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title: "Google Ad Manager"
slug: "google-ad-manager"
description: "Automate data integration with Dataddo's Google Ad Manager Connector in a few steps. Access all available metrics & dimensions from the Google Ad Manager API."
updated: 2024-02-01T09:34:16Z
published: 2024-02-01T09:34:17Z
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.dataddo.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Google Ad Manager

**Google Ad Manager** is a comprehensive advertising platform developed by Google. It allows publishers and advertisers to manage and optimize their digital advertising campaigns, including display, video, and mobile ads, by providing tools for ad serving, ad targeting, inventory management, and reporting to maximize the value of their ad inventory or reach their target audience effectively.

Refer to Google's official documentation to see [all available endpoints from the Google Ad Manager API](https://developers.google.com/ad-manager/api/reference/v202202/ReportService.ReportQuery?hl=en).

## Authorize Connection to Google Ads Manager

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](https://app.dataddo.com/service/new) 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](https://docs.dataddo.com/docs/user-roles#authorizer) to authenticate the service for you.

For more information, see our article on [***authorizers***](https://docs.dataddo.com/docs/authorized-services).

### Authorization Using a Service Account

Google APIs also allow authorizing access to Google accounts using **Service Accounts** (aka an account that belongs to your app instead of an individual user).

#### In Google Cloud Console

To create a Service Account, follow these steps:

1. In your Google Cloud Console, select your project and navigate to the **API & Services** section.
2. Go to [**Credentials**](https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/credentials) and click on **+ CREATE CREDENTIALS** at the top of the page.
3. Select **Service account** and follow the on-screen prompts to create a new service account.
4. Assign a role to the service account (such as `viewer` or `editor`, depending on your needs).
5. Click on **Done** to create the service account.
6. You should be able to see your newly created service account at the bottom on the site. Click on **Edit service account** and navigate to the **Keys** tab at the top.
7. Click **Add key** and select **Create new key**.
8. Choose **JSON** as key type. This will download the JSON file to your computer which you will later need to upload to Dataddo.

#### In Dataddo

1. On the [Security](https://app.dataddo.com/settings/security) page, navigate to the **Certificates** tab and click on **Add Certificate**.
2. Name your certificate, select **Google Service Account Key** as certificate type, and upload the file you have obtained when creating a service account for authorization.
3. On the [Authorizers](https://app.dataddo.com/authorizers) page, click on **Authorize New Service** and select your service with `(Service account)` in the name.
4. Select the newly added certificate.
5. Click on **Save**.

## How to Create a Google Ad Manager Data Source

1. On the **Sources** page, click on the [**Create Source**](https://app.dataddo.com/sources/new) button.
2. Select the connector from the list and name your ***data source***.
3. On the **Dataset** step, select your **dataset**.
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If you're unsure which dataset to select, use the search bar to look for datasets with the desired attributes or metrics.
4. On the **Account** step select your ***authorizer*** from the drop-down menu.
          **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**](https://app.dataddo.com/service/new).
5. On the **Attributes and Metrics** step, select the **metrics and attributes** you want to extract.  

![Create a source using a custom-schema connector.](https://cdn.document360.io/084ed225-3f99-4644-a2da-39ca0cd5ef45/Images/Documentation/Create%20Source%20-%20Custom-Schema%20Connector.png)
6. On the **Metadata** step, select which [**metadata fields**](/docs/metadata-inclusion) such as extraction time to add to your data.
7. On the **Snapshot** step:
  1. Configure your [**sync frequency**](/docs/extraction#extraction-frequency) or click **Show advanced settings** to set the exact synchronization time.
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If you need to **load historical data**, refer to the [**Data Backfilling**](https://docs.dataddo.com/docs/data-backfilling) article.
  2. [Optional] Enable the **Allow Empty Data Extractions** toggle to allow the extraction when no data is available.
8. In the top-right corner, click **Test Data** button to preview extracted data. You can **adjust the date range** for a specific time frame.
9. Click on **Save** and **congratulations, your new data source is ready!**

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## 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](https://docs.dataddo.com/docs/data-backfilling).
- **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***.

## 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**

- [Simple Data Integration to Dashboards](https://docs.dataddo.com/docs/simple-data-integration-to-dashboards)
- [Data Backfilling to Dashboarding Apps](https://docs.dataddo.com/docs/data-backfilling-to-dashboarding-apps)

**Sending Data to Data Storages**

- [Batch Ingestion to Data Warehouses](https://docs.dataddo.com/docs/ingestion-to-data-warehouses)
- [Data Backfilling to Storages](https://docs.dataddo.com/docs/data-backfilling-to-storages)

**Other Resources**

- [Troubleshooting](https://docs.dataddo.com/docs/troubleshooting)
- [Extraction Logs](https://docs.dataddo.com/docs/extraction-logs)
- [Data Duplication](https://docs.dataddo.com/docs/data-duplication)

Authorizers act as credentials for external services (e.g. Facebook or Google). To enable Dataddo to access and retrieve your data, you need to grant access to accounts that possess admin-level permissions or higher within these services.