i-mobile: Setup guide

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This guide explains how to collect data from i-mobile.

Limitations

Collecting data from i-mobile comes with the following limitations:

Historical data is available from the first day of the month, up to 7 months back from the current date.

Creating a datastream to collect data from i-mobile

The basics of creating a datastream to collect data from any data source are explained in our guide to Collecting data in Adverity. This guide contains information about the specific steps to create a datastream to fetch data from i-mobile.

Authorization: Allow Adverity to access i-mobile

Before creating an authorization to give Adverity access to i-mobile, perform the following actions:

Contact your i-mobile account administrator to obtain an API key.

To set up a new authorization to fetch data from i-mobile, follow these steps:

In the Authorization step of the datastream wizard, click Access i-mobile using your credentials.
Click Next.
In API Key, enter your i-mobile API key.
Click Authorize.

Configuration: Choose the data you want to collect from i-mobile

To choose what data to collect and customize the i-mobile datastream configuration, follow these steps:

(Optional) Rename your datastream.
In Report type, select the type of data to collect from i-mobile. For a description of each report type, see Report types below.
In Promotions, select the promotions for which to collect data. If you do not select any items in a drop-down list, Adverity collects data for all items in the drop-down list.
In Campaigns, select the campaigns for which to collect data. If you do not select any items in a drop-down list, Adverity collects data for all items in the drop-down list. This field applies to the Creative level report type only.

What’s next?

Apply Data Mapping to your collected data to harmonize data collected from different sources in Adverity.
Transform your data to meet your needs by creating and applying transformations to your datastream.
Load your data into a warehouse to continue working with your data in Adverity.
Load your data into an external destination of your choice.

Advanced i-mobile tips

Report types

To select the type of data to collect from i-mobile, choose from the following report types:

Campaign level: Provides campaign performance data, including impressions, views, and other campaign-level metrics.
Creative level: Provides performance data broken down by creative, including impressions, views, and other creative-level metrics. Requires selecting a campaign.

Rate limits

The following rate limits apply to the i-mobile API:

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Limit	Value
Requests per 5 minutes	10,000