Google Ad Manager Integration: Setting up LiveIntent Inventory
The Google Ad Manager integration requires setting up LiveIntent inventory in GAM. LiveIntent uses a 4-level ad unit hierarchy structured like this:
Media Group > Publisher > Newsletter > Ad Slot
If LiveIntent is given admin access to GAM, LiveIntent’s Technical Account Management team can handle creating this inventory after a client has provided admin access to a Google account provided by LiveIntent.
If LiveIntent is not given admin access to GAM, LiveIntent’s Technical Account Management team will provide a CSV file(s) that a client can upload in GAM to create this inventory. LiveIntent will still require a read only account to GAM to help troubleshoot any problems that may arise.
LiveIntent will need to know if a client has Teams enabled in their GAM account to generate a CSV file correctly. You can confirm if Teams are enabled by going to Admin->Access & Authorization and seeing if there is a tab available for “Teams” after “Users” and “Roles”.
Once a client has received the CSV file from LiveIntent, the following steps should be taken:
- Sign in to Google Ad Manager.
- Navigate to Inventory -> Ad units.
- Click Upload
- Click Browse to find the CSV file you received from the LiveIntent team. Don’t remove any columns or change any column ordering in the CSV file provided by LiveIntent.
- If there is an issue with any of the ad units defined in your CSV file, an error message will appear. Please take a screenshot.
- Click Download sample CSV file. This sample CSV file contains fields relevant to your network.
- Provide this sample CSV file and the error screenshot to the LiveIntent team for verification.
- The LiveIntent team will correct the previously created CSV file and make changes based on the setup of your network.
- Re-upload the corrected CSV file.
- If there are no issues, a preview of how the data will be imported will be shown.
- Click Confirm to process the updates and create all of the ad units from your CSV file.
After this upload is completed, you will have a new ad unit hierarchy for your email inventory. The top level will be named “LiveIntent – <Media Group Name>”. This inventory will be available when setting up line items.
Please Note: If you are moving from the Legacy GAM Integration to the new integration, existing Ad Units in legacy GAM will be replaced with new Ad Units. Once a publisher has confirmed the new Ad Units are working as expected, the legacy Ad Units can be deactivated and archived.