Media.net (Select): Setup guide
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This guide explains how to collect data from Media.net (Select).
Introduction
Media.net (Select) is a programmatic curation platform on the sell-side of digital advertising. Curators build targeted ad inventory deals using audience signals and contextual data, and activate them across DSPs. The connector provides deal-level performance reporting, including impressions, spend, margins, and other metrics for curated inventory packages.
Limitations
Collecting data from Media.net (Select) comes with the following limitations:
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Only one time granularity dimension (Day, Week, or Hour) can be selected at a time. If no time granularity dimension is selected, a
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Each view has a maximum number of dimensions that can be selected. The limit varies by view and is enforced when you save the datastream.
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Some dimension and metric combinations are incompatible. Adverity validates your selection when you save the datastream and displays an error message listing the incompatible items.
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Only one report can be generated per user at a time. Additional requests are queued until the preceding report completes.
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Reports exceeding 10 GB are incomplete. If a report exceeds this limit, Adverity displays a warning. To avoid truncation, narrow the date range or reduce the number of selected dimensions and metrics.
Creating a datastream to collect data from Media.net (Select)
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 Media.net (Select).
Configuration: Choose the data you want to collect from Media.net (Select)
To choose what data to collect and customize the Media.net (Select) datastream configuration, follow these steps:
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(Optional) Rename your datastream.
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In View, select the view (table) to use for your report. The available dimensions and metrics depend on the view you select.
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In Dimensions, select the dimensions to include in your data extract. The available options depend on the selected view.
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In Metrics, select the metrics to include in your data extract. The available options depend on the selected view and the dimensions you have selected.
What’s next?
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Apply Data Mapping to your collected data to harmonize data collected from different sources in Adverity.
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Transform your data to meet your needs by creating and applying transformations to your datastream.
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Load your data into a warehouse to continue working with your data in Adverity.
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Load your data into an external destination of your choice.