Ads connector to generate your report.
    2. Create a second source using the Amazon Ads Data Extractor connector which will extract your data and send it to your dashboard or data warehouse.

    1. Create Amazon Ads Data Source

    1. On the Sources page, click on the Create Source button and select the connector from the list.
    2. From the drop-down menu, choose your authorizer.
      Didn't find your authorizer?

      Click on Add new Account at the bottom of the drop-down and follow the on-screen prompts. You can also go to the Authorizers tab and click on Add New Service.

    3. Name your data source and select your metrics and attributes.
    4. [Optional] Configure your advanced settings. If you are unsure about how to proceed, we recommend skipping this step.
    5. Configure your sync frequency or set the exact synchronization time under Show advanced settings.
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      If you need to load historical data, refer to the Data Backfilling article.

    6. Preview your data by clicking on the Test Data button in the top right corner. You can adjust the date range for a more specific time frame.
    7. Click on Save and congratulations, your new data source is ready!

    2. Create Amazon Ads Data Extractor Data Source

    1. Connect your Amazon Ads source to a new flow.
    2. For destination, navigate to the Dashboarding Apps, choose Rest Endpoint and Save flow.
      • You will need the GET and Authorization values.
      • If you need to open this window later again, click on the electric plug icon next to your flow.
    3. Wait for about 20 minutes for your report to be fully generated.
    4. Create a new source using the Amazon Ads Data Extractor connector.
    5. You will be asked for the following information:
      1. Flow Endpoint: GET value from previous flow creation.
      2. Authorization Token: Authorization value from previous flow creation.
    6. Configure your snapshotting preferences and make sure your your Amazon Ads Data Extractor source runs at least 1 hour after your Amazon Ads source.
    7. Click on Save and congratulations, your new data source is ready!

    Troubleshooting

    Data Preview Unavailable

    No data preview when you click on Test Data might be caused by an issue with your source configuration. The most common causes are:

    • Date range: Try a smaller date range. You can load the rest of your data afterward using manual data load.
    • Insufficient permissions: Please make sure your authorized account has at least admin-level permissions.
    • Invalid metrics, attributes, or breakdowns: You may not have any data for the selected metrics, attributes, or breakdowns.
    • Incompatible combination of metrics, attributes, or breakdowns: Your selected combination cannot be queried together. Please refer to the service's documentation to view a full list of metrics that can be included in the same data source.

    Cannot Access All Report Types at the Same Time

    If you need more than one report type from Amazon Ads, you will need to create multiple Amazon ads data sources as each report has its own API access point.

    No Data in Destination

    For data to appear in your destination, make sure:

    1. You waited at least 20 min before creating a second data source using the Amazon Ads Data Extractor.
    2. The Amazon Ads Data Extractor source runs at least 1 hour after the Amazon Ads source.

    The Amazon Ads connector generates a report, the Amazon Ads Data Extractor will extract your data and send them to your destination.

    For more details, refer to the section on data source creation.

    Related Articles

    Now that you have successfully created a data source, see how you can connect your data to a dashboarding app or a data storage.

    Sending Data to Dashboarding Apps

    Sending Data to Data Storages

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