The CData Sync App provides a straightforward way to continuously pipeline your LinkedIn Marketing Solutions data to any database, data lake, or data warehouse, making it easily available for Analytics, Reporting, AI, and Machine Learning.
The LinkedIn Marketing Solutions connector can be used from the CData Sync application to pull data from LinkedIn Marketing Solutions and move it to any of the supported destinations.
Create a connection to LinkedIn Marketing Solutions by navigating to the Connections page in the Sync App application and selecting the corresponding icon in the Add Connections panel. If the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions icon is not available, click the Add More icon to download and install the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions connector from the CData site.
Required properties are listed under the Settings tab. The Advanced tab lists connection properties that are not typically required.
When connecting via a Web application, you need to register a custom OAuth application with LinkedIn Marketing Solutions. You can then use the Sync App to get and manage the OAuth token values. See Creating a Custom OAuth App for more information.
Get an OAuth Access Token
Set the following connection properties to obtain the OAuthAccessToken:
Then call stored procedures to complete the OAuth exchange:
This section details a selection of advanced features of the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions Sync App.
The Sync App allows you to define virtual tables, called user defined views, whose contents are decided by a pre-configured query. These views are useful when you cannot directly control queries being issued to the drivers. See User Defined Views for an overview of creating and configuring custom views.
Use SSL Configuration to adjust how Sync App handles TLS/SSL certificate negotiations. You can choose from various certificate formats; see the SSLServerCert property under "Connection String Options" for more information.
Configure the Sync App for compliance with Firewall and Proxy, including Windows proxies and HTTP proxies. You can also set up tunnel connections.
The Sync App offloads as much of the SELECT statement processing as possible to LinkedIn Marketing Solutions and then processes the rest of the query in memory (client-side).
See Query Processing for more information.
See Logging for an overview of configuration settings that can be used to refine CData logging. For basic logging, you only need to set two connection properties, but there are numerous features that support more refined logging, where you can select subsets of information to be logged using the LogModules connection property.
By default, the Sync App attempts to negotiate SSL/TLS by checking the server's certificate against the system's trusted certificate store.
To specify another certificate, see the SSLServerCert property for the available formats to do so.
To connect through the Windows system proxy, you do not need to set any additional connection properties. To connect to other proxies, set ProxyAutoDetect to false.
In addition, to authenticate to an HTTP proxy, set ProxyAuthScheme, ProxyUser, and ProxyPassword, in addition to ProxyServer and ProxyPort.
Set the following properties:
The CData Sync App models entities in the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API as tables, views, and stored procedures. These are defined in schema files, which are simple, text-based configuration files. API limitations and requirements are documented in this section; you can use the SupportEnhancedSQL feature, set by default, to circumvent most of these limitations.
The CData Sync App models the data in Views so that it can be easily queried and updated.
Views are tables that cannot be modified. Typically, read-only data are shown as views.
Stored Procedures are function-like interfaces to the data source. They can be used to search, update, and modify information in the data source.
Views are composed of columns and pseudo columns. Views are similar to tables in the way that data is represented; however, views do not support updates. Entities that are represented as views are typically read-only entities. Often, a stored procedure is available to update the data if such functionality is applicable to the data source.
Queries can be executed against a view as if it were a normal table, and the data that comes back is similar in that regard.
Dynamic views, such as queries exposed as views, and views for looking up specific combinations of project_team work items are supported.
Name | Description |
Accounts | The Account status finder returns all accounts in a specified status that the authenticated user has access to. |
AdFormResponses | The response data for leads that filled out a form within the last 90 days. Older responses are not included. |
Analytics | The Analytics API provides account, campaign, and creative level insights on click intelligence numbers. |
AudienceCount | The Audience Count API allows advertisers to forecast the reach of targeting criteria. |
BudgetPricing | The LinkedIn Budget Pricing API provides developers with key insights on pricing metrics (e.g. minimum, maximum and suggested bids) based on targeting criteria. |
CampaignGroups | The Campaign status finder returns all campaigns in a specified status that the authenticated user has access to. |
CampaignInsights | The Insights API offers analysis of a campaign's budget utilization, and identifies modifications that can be made to a bid, daily budget, or total budget to maximize utilization or impressions. |
CampaignRecommendations | The Recommendations API offers recommendations for underperforming campaigns and suggests ways to improve performance; including adjusting the creative, bid, audience size, or number of creatives. |
Campaigns | The Ad Campaign status finder returns all campaigns in a specified status that the authenticated user has access to. |
Conversions | Retrieves a list of Conversions. Conversions are actions a member makes that are valuable to your business. |
Creatives | The Ad Creatives search finder allows you to search for creatives by id, campaign URN, status, or reference URN. |
Degrees | Degree taxonomy is used to standardize data across the LinkedIn platform. Use this API to retrieve standardized URNs and their names. |
FieldsOfStudy | Fields of study taxonomy is used to standardize data across the LinkedIn platform. Use this API to retrieve standardized URNs and their names. |
Forms | LinkedIn Lead Gen Forms make it easy for advertisers to collect leads through forms that LinkedIn members can submit. |
Industries | Industry taxonomy is used to standardize data across the LinkedIn platform. Use this API to retrieve standardized URNs and their names. |
JobFunctions | Job function taxonomy is used to standardize data across the LinkedIn platform. Use this API to retrieve standardized URNs and their names. |
Locations | Location taxonomy is used to standardize data across the LinkedIn platform. Use this API to retrieve standardized URNs and their names. |
Posts | Retrieve all posts for an organization. |
Seniorities | Seniority taxonomy is used to standardize data across the LinkedIn platform. Use this API to retrieve standardized URNs and their names. |
Skills | Skills taxonomy is used to standardize data across the LinkedIn platform. Use this API to retrieve standardized URNs and their names. |
SocialActions | The socialActions API allows access to both personal and organization social actions. |
ThirdPartyTracking | Use thirdPartyTrackingTags to retrieve a previously created third-party tracking tag. |
Titles | Titles taxonomy is used to standardize data across the LinkedIn platform. Use this API to retrieve standardized URNs and their names. |
The Account status finder returns all accounts in a specified status that the authenticated user has access to.
The Accounts view returns a list of the accounts that belong to the authenticated user so they can be used as dimensions in analytic requests.
The Sync App uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria that refer to the Status column. The Sync App processes other filters client-side within the Sync App. For example, the following queries are processed server side.
SELECT * FROM Accounts SELECT * FROM Accounts WHERE Status='ACTIVE'You can turn off the client-side execution of the query by setting SupportEnhancedSQL to false in which case any search criteria will be ignored and an unfiltered response will be returned.
Name | Type | Description |
Id | String | Id of the account |
Name | String | A label for the account |
Currency | String | The account's ISO-4217currency code. |
Type | String | The type of account. |
NotifiedOnCreativeRejection | Boolean | Indicates if creative contact is notified when a creative has been rejected due to content. |
NotifiedOnEndOfCampaign | Boolean | Indicates if campaign contact is notified when an associated campaign has been completed. |
Status | String | Status of the account |
NotifiedOnCampaignOptimization | Boolean | Indicates if campaign contact is notified about campaign optimization opportunities. |
Version | String | Version of the account |
Reference | String | The entity on whose behalf the account advertises. |
NotifiedOnCreativeApproval | Boolean | Indicates if creative contact is notified when a creative has been reviewed and approved. |
AuditStampsCreator | String | The person who created audit stamps for the first time |
AuditStampsCreatedAt | Datetime | The datetime in which the audit stamp was created first |
AuditStampsLastModifier | String | Last modifier of the Audit stamps |
AuditStampsLastModifiedAt | Datetime | Last modified datetime of the audit stamps |
The response data for leads that filled out a form within the last 90 days. Older responses are not included.
Name | Type | Description |
Id | String | |
Account | String | The URN which describes which account the response is generated under. |
Campaign | String | URN identifying the campaign to which the form response is responding. |
Creative | String | URN identifying the creative to which the form response is responding. |
Form | String | URN identifying which form this response responds to. |
SubmitedAt | Datetime | The time when the form response was submited |
LeadType | String | Type of the lead. This field indicates whether the lead is collected from sponsored content or viral share. Defaults to SPONSORED. |
TestLead | Boolean | If the lead is a test lead |
ConsentResponses | String | A Json object containing all the consent responses. |
Answers | String | A Json object containing all the answers and the respective questions. |
The Analytics API provides account, campaign, and creative level insights on click intelligence numbers.
The Analytics view provides account, campaign, and creative level insights on click intelligence numbers. Examples of these insights include clicks, shares, and impressions.
The Sync App uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria. The Sync App processes other filters client-side within the Sync App. For example, the following queries are processed server side.
SELECT ReportStartTime, ReportEndTime, Clicks, Impressions, Follows, TotalEngagements From Analytics WHERE ReportStartTime='07/20/2016' AND Account='123456789' AND Granularity='MONTHLY'
Analytic reports:
Dimensions | Required | FinderMethod, ReportStartTime, Granularity |
Optional | ReportEndTime, CampaignType | |
If FinderMethod is Analytics | Use 0 or 1 (Default is Campaign) | Company, Account, Share, Campaign, CampaignGroup, Creative, Conversion, ServingLocation, CardIndex, MemberCompanySize, MemberIndustry, MemberSeniority, MemberJobTitle, MemberJobFunction, MemberCountry, MemberRegion, MemberCompany |
If FinderMethod is Statistics | Use 1 or 2 (Default is Campaign) | Company, Account, Share, Campaign, CampaignGroup, Creative, Conversion, ServingLocation, CardIndex
Note: The default value for FinderMethod will be Analytics. The default value for Granularity will be MONTHLY. The default time window will be the last year period. |
Metrics | Use 1 or more | ActionClicks, AdUnitClicks, CardClicks, CardImpressions, Clicks, CommentLikes, Comments, CompanyPageClicks, ConversionValueInLocalCurrency, CostInLocalCurrency, CostInUsd, StartPeriod, EndPeriod, ExternalWebsiteConversions, ExternalWebsitePostClickConversions, ExternalWebsitePostViewConversions, Follows, FullScreenPlays, Impressions, LandingPageClicks, LeadGenerationMailContactInfoShares, LeadGenerationMailInterestedClicks, Likes, OneClickLeadFormOpens, OneClickLeads, Opens, OtherEngagements, Pivot, PivotValue, Shares, TextUrlClicks, TotalEngagements, VideoCompletions, VideoFirstQuartileCompletions, VideoMidpointCompletions, VideoStarts, VideoThirdQuartileCompletions, VideoViews, ViralCardClicks, ViralCardImpressions, ViralClicks, ViralComments, ViralCompanyPageClicks, ViralExternalWebsiteConversions, ViralExternalWebsitePostClickConversions, ViralExternalWebsitePostViewConversions, ViralFollows, ViralFullScreenPlays, ViralImpressions, ViralLandingPageClicks, ViralLikes, ViralOneClickLeadFormOpens, ViralOneClickLeads, ViralOtherEngagements, ViralShares, ViralTotalEngagements, ViralVideoCompletions, ViralVideoFirstQuartileCompletions, ViralVideoMidpointCompletions, ViralVideoStarts, ViralVideoThirdQuartileCompletions, ViralVideoViews, AverageDailyReachMetricsApproximateReach, AverageDailyReachMetricsApproximateFrequency, AverageDailyReachMetricsApproximateCost, AveragePreviousSevenDayReachMetricsApproximateReach, AveragePreviousSevenDayReachMetricsApproximateFrequency, AveragePreviousSevenDayReachMetricsApproximateCost, AveragePreviousThirtyDayReachMetricsApproximateReach, AveragePreviousThirtyDayReachMetricsApproximateFrequency, AveragePreviousThirtyDayReachMetricsApproximateCost |
Filter | Use 1 or more | Account, Campaign, Creative
Note: If there are no filters specified the default filter will be all the accounts that belong to the user. |
Name | Type | Description |
Company | String | Pivot value which groups the result by advertiser's company. |
Account | String | Pivot value which groups the result by account. |
Share | String | Pivot value which groups the result by sponsored share. |
Campaign | String | Pivot value which groups the result by campaign. |
Creative | String | Pivot value which groups the result by creative. |
CampaignGroup | String | Pivot value which groups the result by campaign group. |
Conversion | String | Pivot value which groups the result by conversion. |
ServingLocation | String | Pivot value which groups the result by serving location. |
CardIndex | String | Pivot value which groups the result by card index. |
MemberCompanySize | String | Pivot value which groups the result by member company size. |
MemberIndustry | String | Pivot value which groups the result by member industry. |
MemberSeniority | String | Pivot value which groups the result by member seniority. |
MemberJobTitle | String | Pivot value which groups the result by member job title. |
MemberJobFunction | String | Pivot value which groups the result by member job function. |
MemberCountry | String | Pivot value which groups the result by member country. |
MemberRegion | String | Pivot value which groups the result by member region. |
MemberCounty | String | Pivot value which groups the result by member county. |
MemberCompany | String | Pivot value which groups the result by member company. |
CampaignType | String | Match result by campaign type. |
Granularity | String | Time granularity of results.
The default value is MONTHLY. |
FinderMethod | String | Designates the query finder. The only allowed values are
The default value is analytics. |
ReportStartTime | String | The start time of the period. |
ReportEndTime | String | The end time of the period. |
ActionClicks | Long | The count of clicks on the action button of the Sponsored InMail. |
AdUnitClicks | Long | The count of clicks on the ad unit displayed alongside the Sponsored InMail. |
CardClicks | Long | The number of clicks for each card of a carousel ad. |
CardImpressions | Long | The number of impressions shown for each card of a carousel ad. |
Clicks | Long | The count of chargeable clicks. |
CommentLikes | Long | The count of likes of a comment. |
Comments | Long | The count of comments. Sponsored |
CompanyPageClicks | Long | The count of clicks to view the company page. |
ConversionValueInLocalCurrency | Decimal | Value of the conversions in the account's local currency based on rules defined by the advertiser. |
CostInLocalCurrency | Decimal | Cost in the account's local currency based on the pivot and timeGranularity. |
CostInUsd | Decimal | Cost in USD based on the pivot and timeGranularity. |
UsageStartTime | String | Date start covered by the report data point. |
UsageEndTime | String | Date end covered by the report data point. |
ExternalWebsiteConversions | Long | The count of conversions indicated by pixel loads on an external advertiser website. |
ExternalWebsitePostClickConversions | Long | The count of post-click conversions indicated by pixel loads on an external advertiser website. |
ExternalWebsitePostViewConversions | Long | The count of post-view conversions indicated by pixel loads on an external advertiser website. |
Follows | Long | The count of follows. Sponsored |
FullScreenPlays | Long | A user taps on the video, going into video view mode. |
Impressions | Long | This is the count of 'impressions' for Direct Ads and Sponsored Updates and 'sends' for InMails. |
LandingPageClicks | Long | The count of clicks which take the user to the creative landing page. |
LeadGenerationMailContactInfoShares | Long | The number of times a user shared contact info through the One Click Leadgen for Sponsored InMail. |
LeadGenerationMailInterestedClicks | Long | The count of InMail recipients showing interest. |
Likes | Long | The count of likes. |
OneClickLeadFormOpens | Long | The count of times a user opened the lead form for a One Click Lead Gen campaign. |
OneClickLeads | Long | The count of leads generated through One Click Lead Gen. |
Opens | Long | The count of opens of Sponsored InMail. |
OtherEngagements | Long | The count of user interactions with the ad unit that do not fit into any other more specific category. |
Shares | Long | The count of shares. |
TextUrlClicks | Long | The count of clicks on any links (anchor tags) that were included in the body of the Sponsored InMail. |
TotalEngagements | Long | The count of all user interactions with the ad unit. |
VideoCompletions | Long | The count of video ads that played 97-100% of the video. |
VideoFirstQuartileCompletions | Long | The count of video ads that played through the first quartile of the video. |
VideoMidpointCompletions | Long | The count of video ads that played through the midpoint of the video. |
VideoStarts | Long | The count of video ads that were started by a user. |
VideoThirdQuartileCompletions | Long | The count of video ads that played through the third quartile of the video. |
VideoViews | Long | A video ad playing for at least 2 continuous seconds 50% in-view, or a click on the CTA, whichever comes first. |
ViralCardClicks | Long | The number of viralClicks for each card of a carousel ad. |
ViralCardImpressions | Long | The number of viralImpressions shown for each card of a carousel ad. |
ViralClicks | Long | The count of clicks on viral impressions. |
ViralComments | Long | The count of comments from viral impressions for this activity. |
ViralCompanyPageClicks | Long | The count of clicks to view the company page from viral impressions for this activity. |
ViralExternalWebsiteConversions | Long | The count of conversions indicated by pixel loads on an external advertiser website driven by a viral event. |
ViralExternalWebsitePostClickConversions | Long | The count of post-click conversions indicated by pixel loads on an external advertiser website driven by a viral click. |
ViralExternalWebsitePostViewConversions | Long | The count of post-view conversions indicated by pixel loads on an external advertiser website driven by a viral impression. |
ViralFollows | Long | The count of follows from viral impressions for this activity. |
ViralFullScreenPlays | Long | A user taps on the video, going into video view mode. |
ViralImpressions | Long | The count of viral impressions for this activity. |
ViralLandingPageClicks | Long | The count of clicks on viral impressions to take the user to the creative landing page. |
ViralLikes | Long | The count of likes from viral impressions for this activity. |
ViralOneClickLeadFormOpens | Long | The count of times a user opened the lead form for viral impressions from a Lead Gen campaign. |
ViralOneClickLeads | Long | The count of leads generated through One Click Lead Gen from viral impressions for this activity. |
ViralOtherEngagements | Long | The count of user interactions with viral impressions that do not fit into any other more specific category. |
ViralShares | Long | The count of shares from viral impressions for this activity. |
ViralTotalEngagements | Long | The count of all user interactions with a viral ad unit. |
ViralVideoCompletions | Long | The count of viral video ads that played 97-100% of the video. |
ViralVideoFirstQuartileCompletions | Long | The count of viral video ads that played through the first quartile of the video. |
ViralVideoMidpointCompletions | Long | The count of viral video ads that played through the midpoint of the video. |
ViralVideoStarts | Long | The count of viral video ads that were started by a user. |
ViralVideoThirdQuartileCompletions | Long | The count of viral video ads that played through the third quartile of the video. |
ViralVideoViews | Long | A viral video ad playing for at least 2 continuous seconds 50% in-view, or a click on the CTA, whichever comes first. |
AverageDailyReachMetricsApproximateReach | Decimal | The average reach, or unique member accounts with at least one impression (daily). |
AverageDailyReachMetricsApproximateFrequency | Decimal | The average of impressions shown to each member account that received at least one impression (daily). |
AverageDailyReachMetricsApproximateCost | Decimal | The average of spend on your ads, divided by member accounts reached, multiplied by 1,000 (daily). |
AveragePreviousSevenDayReachMetricsApproximateReach | Decimal | The average reach, or unique member accounts with at least one impression (last 7 days). |
AveragePreviousSevenDayReachMetricsApproximateFrequency | Decimal | The average of impressions shown to each member account that received at least one impression (last 7 days). |
AveragePreviousSevenDayReachMetricsApproximateCost | Decimal | The average of spend on your ads, divided by member accounts reached, multiplied by 1,000 (last 7 days). |
AveragePreviousThirtyDayReachMetricsApproximateReach | Decimal | The average reach, or unique member accounts with at least one impression (last 30 days). |
AveragePreviousThirtyDayReachMetricsApproximateFrequency | Decimal | The average of impressions shown to each member account that received at least one impression (last 30 days). |
AveragePreviousThirtyDayReachMetricsApproximateCost | Decimal | The average of spend on your ads, divided by member accounts reached, multiplied by 1,000 (last 30 days). |
ApproximateUniqueImpressions | Long | The estimated number of unique member accounts with at least one impression. |
The Audience Count API allows advertisers to forecast the reach of targeting criteria.
The AudienceCount view allows advertisers to forecast the reach of targeting criteria.
The Sync App uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria. You can combine the following filters also in a single search. The Sync App processes other filters client-side within the Sync App. For example, the following queries are processed server side.
SELECT * FROM AudienceCount WHERE AgeRanges='(25,34)' SELECT * FROM AudienceCount WHERE DegreesId='1234' SELECT * FROM AudienceCount WHERE FieldsOfStudyId='1234' SELECT * FROM AudienceCount WHERE Genders='MALE' SELECT * FROM AudienceCount WHERE IndustriesId='1234' SELECT * FROM AudienceCount WHERE JobFunctionsId='1234' SELECT * FROM AudienceCount WHERE LocationsId='1234' SELECT * FROM AudienceCount WHERE ProfileLocationsId='1234' SELECT * FROM AudienceCount WHERE SenioritiesId='1234' SELECT * FROM AudienceCount WHERE SkillsId='1234' SELECT * FROM AudienceCount WHERE StaffCountRanges='(11,50)' SELECT * FROM AudienceCount WHERE TitlesId='1234'
Audience count reports:
Dimensions | Use 1 or more | AgeRanges, DegreesId, FieldsOfStudyId, Genders, IndustriesId, JobFunctionsId, LocationsId, ProfileLocationsId, SenioritiesId, SkillsId, StaffCountRanges, TitlesId
Note: Only 1 dimension is allowed in the OR operation and 1 or more dimensions are allowed in the AND operation. If no dimension is specified the default dimension will be Genders and will be set to both MALE and FEMALE as the default value. |
Name | Type | Description |
ActiveAudience | Integer | Active audience count for the given targeting criteria. |
TotalAudience | Integer | Total audience count for the given targeting criteria. |
Pseudo column fields are used in the WHERE clause of SELECT statements and offer a more granular control over the tuples that are returned from the data source.
Name | Type | Description |
AgeRange | String | Age ranges to match against member. Supported values are: (18,24), (25,34), (35,54), (55,2147483647) |
DegreeId | String | Educational degrees attained to match against those of the member. |
FieldOfStudyId | String | Fields of study to match against those listed by the member. |
Gender | String | Genders to match against member. Supported values are: MALE, FEMALE |
IndustryId | String | Industries to be targeted. |
JobFunctionId | String | Top level groupings of supertitles to be targeted. |
LocationId | String | Location to be targeted. |
ProfileLocationId | String | The values are similar to |
SeniorityId | String | Seniorities to be targeted. |
SkillId | String | Skills to match against the member's listed skills. |
StaffCountRange | String | Organization sizes to be targeted. Supported values are: (1,1), (2,10), (11,50), (51,200), (201,500), (501,1000), (1001,5000), (5001,10000), (10001,2147483647) |
TitleId | String | Job titles to match against the member's current title. |
AudienceMatchingSegmentId | String | An Ad segment is a collection of entities (such as members or companies) to which ads can be targeted. |
RetargetingSegmentId | String | An Ad segment is a collection of entities (such as members or companies) to which ads can be targeted. |
EmployerId | String | Employer ID to match against member's listed companies. |
CompanyId | String | Company ID to match against member's listed companies. |
InterfaceLocaleId | String | Locale ID to match against member's preferred locale settings. |
The LinkedIn Budget Pricing API provides developers with key insights on pricing metrics (e.g. minimum, maximum and suggested bids) based on targeting criteria.
The BudgetPricing view provides developers with key insights on pricing metrics (e.g. minimum, maximum and suggested bids) based on targeting criteria.
The Sync App uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria. You can combine the following filters also in a single search. The Sync App processes other filters client-side within the Sync App. For example, the following queries are processed server side.
SELECT * FROM BudgetPricing WHERE AgeRanges='(25,34)' AND Account='1234' SELECT * FROM BudgetPricing WHERE DegreesId='1234' AND Account='1234' SELECT * FROM BudgetPricing WHERE FieldsOfStudyId='1234' AND Account='1234' SELECT * FROM BudgetPricing WHERE Genders='MALE' AND Account='1234' SELECT * FROM BudgetPricing WHERE IndustriesId='1234' AND Account='1234' SELECT * FROM BudgetPricing WHERE JobFunctionsId='1234' AND Account='1234' SELECT * FROM BudgetPricing WHERE LocationsId='1234' AND Account='1234' SELECT * FROM BudgetPricing WHERE ProfileLocationsId='1234' AND Account='1234' SELECT * FROM BudgetPricing WHERE SenioritiesId='1234' AND Account='1234' SELECT * FROM BudgetPricing WHERE SkillsId='1234' AND Account='1234' SELECT * FROM BudgetPricing WHERE StaffCountRanges='(11,50)' AND Account='1234' SELECT * FROM BudgetPricing WHERE TitlesId='1234' AND Account='1234'
Budget pricing reports:
Dimensions | Use 1 or more | AgeRanges, DegreesId, FieldsOfStudyId, Genders, IndustriesId, JobFunctionsId, LocationsId, ProfileLocationsId, SenioritiesId, SkillsId, StaffCountRanges, TitlesId
Note: If no dimension is specified the default dimension will be Genders and will be set to both MALE and FEMALE as the default value. |
Filter | Required | CampaignType, Account, BidType, MatchType
Note: Only 1 dimension is allowed in the OR operation and 1 or more dimensions are allowed in the AND operation. The default value for CampaignType will be TEXT_AD. The default value for BidType will be CPM. The default value for MatchType will be EXACT. If there is no Account specified there will be records for every account that belongs to the user. |
Name | Type | Description |
SuggestedBidDefault | String | The suggested bid |
SuggestedBidMin | String | Low end of suggested bid range |
SuggestedBidMax | String | High end of suggested bid range |
DailyBudgetLimitsDefault | String | Default daily budget |
DailyBudgetLimitsMin | String | Minimum daily budget |
DailyBudgetLimitsMax | String | Maximum daily budget |
BidLimitsMax | String | The maximum bid allowed |
BidLimitsMin | String | The minimum bid allowed, also known as the floor price |
Account | String | Sponsored account URN. |
CampaignType | String | The campaign type.
The default value is TEXT_AD. |
BidType | String | The bidding type.
The default value is CPM. |
MatchType | String | The matching type.
The default value is EXACT. |
Pseudo column fields are used in the WHERE clause of SELECT statements and offer a more granular control over the tuples that are returned from the data source.
Name | Type | Description |
AgeRange | String | Age ranges to match against member. Supported values are: (18,24), (25,34), (35,54), (55,2147483647) |
DegreeId | String | Educational degrees attained to match against those of the member. |
FieldOfStudyId | String | Fields of study to match against those listed by the member. |
Gender | String | Genders to match against member. Supported values are: MALE, FEMALE |
IndustryId | String | Industries to be targeted. |
JobFunctionId | String | Top level groupings of supertitles to be targeted. |
LocationId | String | Location to be targeted. |
ProfileLocationId | String | The values are similar to |
SeniorityId | String | Seniorities to be targeted. |
SkillId | String | Skills to match against the member's listed skills. |
StaffCountRange | String | Organization sizes to be targeted. Supported values are: (1,1), (2,10), (11,50), (51,200), (201,500), (501,1000), (1001,5000), (5001,10000), (10001,2147483647) |
TitleId | String | Job titles to match against the member's current title. |
AudienceMatchingSegmentId | String | An Ad segment is a collection of entities (such as members or companies) to which ads can be targeted. |
RetargetingSegmentId | String | An Ad segment is a collection of entities (such as members or companies) to which ads can be targeted. |
EmployerId | String | Employer ID to match against member's listed companies. |
CompanyId | String | Company ID to match against member's listed companies. |
InterfaceLocaleId | String | Locale ID to match against member's preferred locale settings. |
The Campaign status finder returns all campaigns in a specified status that the authenticated user has access to.
The CampaignGroups view returns a list of the campaign groups that belong to the authenticated user so they can be used as dimensions in analytic requests.
The Sync App uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria that refer to the Status column. The Sync App processes other filters client-side within the Sync App. For example, the following queries are processed server side.
SELECT * FROM CampaignGroups SELECT * FROM CampaignGroups WHERE Status='ACTIVE'You can turn off the client-side execution of the query by setting SupportEnhancedSQL to false in which case any search criteria will be ignored and an unfiltered response will be returned.
Name | Type | Description |
Id | String | Numerical identifier for the campaign group |
Account | String | URN identifying the advertising account associated with the Campaign Group. This value is immutable once set |
Name | String | The name of the Campaign Group. Primarily used to make it easier to reference a Campaign Group and to recall its purpose |
Status | String | Current Status of the campaign group |
TotalBudgetAmount | Decimal | Maximum amount to spend over the life of the Campaign Group. |
TotalBudgetCurrencyCode | String | ISO currency code. The currency code must match that of the parent account. |
ScheduleStartTime | Datetime | Represents the inclusive (greater than or equal to) value in which to start the range. |
ScheduleEndTime | Datetime | Scheduled date range to run associated objects. |
Backfilled | Boolean | Flag that denotes whether the Campaign Group was created organically or was created to backfill existing campaigns. |
The Insights API offers analysis of a campaign's budget utilization, and identifies modifications that can be made to a bid, daily budget, or total budget to maximize utilization or impressions.
The CampaignInsights view returns a list of the analysis of a campaign's budget utilization, and identifies modifications that can be made to a bid, daily budget, or total budget to maximize utilization or impressions.
The Sync App uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria that refer to the Status column. The Sync App processes other filters client-side within the Sync App. For example, the following queries are processed server side.
SELECT * FROM CampaignInsights SELECT * FROM CampaignInsights WHERE Campaign='123456'You can turn off the client-side execution of the query by setting SupportEnhancedSQL to false in which case any search criteria will be ignored and an unfiltered response will be returned.
Name | Type | Description |
Campaign | String | The campaign to which this recommendation belongs. |
AverageSpendAmount | String | The average spend of the entity. |
AverageSpendCurrencyCode | String | The currency code of the average spend. |
BidAmount | String | A prediction of how much additional impressions could be generated from a different bid. |
BidCurrencyCode | String | The currency code of additional impressions. |
RelativeImpressions | Decimal | A prediction of how much additional impressions could be generated from a different bid. |
BudgetExhaustedAt | Timestamp | Date at which the ad entity's TotalBudget will be exhausted, in Unix Epoch time. |
CampaignRelevanceScore | Long | A score between 0 and 10 (inclusive) indicating how relevant this campaign is compared to its competitors. |
DailyBudgetUtilization | Decimal | The average daily budget utilization. |
TotalBudgetUtilization | Decimal | The fraction of the total budget this ad entity has spent so far. |
The Recommendations API offers recommendations for underperforming campaigns and suggests ways to improve performance; including adjusting the creative, bid, audience size, or number of creatives.
The CampaignInsights view returns a list of the recommendations for underperforming campaigns and suggests ways to improve performance; including adjusting the creative, bid, audience size, or number of creatives.
The Sync App uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria that refer to the Status column. The Sync App processes other filters client-side within the Sync App. For example, the following queries are processed server side.
SELECT * FROM CampaignRecommendations SELECT * FROM CampaignRecommendations WHERE Campaign='123456'You can turn off the client-side execution of the query by setting SupportEnhancedSQL to false in which case any search criteria will be ignored and an unfiltered response will be returned.
Name | Type | Description |
Campaign | String | The campaign to which this recommendation belongs. |
CreatedAt | Timestamp | The epoch timestamp in milliseconds of when this recommendation was generated. |
ExpandAudience | Boolean | If true, the recommendation is to expand the audience of this campaign. |
ImproveCreativeQuality | Long | If true, the recommendation is to improve the quality of this campaign's creatives. |
NumOfCreatives | Long | The recommended number of creatives in the campaign. |
Priority | Long | The priority of the recommendation, 0 indexed, with 0 being the highest priority. |
Type | String | The type of recommendation. |
The Ad Campaign status finder returns all campaigns in a specified status that the authenticated user has access to.
The Campaigns view returns a list of the campaigns that belong to the authenticated user so they can be used as dimensions in analytic requests.
The Sync App uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria that refer to the Status column. The Sync App processes other filters client-side within the Sync App. For example, the following queries are processed server side.
SELECT * FROM Campaigns SELECT * FROM Campaigns WHERE Status='ACTIVE'You can turn off the client-side execution of the query by setting SupportEnhancedSQL to false in which case any search criteria will be ignored and an unfiltered response will be returned.
Name | Type | Description |
Id | String | Numerical identifier for the campaign |
Account | String | URN identifying the advertising account associated with the Campaign. |
CampaignGroup | String | Numerical identifier for the campaign group. |
AssociatedEntity | String | An URN for a strongly associated object, with semantics varying based on the Campaign type. |
AudienceExpansionEnabled | Boolean | Enable Audience Expansion for the campaign provides query expansion for certain targeting criteria |
CostType | String | CPM - Cost per thousand advertising impressions. CPC - Cost per individual click on the associated link |
CreativeSelection | String | ROUND_ROBIN - Rotate through available creatives to serve them as easily as possible. OPTIMIZED - Bias selection taking into account such things as expected performance |
DailyBudgetAmount | String | The amount of money as a real number string |
DailyBudgetCurrency | String | ISO currency code |
Country | String | An uppercase two-letter country code as defined by ISO-3166. |
Language | String | A lowercase two-letter language code as defined by ISO-639. |
Name | String | The name of the Campaign |
OffsiteDeliveryEnabled | Boolean | Allow this campaign access to be served on the LinkedIn Advertising Network. |
ScheduleStartTime | Datetime | Scheduled date range to run associated creatives. |
ScheduleEndTime | Datetime | Scheduled date range to run associated creatives. |
Status | String | Current Status of the campaign |
Type | String | Type of campaign |
UnitCostAmount | String | Amount to bid per click, impression, or other event depending on the pricing model. |
UnitCostCurrency | String | Currency of the UnitCostAmount |
ObjectiveType | String | The Campaign Objective type. |
Retrieves a list of Conversions. Conversions are actions a member makes that are valuable to your business.
The Conversions view returns a list of the insights into post-click and view-through conversions of your LinkedIn ads campaigns, giving you the ability to measure the impact and ROI of your ads.
The Sync App uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria that refer to the Status column. The Sync App processes other filters client-side within the Sync App. For example, the following queries are processed server side.
SELECT * FROM Conversions SELECT * FROM Conversions WHERE Account='123456'You can turn off the client-side execution of the query by setting SupportEnhancedSQL to false in which case any search criteria will be ignored and an unfiltered response will be returned.
Name | Type | Description |
Id | String | Numerical identifier for the Conversion. |
Account | String | URN identifying the advertising account associated with the Conversion. |
DomainId | String | The insightTagDomain key that this Conversion resides under. |
Name | String | A short name for this rule, which will be shown in the UI and in reports. |
Created | String | The timestamp when the Conversion was created. |
LastModified | String | The timestamp when the Conversion was last modified. |
LastCallbackAt | String | The timestamp of the last callback from the Conversion. |
Amount | String | The amount of money as a real number string. |
CurrencyCode | String | Identifying code for currency type. See currency codes for the valid codes. |
Type | String | The type of the rule. |
Enabled | String | Set to true or false to enable or disable this rule from matching on the advertiser's website. |
ImagePixelTag | String | The HTML representation of the image pixel. |
PostClickAttributionWindowSize | Integer | The HTML representation of the image pixel. |
ViewThroughAttributionWindowSize | Integer | The HTML representation of the image pixel. |
The Ad Creatives search finder allows you to search for creatives by id, campaign URN, status, or reference URN.
The Creatives view returns a list of the creatives that belong to the authenticated user so they can be used as dimensions in analytic requests.
The Sync App uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria that refer to the Id, Account, Campaign, and IntendedStatus columns. The Sync App processes other filters client-side within the Sync App. For example, the following queries are processed server side.
SELECT * FROM Creatives SELECT * FROM Creatives WHERE Id='179345687' SELECT * FROM Creatives WHERE Account='510013292' SELECT * FROM Creatives WHERE Account IN ('510013292', '510013293') SELECT * FROM Creatives WHERE Campaign='198952936' SELECT * FROM Creatives WHERE IntendedStatus='ACTIVE'You can turn off the client-side execution of the query by setting SupportEnhancedSQL to false in which case any search criteria will be ignored and an unfiltered response will be returned.
Name | Type | Description |
Id | String | Numerical identifier for the creative. |
Account | String | URN identifying the advertising account associated with the creative. |
Campaign | String | URN identifying the campaign associated with the creative. |
Content | String | Content sponsored in the creative. |
CreatedAt | Datetime | Datetime when the creative was first created |
CreatedBy | String | Entity that developed the creative. |
IntendedStatus | String | Creative user intended status. |
IsServing | Boolean | This indicates whether the creative is currently being served or not. |
ServingHoldReasons | String | Array that contains all the reasons why the creative is not serving. |
LastModifiedAt | Datetime | Datetime when the creative was last modified. |
LastModifiedBy | String | Entity that modified the creative. |
ReviewStatus | String | The current review status of the creative. |
IsTest | Boolean | Flag showing whether this creative is a test creative, i.e., belongs to a test campaign. |
Degree taxonomy is used to standardize data across the LinkedIn platform. Use this API to retrieve standardized URNs and their names.
The Degrees view returns a list of the degrees found accross LinkedIn so they can be used as dimensions in analytic requests.
The Sync App uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria. The Sync App processes other filters client-side within the Sync App. For example, the following queries are processed server side.
SELECT * FROM DegreesYou can turn off the client-side execution of the query by setting SupportEnhancedSQL to false in which case any search criteria will be ignored and an unfiltered response will be returned.
Name | Type | Description |
Id | String | Degree id |
URN | String | Standardized degree URN |
Name | String | Degree name in various locales. Represented as MultiLocaleString type. |
Fields of study taxonomy is used to standardize data across the LinkedIn platform. Use this API to retrieve standardized URNs and their names.
The FieldsOfStudy view returns a list of the fields of study found accross LinkedIn so they can be used as dimensions in analytic requests.
The Sync App uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria. The Sync App processes other filters client-side within the Sync App. For example, the following queries are processed server side.
SELECT * FROM FieldsOfStudyYou can turn off the client-side execution of the query by setting SupportEnhancedSQL to false in which case any search criteria will be ignored and an unfiltered response will be returned.
Name | Type | Description |
Id | String | Field of study id |
URN | String | Standardized field of study URN |
Name | String | Field of study name in various locales. Represented as MultiLocaleString type. |
LinkedIn Lead Gen Forms make it easy for advertisers to collect leads through forms that LinkedIn members can submit.
The Forms view returns a list of the forms that LinkedIn members can submit. With Lead Gen Forms, advertisers can collect leads at much higher conversion rates.
The Sync App uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria that refer to the Status column. The Sync App processes other filters client-side within the Sync App. For example, the following queries are processed server side.
SELECT * FROM Forms SELECT * FROM Forms WHERE Account='123456'You can turn off the client-side execution of the query by setting SupportEnhancedSQL to false in which case any search criteria will be ignored and an unfiltered response will be returned.
Name | Type | Description |
Id | String | Numerical identifier for the AdForm. |
Account | String | URN identifying the owner of the form. This is the advertiser account. |
Created | Timestamp | Timestamp for creation of the form. |
LastModified | Timestamp | Timestamp for last modification of the form. |
Description | String | Description of the form, visible to both the owner and the viewer. |
Headline | String | Headline of the form, visible to both the owner and the viewer. |
LandingPage | String | The landing page URL after the viewer clicks on submit. |
LegalDisclaimer | String | Advertiser's legal disclaimer to accompany this form. |
Name | String | Name of the form, visible to the owner of the form but not visible to the viewer. |
PrivacyPolicy | String | The URL of the privacy policy that covers any data passed to the owner of the form. |
Country | String | Locale of the form. |
Language | String | Locale of the form. |
ReviewStatus | String | The status of the review of the form. |
ReviewedAt | Timestamp | The timestamp of the review of the form. |
Status | String | DRAFT, SUBMITTED, PAUSED, ARCHIVED, or CANCELED. |
VersionTag | String | The number of times the form has been modified. |
Industry taxonomy is used to standardize data across the LinkedIn platform. Use this API to retrieve standardized URNs and their names.
The Industries view returns a list of the industries found accross LinkedIn so they can be used as dimensions in analytic requests.
The Sync App uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria. The Sync App processes other filters client-side within the Sync App. For example, the following queries are processed server side.
SELECT * FROM IndustriesYou can turn off the client-side execution of the query by setting SupportEnhancedSQL to false in which case any search criteria will be ignored and an unfiltered response will be returned.
Name | Type | Description |
Id | String | Industry id |
URN | String | Standardized industry URN |
Name | String | Industry name in various locales. Represented as MultiLocaleString type. |
ChildrenIndustries | String | The URNs of the children industries associated with this node. |
ParentIndustries | String | The URNs of the parent industry associated with this node. |
Job function taxonomy is used to standardize data across the LinkedIn platform. Use this API to retrieve standardized URNs and their names.
The JobFunctions view returns a list of the Job Functions found accross LinkedIn so they can be used as dimensions in analytic requests.
The Sync App uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria. The Sync App processes other filters client-side within the Sync App. For example, the following queries are processed server side.
SELECT * FROM JobFunctionsYou can turn off the client-side execution of the query by setting SupportEnhancedSQL to false in which case any search criteria will be ignored and an unfiltered response will be returned.
Name | Type | Description |
Id | String | Job function id |
URN | String | Standardized Job function URN |
Name | String | Job function name in various locales. Represented as MultiLocaleString type. |
Location taxonomy is used to standardize data across the LinkedIn platform. Use this API to retrieve standardized URNs and their names.
The Locations view returns a list of the locations and regions found accross LinkedIn so they can be used as dimensions in analytic requests.
The Sync App uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria. The Sync App processes other filters client-side within the Sync App. For example, the following queries are processed server side.
SELECT * FROM LocationsYou can turn off the client-side execution of the query by setting SupportEnhancedSQL to false in which case any search criteria will be ignored and an unfiltered response will be returned.
Name | Type | Description |
Id | String | The country code. |
CountryGroup | String | The country group URN that this country belongs to. |
URN | String | Standardized country URN |
Name | String | Country name in various locales. Represented as LocaleString type. |
Retrieve all posts for an organization.
The Sync App will use the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process WHERE clause conditions built with the following column and operator. The rest of the filter is executed client side within the Sync App.
"com.linkedin.common.CompanyAttributedEntity": { "company": "urn:li:organization:12345" }
SELECT * FROM UGCPosts WHERE OrganizationId='123456789'
Name | Type | Description |
Id [KEY] | String | Id of the post. |
Author | String | Author of the post. |
Commentary | String | The user generated commentary for the post. |
Content | String | The posted content. |
CreatedAt | Datetime | Datetime when the post was created. |
IsReshareDisabledByAuthor | Boolean | Indicates whether resharing of the post has been disabled by the author. |
LastModifiedAt | Datetime | Datetime when the post was lastly modified. |
LifecycleState | String | Lifecycle state of the post. |
PublishedAt | Datetime | Datetime at which the content was published. |
Visibility | String | Visibility restrictions on content. |
OrganizationId | String | Id of the organization who created the post. |
Seniority taxonomy is used to standardize data across the LinkedIn platform. Use this API to retrieve standardized URNs and their names.
The Seniorities view returns a list of the seniority positions found accross LinkedIn so they can be used as dimensions in analytic requests.
The Sync App uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria. The Sync App processes other filters client-side within the Sync App. For example, the following queries are processed server side.
SELECT * FROM SenioritiesYou can turn off the client-side execution of the query by setting SupportEnhancedSQL to false in which case any search criteria will be ignored and an unfiltered response will be returned.
Name | Type | Description |
Id | String | Seniority id |
URN | String | Standardized Seniority URN |
Name | String | Seniority name in various locales. Represented as MultiLocaleString type. |
Skills taxonomy is used to standardize data across the LinkedIn platform. Use this API to retrieve standardized URNs and their names.
The Skills view returns a list of the job skills found accross LinkedIn so they can be used as dimensions in analytic requests.
The Sync App uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria. The Sync App processes other filters client-side within the Sync App. For example, the following queries are processed server side.
SELECT * FROM SkillsYou can turn off the client-side execution of the query by setting SupportEnhancedSQL to false in which case any search criteria will be ignored and an unfiltered response will be returned.
Name | Type | Description |
Id | String | skill id |
Name | String | skill name in various locales. Represented as MultiLocaleString type. |
The socialActions API allows access to both personal and organization social actions.
The Sync App will use the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process WHERE clause conditions built with the following column and operator. The rest of the filter is executed client side within the Sync App.
For example, the following queries are processed server side:
SELECT * FROM SocialActions WHERE UGCPostId = 'urn:li:share:12345'
SELECT * FROM SocialActions WHERE UGCPostId IN ('urn:li:share:12345','urn:li:share:23456')
Name | Type | Description |
TotalFirstLevelComments | Integer | Total number of first level comments. |
AggregatedTotalComments | Integer | Total number of aggregated comments. |
LikedByCurrentUser | Boolean | Indicator if the post is liked by current user. |
TotalLikes | Integer | Total number of likes. |
Target | String | Total number of likes. |
UGCPostId | String | Id of UGC Post. |
Use thirdPartyTrackingTags to retrieve a previously created third-party tracking tag.
The Forms view returns a list of the Third-party tracking tags through the ad creative they're associated with. The following request takes in an ad creative URN in the creative parameter to search for third-party tracking tags linked to that ad creative.
The Sync App uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria that refer to the Status column. The Sync App processes other filters client-side within the Sync App. For example, the following queries are processed server side.
SELECT * FROM ThirdPartyTracking SELECT * FROM ThirdPartyTracking WHERE Creative='123456'You can turn off the client-side execution of the query by setting SupportEnhancedSQL to false in which case any search criteria will be ignored and an unfiltered response will be returned.
Name | Type | Description |
Id | String | The campaign to which this recommendation belongs. |
Creative | String | The campaign to which this recommendation belongs. |
Account | String | The average spend of the entity. |
Event | String | The currency code of the average spend. |
Platform | String | A prediction of how much additional impressions could be generated from a different bid. |
TrackingUrl | String | The currency code of additional impressions. |
Created | Timestamp | A prediction of how much additional impressions could be generated from a different bid. |
LastModified | Timestamp | Date at which the ad entity's TotalBudget will be exhausted, in Unix Epoch time. |
Titles taxonomy is used to standardize data across the LinkedIn platform. Use this API to retrieve standardized URNs and their names.
The Titles view returns a list of the job titles found accross LinkedIn so they can be used as dimensions in analytic requests.
The Sync App uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria. The Sync App processes other filters client-side within the Sync App. For example, the following queries are processed server side.
SELECT * FROM TitlesYou can turn off the client-side execution of the query by setting SupportEnhancedSQL to false in which case any search criteria will be ignored and an unfiltered response will be returned.
Name | Type | Description |
Id | String | Titles id |
URN | String | Standardized Titles URN |
Name | String | Titles name in various locales. Represented as MultiLocaleString type. |
The connection string properties are the various options that can be used to establish a connection. This section provides a complete list of the options you can configure in the connection string for this provider. Click the links for further details.
For more information on establishing a connection, see Establishing a Connection.
Property | Description |
APIVersion | The version of the LinkedIn Marketing API to be used. |
Property | Description |
OAuthClientId | The client Id assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server. |
OAuthClientSecret | The client secret assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server. |
Scope | A specific scope that the user requires the access token. |
Property | Description |
SSLServerCert | The certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL. |
Property | Description |
FirewallType | The protocol used by a proxy-based firewall. |
FirewallServer | The name or IP address of a proxy-based firewall. |
FirewallPort | The TCP port for a proxy-based firewall. |
FirewallUser | The user name to use to authenticate with a proxy-based firewall. |
FirewallPassword | A password used to authenticate to a proxy-based firewall. |
Property | Description |
ProxyAutoDetect | This indicates whether to use the system proxy settings or not. This takes precedence over other proxy settings, so you'll need to set ProxyAutoDetect to FALSE in order use custom proxy settings. |
ProxyServer | The hostname or IP address of a proxy to route HTTP traffic through. |
ProxyPort | The TCP port the ProxyServer proxy is running on. |
ProxyAuthScheme | The authentication type to use to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy. |
ProxyUser | A user name to be used to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy. |
ProxyPassword | A password to be used to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy. |
ProxySSLType | The SSL type to use when connecting to the ProxyServer proxy. |
ProxyExceptions | A semicolon separated list of destination hostnames or IPs that are exempt from connecting through the ProxyServer . |
Property | Description |
LogModules | Core modules to be included in the log file. |
Property | Description |
Location | A path to the directory that contains the schema files defining tables, views, and stored procedures. |
BrowsableSchemas | This property restricts the schemas reported to a subset of the available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA,SchemaB,SchemaC. |
Tables | This property restricts the tables reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Tables=TableA,TableB,TableC. |
Views | Restricts the views reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Views=ViewA,ViewB,ViewC. |
Property | Description |
MaxRows | Limits the number of rows returned rows when no aggregation or group by is used in the query. This helps avoid performance issues at design time. |
Other | These hidden properties are used only in specific use cases. |
Pagesize | The maximum number of results to return per page from LinkedIn Marketing Solutions. |
PseudoColumns | This property indicates whether or not to include pseudo columns as columns to the table. |
Timeout | The value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation. |
UserDefinedViews | A filepath pointing to the JSON configuration file containing your custom views. |
This section provides a complete list of the Connection properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.
Property | Description |
APIVersion | The version of the LinkedIn Marketing API to be used. |
The version of the LinkedIn Marketing API to be used.
The API version used by default is 202210. To use a different API version set this to the format YYYYMM.
This section provides a complete list of the OAuth properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.
Property | Description |
OAuthClientId | The client Id assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server. |
OAuthClientSecret | The client secret assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server. |
Scope | A specific scope that the user requires the access token. |
The client Id assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server.
As part of registering an OAuth application, you will receive the OAuthClientId value, sometimes also called a consumer key, and a client secret, the OAuthClientSecret.
The client secret assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server.
As part of registering an OAuth application, you will receive the OAuthClientId, also called a consumer key. You will also receive a client secret, also called a consumer secret. Set the client secret in the OAuthClientSecret property.
A specific scope that the user requires the access token.
This property must be set in the connection string to get a scoped token with specific privileges.
This section provides a complete list of the SSL properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.
Property | Description |
SSLServerCert | The certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL. |
The certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL.
If using a TLS/SSL connection, this property can be used to specify the TLS/SSL certificate to be accepted from the server. Any other certificate that is not trusted by the machine is rejected.
This property can take the following forms:
Description | Example |
A full PEM Certificate (example shortened for brevity) | -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIIChTCCAe4CAQAwDQYJKoZIhv......Qw== -----END CERTIFICATE----- |
A path to a local file containing the certificate | C:\cert.cer |
The public key (example shortened for brevity) | -----BEGIN RSA PUBLIC KEY----- MIGfMA0GCSq......AQAB -----END RSA PUBLIC KEY----- |
The MD5 Thumbprint (hex values can also be either space or colon separated) | ecadbdda5a1529c58a1e9e09828d70e4 |
The SHA1 Thumbprint (hex values can also be either space or colon separated) | 34a929226ae0819f2ec14b4a3d904f801cbb150d |
If not specified, any certificate trusted by the machine is accepted.
Use '*' to signify to accept all certificates. Note that this is not recommended due to security concerns.
This section provides a complete list of the Firewall properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.
Property | Description |
FirewallType | The protocol used by a proxy-based firewall. |
FirewallServer | The name or IP address of a proxy-based firewall. |
FirewallPort | The TCP port for a proxy-based firewall. |
FirewallUser | The user name to use to authenticate with a proxy-based firewall. |
FirewallPassword | A password used to authenticate to a proxy-based firewall. |
The protocol used by a proxy-based firewall.
This property specifies the protocol that the Sync App will use to tunnel traffic through the FirewallServer proxy. Note that by default, the Sync App connects to the system proxy; to disable this behavior and connect to one of the following proxy types, set ProxyAutoDetect to false.
Type | Default Port | Description |
TUNNEL | 80 | When this is set, the Sync App opens a connection to LinkedIn Marketing Solutions and traffic flows back and forth through the proxy. |
SOCKS4 | 1080 | When this is set, the Sync App sends data through the SOCKS 4 proxy specified by FirewallServer and FirewallPort and passes the FirewallUser value to the proxy, which determines if the connection request should be granted. |
SOCKS5 | 1080 | When this is set, the Sync App sends data through the SOCKS 5 proxy specified by FirewallServer and FirewallPort. If your proxy requires authentication, set FirewallUser and FirewallPassword to credentials the proxy recognizes. |
To connect to HTTP proxies, use ProxyServer and ProxyPort. To authenticate to HTTP proxies, use ProxyAuthScheme, ProxyUser, and ProxyPassword.
The name or IP address of a proxy-based firewall.
This property specifies the IP address, DNS name, or host name of a proxy allowing traversal of a firewall. The protocol is specified by FirewallType: Use FirewallServer with this property to connect through SOCKS or do tunneling. Use ProxyServer to connect to an HTTP proxy.
Note that the Sync App uses the system proxy by default. To use a different proxy, set ProxyAutoDetect to false.
The TCP port for a proxy-based firewall.
This specifies the TCP port for a proxy allowing traversal of a firewall. Use FirewallServer to specify the name or IP address. Specify the protocol with FirewallType.
The user name to use to authenticate with a proxy-based firewall.
The FirewallUser and FirewallPassword properties are used to authenticate against the proxy specified in FirewallServer and FirewallPort, following the authentication method specified in FirewallType.
A password used to authenticate to a proxy-based firewall.
This property is passed to the proxy specified by FirewallServer and FirewallPort, following the authentication method specified by FirewallType.
This section provides a complete list of the Proxy properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.
Property | Description |
ProxyAutoDetect | This indicates whether to use the system proxy settings or not. This takes precedence over other proxy settings, so you'll need to set ProxyAutoDetect to FALSE in order use custom proxy settings. |
ProxyServer | The hostname or IP address of a proxy to route HTTP traffic through. |
ProxyPort | The TCP port the ProxyServer proxy is running on. |
ProxyAuthScheme | The authentication type to use to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy. |
ProxyUser | A user name to be used to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy. |
ProxyPassword | A password to be used to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy. |
ProxySSLType | The SSL type to use when connecting to the ProxyServer proxy. |
ProxyExceptions | A semicolon separated list of destination hostnames or IPs that are exempt from connecting through the ProxyServer . |
This indicates whether to use the system proxy settings or not. This takes precedence over other proxy settings, so you'll need to set ProxyAutoDetect to FALSE in order use custom proxy settings.
This takes precedence over other proxy settings, so you'll need to set ProxyAutoDetect to FALSE in order use custom proxy settings.
To connect to an HTTP proxy, see ProxyServer. For other proxies, such as SOCKS or tunneling, see FirewallType.
The hostname or IP address of a proxy to route HTTP traffic through.
The hostname or IP address of a proxy to route HTTP traffic through. The Sync App can use the HTTP, Windows (NTLM), or Kerberos authentication types to authenticate to an HTTP proxy.
If you need to connect through a SOCKS proxy or tunnel the connection, see FirewallType.
By default, the Sync App uses the system proxy. If you need to use another proxy, set ProxyAutoDetect to false.
The TCP port the ProxyServer proxy is running on.
The port the HTTP proxy is running on that you want to redirect HTTP traffic through. Specify the HTTP proxy in ProxyServer. For other proxy types, see FirewallType.
The authentication type to use to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy.
This value specifies the authentication type to use to authenticate to the HTTP proxy specified by ProxyServer and ProxyPort.
Note that the Sync App will use the system proxy settings by default, without further configuration needed; if you want to connect to another proxy, you will need to set ProxyAutoDetect to false, in addition to ProxyServer and ProxyPort. To authenticate, set ProxyAuthScheme and set ProxyUser and ProxyPassword, if needed.
The authentication type can be one of the following:
If you need to use another authentication type, such as SOCKS 5 authentication, see FirewallType.
A user name to be used to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy.
The ProxyUser and ProxyPassword options are used to connect and authenticate against the HTTP proxy specified in ProxyServer.
You can select one of the available authentication types in ProxyAuthScheme. If you are using HTTP authentication, set this to the user name of a user recognized by the HTTP proxy. If you are using Windows or Kerberos authentication, set this property to a user name in one of the following formats:
user@domain domain\user
A password to be used to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy.
This property is used to authenticate to an HTTP proxy server that supports NTLM (Windows), Kerberos, or HTTP authentication. To specify the HTTP proxy, you can set ProxyServer and ProxyPort. To specify the authentication type, set ProxyAuthScheme.
If you are using HTTP authentication, additionally set ProxyUser and ProxyPassword to HTTP proxy.
If you are using NTLM authentication, set ProxyUser and ProxyPassword to your Windows password. You may also need these to complete Kerberos authentication.
For SOCKS 5 authentication or tunneling, see FirewallType.
By default, the Sync App uses the system proxy. If you want to connect to another proxy, set ProxyAutoDetect to false.
The SSL type to use when connecting to the ProxyServer proxy.
This property determines when to use SSL for the connection to an HTTP proxy specified by ProxyServer. This value can be AUTO, ALWAYS, NEVER, or TUNNEL. The applicable values are the following:
AUTO | Default setting. If the URL is an HTTPS URL, the Sync App will use the TUNNEL option. If the URL is an HTTP URL, the component will use the NEVER option. |
ALWAYS | The connection is always SSL enabled. |
NEVER | The connection is not SSL enabled. |
TUNNEL | The connection is through a tunneling proxy. The proxy server opens a connection to the remote host and traffic flows back and forth through the proxy. |
A semicolon separated list of destination hostnames or IPs that are exempt from connecting through the ProxyServer .
The ProxyServer is used for all addresses, except for addresses defined in this property. Use semicolons to separate entries.
Note that the Sync App uses the system proxy settings by default, without further configuration needed; if you want to explicitly configure proxy exceptions for this connection, you need to set ProxyAutoDetect = false, and configure ProxyServer and ProxyPort. To authenticate, set ProxyAuthScheme and set ProxyUser and ProxyPassword, if needed.
This section provides a complete list of the Logging properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.
Property | Description |
LogModules | Core modules to be included in the log file. |
Core modules to be included in the log file.
Only the modules specified (separated by ';') will be included in the log file. By default all modules are included.
See the Logging page for an overview.
This section provides a complete list of the Schema properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.
Property | Description |
Location | A path to the directory that contains the schema files defining tables, views, and stored procedures. |
BrowsableSchemas | This property restricts the schemas reported to a subset of the available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA,SchemaB,SchemaC. |
Tables | This property restricts the tables reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Tables=TableA,TableB,TableC. |
Views | Restricts the views reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Views=ViewA,ViewB,ViewC. |
A path to the directory that contains the schema files defining tables, views, and stored procedures.
The path to a directory which contains the schema files for the Sync App (.rsd files for tables and views, .rsb files for stored procedures). The folder location can be a relative path from the location of the executable. The Location property is only needed if you want to customize definitions (for example, change a column name, ignore a column, and so on) or extend the data model with new tables, views, or stored procedures.
If left unspecified, the default location is "%APPDATA%\\CData\\LinkedInAds Data Provider\\Schema" with %APPDATA% being set to the user's configuration directory:
This property restricts the schemas reported to a subset of the available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA,SchemaB,SchemaC.
Listing the schemas from databases can be expensive. Providing a list of schemas in the connection string improves the performance.
This property restricts the tables reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Tables=TableA,TableB,TableC.
Listing the tables from some databases can be expensive. Providing a list of tables in the connection string improves the performance of the Sync App.
This property can also be used as an alternative to automatically listing views if you already know which ones you want to work with and there would otherwise be too many to work with.
Specify the tables you want in a comma-separated list. Each table should be a valid SQL identifier with any special characters escaped using square brackets, double-quotes or backticks. For example, Tables=TableA,[TableB/WithSlash],WithCatalog.WithSchema.`TableC With Space`.
Note that when connecting to a data source with multiple schemas or catalogs, you will need to provide the fully qualified name of the table in this property, as in the last example here, to avoid ambiguity between tables that exist in multiple catalogs or schemas.
Restricts the views reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Views=ViewA,ViewB,ViewC.
Listing the views from some databases can be expensive. Providing a list of views in the connection string improves the performance of the Sync App.
This property can also be used as an alternative to automatically listing views if you already know which ones you want to work with and there would otherwise be too many to work with.
Specify the views you want in a comma-separated list. Each view should be a valid SQL identifier with any special characters escaped using square brackets, double-quotes or backticks. For example, Views=ViewA,[ViewB/WithSlash],WithCatalog.WithSchema.`ViewC With Space`.
Note that when connecting to a data source with multiple schemas or catalogs, you will need to provide the fully qualified name of the table in this property, as in the last example here, to avoid ambiguity between tables that exist in multiple catalogs or schemas.
This section provides a complete list of the Miscellaneous properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.
Property | Description |
MaxRows | Limits the number of rows returned rows when no aggregation or group by is used in the query. This helps avoid performance issues at design time. |
Other | These hidden properties are used only in specific use cases. |
Pagesize | The maximum number of results to return per page from LinkedIn Marketing Solutions. |
PseudoColumns | This property indicates whether or not to include pseudo columns as columns to the table. |
Timeout | The value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation. |
UserDefinedViews | A filepath pointing to the JSON configuration file containing your custom views. |
Limits the number of rows returned rows when no aggregation or group by is used in the query. This helps avoid performance issues at design time.
Limits the number of rows returned rows when no aggregation or group by is used in the query. This helps avoid performance issues at design time.
These hidden properties are used only in specific use cases.
The properties listed below are available for specific use cases. Normal driver use cases and functionality should not require these properties.
Specify multiple properties in a semicolon-separated list.
DefaultColumnSize | Sets the default length of string fields when the data source does not provide column length in the metadata. The default value is 2000. |
ConvertDateTimeToGMT | Determines whether to convert date-time values to GMT, instead of the local time of the machine. |
RecordToFile=filename | Records the underlying socket data transfer to the specified file. |
The maximum number of results to return per page from LinkedIn Marketing Solutions.
The Pagesize property affects the maximum number of results to return per page from LinkedIn Marketing Solutions. Setting a higher value may result in better performance at the cost of additional memory allocated per page consumed.
This property indicates whether or not to include pseudo columns as columns to the table.
This setting is particularly helpful in Entity Framework, which does not allow you to set a value for a pseudo column unless it is a table column. The value of this connection setting is of the format "Table1=Column1, Table1=Column2, Table2=Column3". You can use the "*" character to include all tables and all columns; for example, "*=*".
The value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation.
If Timeout = 0, operations do not time out. The operations run until they complete successfully or until they encounter an error condition.
If Timeout expires and the operation is not yet complete, the Sync App throws an exception.
A filepath pointing to the JSON configuration file containing your custom views.
User Defined Views are defined in a JSON-formatted configuration file called UserDefinedViews.json. The Sync App automatically detects the views specified in this file.
You can also have multiple view definitions and control them using the UserDefinedViews connection property. When you use this property, only the specified views are seen by the Sync App.
This User Defined View configuration file is formatted as follows:
For example:
{ "MyView": { "query": "SELECT * FROM Analytics WHERE MyColumn = 'value'" }, "MyView2": { "query": "SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE Id IN (1,2,3)" } }Use the UserDefinedViews connection property to specify the location of your JSON configuration file. For example:
"UserDefinedViews", "C:\\Users\\yourusername\\Desktop\\tmp\\UserDefinedViews.json"