Snapchat Ads

Prerequisites

An active Snapchat Ads account from which the data is to be ingested.
A Snapchat user with Admin privileges, to access the data from the Snapchat Ads account.

Configuring Snapchat Ads as a Source

Perform the following steps to configure Snapchat Ads as the Source in your Pipeline:

Click PIPELINES in the Asset Palette.
Click + CREATE in the Pipelines List View.
In the Select Source Type page, select Snapchat Ads.
In the Configure your Snapchat Ads account page, click + ADD SNAPCHAT ADS ACCOUNT.
Sign in using your Snapchat Ads account.
Click Continue to authorize Hevo to access your Snapchat Ads data.
In the Configure your Snapchat Ads Source page, specify the following:
- Pipeline Name: A unique name for the Pipeline, not exceeding 255 characters.
- Select Organizations: The Snapchat organization whose data you would like to ingest. You can select multiple organizations.
- Select Ad Accounts: The Snapchat Ads account whose data you would like to ingest. You can select multiple Ad Accounts.
- Historical Sync Duration: The duration for which the historical data must be ingested. Default value: 1 Year.
- Advanced Settings:
  - Attribution Windows: The number of days between a user’s responses on an ad. You can specify either one or both of the following:
    - Swipe Attribution Window: The number of days between a person swiping up on an ad and taking an action such as tapping a story tile or sharing a lens with a friend. Default value: 28_Day.
    - View Attribution Window: The number of days between a person viewing your ad and taking an action such as visiting a page. Default value: 1_Day.
Click TEST & CONTINUE.
Proceed to configuring the data ingestion and setting up the Destination.

Data Replication

Default Pipeline Frequency	Minimum Pipeline Frequency	Maximum Pipeline Frequency	Custom Frequency Range (Hrs)
3 Hrs	1 Hr	24 Hrs	1-24

Note: The custom frequency must be set in hours, as an integer value. For example, 1, 2, 3 but not 1.5 or 1.75.

Historical Data: In the first run of the Pipeline, Hevo fetches the data of all the objects and reports in your account until the current date and loads it to the Destination.
Incremental Data: Once the historical load is complete, all new and updated records are synchronized with your Destination daily. For objects, Hevo performs full load to capture any data changes. For reports, Hevo incrementally fetches data up to the previous day (as per the Snapchat Ads account’s timezone).
Refresher Data: Daily Reports are refreshed once a day, and hourly reports are refreshed once every 6 hours. The refresher window depends on the attribution window you select. For example, if you select a 28 day window, Hevo refreshes the daily report data once a day, and the hourly report data once every 6 hours for the past 28 days.

Handling Deleted Objects

Snapchat Ads APIs allow performing a soft delete of records. For the deleted records, Hevo sets the deleted column to True in the ingested data and the Destination.

Hevo tracks the deleted Events through the metadata column, deleted and replicates that information for the following objects:

Object Name	Event Type Tracked
ADS	`updated`
AD SQUADS	`deleted`
CAMPAIGNS	`deleted`

Note: As Hevo also replicates the deleted data, you might see more Events in your Destination than in the Source.

Schema and Primary Keys

Hevo uses the following schema to upload the records in the Destination:

Data Model

Hevo fetches both objects and reports from your specified ads account. Reports provide metrics around your users, their interaction related details, and the performance of your Ads.

Objects

The following is the list of tables (objects) that are created at the Destination when you run the Pipeline:

Object	Description
Account	Contains the details of the Snapchat Ads account.
Ads	Contains information required to display an ad per ads squad.
Ad Squads	Contains information of ad squads associated with an ad campaign.
Audience Segments	Contains the list of created audience segments.
Campaigns	Contains the details of the ad campaigns per ad account.
Creatives	Contains the details of creatives owned by an ad account.
Funding Sources	Contains information about the configured funding sources responsible to pay for the ad activity within an ad account of an organization.
Media	Contains the list of created audience segments.
Organizations	Contains the organization details of the user associated with the Snapchat Ads account.
Snap Pixels	Contains the details of snap pixels associated with the Snapchat ads account.

Reports

The following reports are replicated as tables in the Destination when you run the Pipeline:

Ad Reports
Ad Squad Reports
Campaign Reports

Ad Reports

The Ad reports include the following reports:

AD_HOURLY_REPORT
AD_DAILY_REPORT
AD_GEO_COUNTRY_DAILY_REPORT
AD_GEO_REGION_DAILY_REPORT
AD_GEO_DMA_DAILY_REPORT
AD_INTEREST_DAILY_REPORT
AD_DEVICE_OS_DAILY_REPORT
AD_DEVICE_MAKE_DAILY_REPORT
AD_DEMOGRAPHIC_DAILY_REPORT
AD_UNIQUE_IMPRESSION_DAILY_REPORT

Ad Squad Reports

The Ad Squad reports include the following reports:

AD_SQUAD_HOURLY_REPORT
AD_SQUAD_DAILY_REPORT
AD_SQUAD_GEO_COUNTRY_DAILY_REPORT
AD_SQUAD_GEO_REGION_DAILY_REPORT
AD_SQUAD_GEO_DMA_DAILY_REPORT
AD_SQUAD_DEVICE_OS_DAILY_REPORT
AD_SQUAD_DEVICE_MAKE_DAILY_REPORT
AD_SQUAD_DEMOGRAPHIC_DAILY_REPORT
AD_SQUAD_UNIQUE_IMPRESSION_DAILY_REPORT

Campaign Reports

The Campaign reports include the following reports:

CAMPAIGN_DAILY_REPORT
CAMPAIGN_HOURLY_REPORT
CAMPAIGN_GEO_COUNTRY_DAILY_REPORT
CAMPAIGN_GEO_REGION_DAILY_REPORT
CAMPAIGN_GEO_DMA_DAILY_REPORT
CAMPAIGN_INTEREST_DAILY_REPORT
CAMPAIGN_DEVICE_OS_DAILY_REPORT
CAMPAIGN_DEVICE_MAKE_DAILY_REPORT
CAMPAIGN_DEMOGRAPHIC_DAILY_REPORT
CAMPAIGN_UNIQUE_IMPRESSION_DAILY_REPORT

Revision History

Refer to the following table for the list of key updates made to this page:

Date	Release	Description of Change
May-10-2022	1.88	New document.

Last updated on 11 May 2022