Google Campaign Manager Connection

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Google Campaign Manager is a comprehensive ad management platform that enables advertisers to plan, execute, and measure their digital marketing campaigns across various channels and devices.

This topic describes how to authenticate to Google Campaign Manager and configure any necessary connection properties in the Google Campaign Manager connection connector.

Prerequisites #

Enable the Google Campaign Manager API

Follow these steps to enable the Google Campaign Manager API:

1. Navigate to the Google Cloud Console.

2. Select Library from the left-hand navigation menu. This opens the Library page.

3. In the search field, enter “Campaign Manager API” and select Campaign Manager API from the search results.

4. On the Campaign Manager API page, click ENABLE.

Connection Configuration #

Each connection property available in the Google Campaign Manager connector is explained below.

Connection Name #

The name of the connection to be created should be provided. This is the name that will display on the list of available connections.

Profile ID #

The DFA Profile ID. If not specified, the first Profile returned from the UserProfiles service will be used.

Auth Scheme #

The type of authentication to use when connecting to Google Campaign Manager.

Possible Values

• OAuth2

• Service Account

OAuth2 #

Set this to use OAuth2 authentication.

If OAuth2 is selected, additional configuration parameters will get listed.

Client ID #

The client ID assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server.

Client Secret #

The client secret assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server.

Refresh Token #

The OAuth refresh token for the corresponding OAuth access token.

Service Account #

Set this to use Service Account as authentication.

If Service Account is selected, additional configuration parameters will get listed.

Certificate Type #

The type of key store containing the Service Account Certificate.

Possible Values

• PFX

• JSON

PFX #

Set this to use a certificate with type as P12, for authentication.

If PFX is selected, additional configuration parameters will get listed.

• Certificate Issuer: Set this to the email address of the service account. This address will usually include the domain iam.gserviceaccount.com.

• Certificate Password: Set this to the .pfx file password. In most cases you must provide this since Google encrypts PFX certificates.

JSON #

Set this to use a certificate with type as JSON, for authentication.

If JSON is selected, proceed by uploading the keystore file.

Upload File #

Upload Service Account Certificate. Use JSON file if Certificate Type is JSON, else use PFX(P12).

Advanced Configuration #

This section contains advanced configuration parameters.

API Version #

The version of the API to use to connect to Campaign Manager.

Add Configuration: Additional properties can be added using this option as key-value pairs.

After entering all the details, click on the TEST button.

If the connection service identification and authentication details are provided correctly, a success message stating “connection available” is generated.

Click on the CREATE button to save the changes.

If the details are incorrect or the server is down, you will get a message “Connection unavailable”.