CData Cloud offers access to LinkedIn Marketing Solutions across several standard services and protocols, in a cloud-hosted solution. Any application that can connect to a MySQL or SQL Server database can connect to LinkedIn Marketing Solutions through CData Cloud.
CData Cloud allows you to standardize and configure connections to LinkedIn Marketing Solutions as though it were any other OData endpoint, or standard SQL Server/MySQL database.
This page provides a guide to Establishing a Connection to LinkedIn Marketing Solutions in CData Cloud, as well as information on the available resources, and a reference to the available connection properties.
Establishing a Connection shows how to authenticate to LinkedIn Marketing Solutions and configure any necessary connection properties to create a database in CData Cloud
Accessing data from LinkedIn Marketing Solutions through the available standard services and CData Cloud administration is documented in further details in the CData Cloud Documentation.
Connect to LinkedIn Marketing Solutions by selecting the corresponding icon in the Database tab. Required properties are listed under Settings. The Advanced tab lists connection properties that are not typically required.
CData embeds OAuth Application Credentials with CData branding that can be used when connecting via a . Web applications require that you create a custom OAuth application.
You may choose to use your own OAuth Application Credentials when you want to:
To create a custom OAuth application for use with LinkedIn Marketing Solutions:
By default, the Cloud 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 Cloud 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 Cloud 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 similar to tables in the way that data is represented; however, views are read-only.
Queries can be executed against a view as if it were a normal table.
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 Cloud uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria that refer to the Status column. The Cloud processes other filters client-side within the Cloud. For example, the following queries are processed server side.
SELECT * FROM Accounts WHERE Status = 'ACTIVE'
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.
Note: This view is unavailable when authenticating with the embedded OAuth app. Create a custom app with the required r_ads_leadgen_automation scope (see Creating a Custom OAuth Application) to access it.
Name | Type | Description |
Id | String | URN identifying the ad form response. |
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 submitted. |
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 | Whether 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 Cloud uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria. The Cloud processes other filters client-side within the Cloud. 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. |
PlacementName | String | Pivot value which groups the result by member company. |
ImpressionDeviceType | 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. |
ValidWorkEmailLeads | Long | The count of leads with a valid work email that does not use an established free or personal email domain. |
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 Cloud uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria. You can combine the following filters also in a single search. The Cloud processes other filters client-side within the Cloud. 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 Cloud uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria. You can combine the following filters also in a single search. The Cloud processes other filters client-side within the Cloud. 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 Cloud uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria that refer to the Status column. The Cloud processes other filters client-side within the Cloud. For example, the following queries are processed server side.
SELECT * FROM CampaignGroups WHERE Status = 'ACTIVE'
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. |
AdAccountId | String | Id of the account |
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 Cloud uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria that refer to the Status column. The Cloud processes other filters client-side within the Cloud. For example, the following queries are processed server side.
SELECT * FROM CampaignInsights WHERE Campaign = '123456'
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 Cloud uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria that refer to the Status column. The Cloud processes other filters client-side within the Cloud. For example, the following queries are processed server side.
SELECT * FROM CampaignRecommendations WHERE Campaign = '123456'
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 Cloud uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria that refer to the Status column. The Cloud processes other filters client-side within the Cloud. For example, the following queries are processed server side.
SELECT * FROM Campaigns WHERE Status = 'ACTIVE'
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. |
AdAccountId | String | Id of the account |
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 Cloud uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria that refer to the Status column. The Cloud processes other filters client-side within the Cloud. For example, the following queries are processed server side.
SELECT * FROM Conversions WHERE Account = '123456'
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 Cloud uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria that refer to the Id, Account, Campaign, and IntendedStatus columns. The Cloud processes other filters client-side within the Cloud. For example, the following queries are processed server side.
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'
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. |
AdAccountId | String | Id of the account |
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 Cloud uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria. The Cloud processes other filters client-side within the Cloud. For example, the following queries are processed server side.
SELECT * FROM Degrees
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 Cloud uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria. The Cloud processes other filters client-side within the Cloud. For example, the following queries are processed server side.
SELECT * FROM FieldsOfStudy
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 Cloud uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria that refer to the Status column. The Cloud processes other filters client-side within the Cloud. For example, the following queries are processed server side.
SELECT * FROM Forms WHERE Account = '123456'
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 Cloud uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria. The Cloud processes other filters client-side within the Cloud. For example, the following queries are processed server side.
SELECT * FROM Industries
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 Cloud uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria. The Cloud processes other filters client-side within the Cloud. For example, the following queries are processed server side.
SELECT * FROM JobFunctions
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 Cloud uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria. The Cloud processes other filters client-side within the Cloud. For example, the following queries are processed server side.
SELECT * FROM Locations
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 OrganizationId column is required and must be specified in the criteria to use this view.
The Cloud 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 Cloud.
"com.linkedin.common.CompanyAttributedEntity": { "company": "urn:li:organization:12345" }
SELECT * FROM Posts 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 Cloud uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria. The Cloud processes other filters client-side within the Cloud. For example, the following queries are processed server side.
SELECT * FROM Seniorities
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 Cloud uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria. The Cloud processes other filters client-side within the Cloud. For example, the following queries are processed server side.
SELECT * FROM Skills
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 Cloud 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 Cloud.
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 Cloud uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria that refer to the Status column. The Cloud processes other filters client-side within the Cloud. For example, the following queries are processed server side.
SELECT * FROM ThirdPartyTracking WHERE Creative = '123456'
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 Cloud uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria. The Cloud processes other filters client-side within the Cloud. For example, the following queries are processed server side.
SELECT * FROM Titles
Name | Type | Description |
Id | String | Titles id |
URN | String | Standardized Titles URN |
Name | String | Titles name in various locales. Represented as MultiLocaleString type. |
Stored procedures are function-like interfaces that extend the functionality of the Cloud beyond simple SELECT operations with LinkedIn Marketing Solutions.
Stored procedures accept a list of parameters, perform their intended function, and then return any relevant response data from LinkedIn Marketing Solutions, along with an indication of whether the procedure succeeded or failed.
Name | Description |
You can query the system tables described in this section to access schema information, information on data source functionality, and batch operation statistics.
The following tables return database metadata for LinkedIn Marketing Solutions:
The following tables return information about how to connect to and query the data source:
The following table returns query statistics for data modification queries:
Lists the available databases.
The following query retrieves all databases determined by the connection string:
SELECT * FROM sys_catalogs
Name | Type | Description |
CatalogName | String | The database name. |
Lists the available schemas.
The following query retrieves all available schemas:
SELECT * FROM sys_schemas
Name | Type | Description |
CatalogName | String | The database name. |
SchemaName | String | The schema name. |
Lists the available tables.
The following query retrieves the available tables and views:
SELECT * FROM sys_tables
Name | Type | Description |
CatalogName | String | The database containing the table or view. |
SchemaName | String | The schema containing the table or view. |
TableName | String | The name of the table or view. |
TableType | String | The table type (table or view). |
Description | String | A description of the table or view. |
IsUpdateable | Boolean | Whether the table can be updated. |
Describes the columns of the available tables and views.
The following query returns the columns and data types for the Analytics table:
SELECT ColumnName, DataTypeName FROM sys_tablecolumns WHERE TableName='Analytics'
Name | Type | Description |
CatalogName | String | The name of the database containing the table or view. |
SchemaName | String | The schema containing the table or view. |
TableName | String | The name of the table or view containing the column. |
ColumnName | String | The column name. |
DataTypeName | String | The data type name. |
DataType | Int32 | An integer indicating the data type. This value is determined at run time based on the environment. |
Length | Int32 | The storage size of the column. |
DisplaySize | Int32 | The designated column's normal maximum width in characters. |
NumericPrecision | Int32 | The maximum number of digits in numeric data. The column length in characters for character and date-time data. |
NumericScale | Int32 | The column scale or number of digits to the right of the decimal point. |
IsNullable | Boolean | Whether the column can contain null. |
Description | String | A brief description of the column. |
Ordinal | Int32 | The sequence number of the column. |
IsAutoIncrement | String | Whether the column value is assigned in fixed increments. |
IsGeneratedColumn | String | Whether the column is generated. |
IsHidden | Boolean | Whether the column is hidden. |
IsArray | Boolean | Whether the column is an array. |
IsReadOnly | Boolean | Whether the column is read-only. |
IsKey | Boolean | Indicates whether a field returned from sys_tablecolumns is the primary key of the table. |
Lists the available stored procedures.
The following query retrieves the available stored procedures:
SELECT * FROM sys_procedures
Name | Type | Description |
CatalogName | String | The database containing the stored procedure. |
SchemaName | String | The schema containing the stored procedure. |
ProcedureName | String | The name of the stored procedure. |
Description | String | A description of the stored procedure. |
ProcedureType | String | The type of the procedure, such as PROCEDURE or FUNCTION. |
Describes stored procedure parameters.
The following query returns information about all of the input parameters for the SelectEntries stored procedure:
SELECT * FROM sys_procedureparameters WHERE ProcedureName='SelectEntries' AND Direction=1 OR Direction=2
Name | Type | Description |
CatalogName | String | The name of the database containing the stored procedure. |
SchemaName | String | The name of the schema containing the stored procedure. |
ProcedureName | String | The name of the stored procedure containing the parameter. |
ColumnName | String | The name of the stored procedure parameter. |
Direction | Int32 | An integer corresponding to the type of the parameter: input (1), input/output (2), or output(4). input/output type parameters can be both input and output parameters. |
DataTypeName | String | The name of the data type. |
DataType | Int32 | An integer indicating the data type. This value is determined at run time based on the environment. |
Length | Int32 | The number of characters allowed for character data. The number of digits allowed for numeric data. |
NumericPrecision | Int32 | The maximum precision for numeric data. The column length in characters for character and date-time data. |
NumericScale | Int32 | The number of digits to the right of the decimal point in numeric data. |
IsNullable | Boolean | Whether the parameter can contain null. |
IsRequired | Boolean | Whether the parameter is required for execution of the procedure. |
IsArray | Boolean | Whether the parameter is an array. |
Description | String | The description of the parameter. |
Ordinal | Int32 | The index of the parameter. |
Describes the primary and foreign keys.
The following query retrieves the primary key for the Analytics table:
SELECT * FROM sys_keycolumns WHERE IsKey='True' AND TableName='Analytics'
Name | Type | Description |
CatalogName | String | The name of the database containing the key. |
SchemaName | String | The name of the schema containing the key. |
TableName | String | The name of the table containing the key. |
ColumnName | String | The name of the key column. |
IsKey | Boolean | Whether the column is a primary key in the table referenced in the TableName field. |
IsForeignKey | Boolean | Whether the column is a foreign key referenced in the TableName field. |
PrimaryKeyName | String | The name of the primary key. |
ForeignKeyName | String | The name of the foreign key. |
ReferencedCatalogName | String | The database containing the primary key. |
ReferencedSchemaName | String | The schema containing the primary key. |
ReferencedTableName | String | The table containing the primary key. |
ReferencedColumnName | String | The column name of the primary key. |
Describes the foreign keys.
The following query retrieves all foreign keys which refer to other tables:
SELECT * FROM sys_foreignkeys WHERE ForeignKeyType = 'FOREIGNKEY_TYPE_IMPORT'
Name | Type | Description |
CatalogName | String | The name of the database containing the key. |
SchemaName | String | The name of the schema containing the key. |
TableName | String | The name of the table containing the key. |
ColumnName | String | The name of the key column. |
PrimaryKeyName | String | The name of the primary key. |
ForeignKeyName | String | The name of the foreign key. |
ReferencedCatalogName | String | The database containing the primary key. |
ReferencedSchemaName | String | The schema containing the primary key. |
ReferencedTableName | String | The table containing the primary key. |
ReferencedColumnName | String | The column name of the primary key. |
ForeignKeyType | String | Designates whether the foreign key is an import (points to other tables) or export (referenced from other tables) key. |
Describes the primary keys.
The following query retrieves the primary keys from all tables and views:
SELECT * FROM sys_primarykeys
Name | Type | Description |
CatalogName | String | The name of the database containing the key. |
SchemaName | String | The name of the schema containing the key. |
TableName | String | The name of the table containing the key. |
ColumnName | String | The name of the key column. |
KeySeq | String | The sequence number of the primary key. |
KeyName | String | The name of the primary key. |
Describes the available indexes. By filtering on indexes, you can write more selective queries with faster query response times.
The following query retrieves all indexes that are not primary keys:
SELECT * FROM sys_indexes WHERE IsPrimary='false'
Name | Type | Description |
CatalogName | String | The name of the database containing the index. |
SchemaName | String | The name of the schema containing the index. |
TableName | String | The name of the table containing the index. |
IndexName | String | The index name. |
ColumnName | String | The name of the column associated with the index. |
IsUnique | Boolean | True if the index is unique. False otherwise. |
IsPrimary | Boolean | True if the index is a primary key. False otherwise. |
Type | Int16 | An integer value corresponding to the index type: statistic (0), clustered (1), hashed (2), or other (3). |
SortOrder | String | The sort order: A for ascending or D for descending. |
OrdinalPosition | Int16 | The sequence number of the column in the index. |
Returns information on the available connection properties and those set in the connection string.
When querying this table, the config connection string should be used:
jdbc:cdata:linkedinads:config:
This connection string enables you to query this table without a valid connection.
The following query retrieves all connection properties that have been set in the connection string or set through a default value:
SELECT * FROM sys_connection_props WHERE Value <> ''
Name | Type | Description |
Name | String | The name of the connection property. |
ShortDescription | String | A brief description. |
Type | String | The data type of the connection property. |
Default | String | The default value if one is not explicitly set. |
Values | String | A comma-separated list of possible values. A validation error is thrown if another value is specified. |
Value | String | The value you set or a preconfigured default. |
Required | Boolean | Whether the property is required to connect. |
Category | String | The category of the connection property. |
IsSessionProperty | String | Whether the property is a session property, used to save information about the current connection. |
Sensitivity | String | The sensitivity level of the property. This informs whether the property is obfuscated in logging and authentication forms. |
PropertyName | String | A camel-cased truncated form of the connection property name. |
Ordinal | Int32 | The index of the parameter. |
CatOrdinal | Int32 | The index of the parameter category. |
Hierarchy | String | Shows dependent properties associated that need to be set alongside this one. |
Visible | Boolean | Informs whether the property is visible in the connection UI. |
ETC | String | Various miscellaneous information about the property. |
Describes the SELECT query processing that the Cloud can offload to the data source.
See SQL Compliance for SQL syntax details.
Below is an example data set of SQL capabilities. Some aspects of SELECT functionality are returned in a comma-separated list if supported; otherwise, the column contains NO.
Name | Description | Possible Values |
AGGREGATE_FUNCTIONS | Supported aggregation functions. | AVG, COUNT, MAX, MIN, SUM, DISTINCT |
COUNT | Whether COUNT function is supported. | YES, NO |
IDENTIFIER_QUOTE_OPEN_CHAR | The opening character used to escape an identifier. | [ |
IDENTIFIER_QUOTE_CLOSE_CHAR | The closing character used to escape an identifier. | ] |
SUPPORTED_OPERATORS | A list of supported SQL operators. | =, >, <, >=, <=, <>, !=, LIKE, NOT LIKE, IN, NOT IN, IS NULL, IS NOT NULL, AND, OR |
GROUP_BY | Whether GROUP BY is supported, and, if so, the degree of support. | NO, NO_RELATION, EQUALS_SELECT, SQL_GB_COLLATE |
OJ_CAPABILITIES | The supported varieties of outer joins supported. | NO, LEFT, RIGHT, FULL, INNER, NOT_ORDERED, ALL_COMPARISON_OPS |
OUTER_JOINS | Whether outer joins are supported. | YES, NO |
SUBQUERIES | Whether subqueries are supported, and, if so, the degree of support. | NO, COMPARISON, EXISTS, IN, CORRELATED_SUBQUERIES, QUANTIFIED |
STRING_FUNCTIONS | Supported string functions. | LENGTH, CHAR, LOCATE, REPLACE, SUBSTRING, RTRIM, LTRIM, RIGHT, LEFT, UCASE, SPACE, SOUNDEX, LCASE, CONCAT, ASCII, REPEAT, OCTET, BIT, POSITION, INSERT, TRIM, UPPER, REGEXP, LOWER, DIFFERENCE, CHARACTER, SUBSTR, STR, REVERSE, PLAN, UUIDTOSTR, TRANSLATE, TRAILING, TO, STUFF, STRTOUUID, STRING, SPLIT, SORTKEY, SIMILAR, REPLICATE, PATINDEX, LPAD, LEN, LEADING, KEY, INSTR, INSERTSTR, HTML, GRAPHICAL, CONVERT, COLLATION, CHARINDEX, BYTE |
NUMERIC_FUNCTIONS | Supported numeric functions. | ABS, ACOS, ASIN, ATAN, ATAN2, CEILING, COS, COT, EXP, FLOOR, LOG, MOD, SIGN, SIN, SQRT, TAN, PI, RAND, DEGREES, LOG10, POWER, RADIANS, ROUND, TRUNCATE |
TIMEDATE_FUNCTIONS | Supported date/time functions. | NOW, CURDATE, DAYOFMONTH, DAYOFWEEK, DAYOFYEAR, MONTH, QUARTER, WEEK, YEAR, CURTIME, HOUR, MINUTE, SECOND, TIMESTAMPADD, TIMESTAMPDIFF, DAYNAME, MONTHNAME, CURRENT_DATE, CURRENT_TIME, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, EXTRACT |
REPLICATION_SKIP_TABLES | Indicates tables skipped during replication. | |
REPLICATION_TIMECHECK_COLUMNS | A string array containing a list of columns which will be used to check for (in the given order) to use as a modified column during replication. | |
IDENTIFIER_PATTERN | String value indicating what string is valid for an identifier. | |
SUPPORT_TRANSACTION | Indicates if the provider supports transactions such as commit and rollback. | YES, NO |
DIALECT | Indicates the SQL dialect to use. | |
KEY_PROPERTIES | Indicates the properties which identify the uniform database. | |
SUPPORTS_MULTIPLE_SCHEMAS | Indicates if multiple schemas may exist for the provider. | YES, NO |
SUPPORTS_MULTIPLE_CATALOGS | Indicates if multiple catalogs may exist for the provider. | YES, NO |
DATASYNCVERSION | The CData Data Sync version needed to access this driver. | Standard, Starter, Professional, Enterprise |
DATASYNCCATEGORY | The CData Data Sync category of this driver. | Source, Destination, Cloud Destination |
SUPPORTSENHANCEDSQL | Whether enhanced SQL functionality beyond what is offered by the API is supported. | TRUE, FALSE |
SUPPORTS_BATCH_OPERATIONS | Whether batch operations are supported. | YES, NO |
SQL_CAP | All supported SQL capabilities for this driver. | SELECT, INSERT, DELETE, UPDATE, TRANSACTIONS, ORDERBY, OAUTH, ASSIGNEDID, LIMIT, LIKE, BULKINSERT, COUNT, BULKDELETE, BULKUPDATE, GROUPBY, HAVING, AGGS, OFFSET, REPLICATE, COUNTDISTINCT, JOINS, DROP, CREATE, DISTINCT, INNERJOINS, SUBQUERIES, ALTER, MULTIPLESCHEMAS, GROUPBYNORELATION, OUTERJOINS, UNIONALL, UNION, UPSERT, GETDELETED, CROSSJOINS, GROUPBYCOLLATE, MULTIPLECATS, FULLOUTERJOIN, MERGE, JSONEXTRACT, BULKUPSERT, SUM, SUBQUERIESFULL, MIN, MAX, JOINSFULL, XMLEXTRACT, AVG, MULTISTATEMENTS, FOREIGNKEYS, CASE, LEFTJOINS, COMMAJOINS, WITH, LITERALS, RENAME, NESTEDTABLES, EXECUTE, BATCH, BASIC, INDEX |
PREFERRED_CACHE_OPTIONS | A string value specifies the preferred cacheOptions. | |
ENABLE_EF_ADVANCED_QUERY | Indicates if the driver directly supports advanced queries coming from Entity Framework. If not, queries will be handled client side. | YES, NO |
PSEUDO_COLUMNS | A string array indicating the available pseudo columns. | |
MERGE_ALWAYS | If the value is true, The Merge Mode is forcibly executed in Data Sync. | TRUE, FALSE |
REPLICATION_MIN_DATE_QUERY | A select query to return the replicate start datetime. | |
REPLICATION_MIN_FUNCTION | Allows a provider to specify the formula name to use for executing a server side min. | |
REPLICATION_START_DATE | Allows a provider to specify a replicate startdate. | |
REPLICATION_MAX_DATE_QUERY | A select query to return the replicate end datetime. | |
REPLICATION_MAX_FUNCTION | Allows a provider to specify the formula name to use for executing a server side max. | |
IGNORE_INTERVALS_ON_INITIAL_REPLICATE | A list of tables which will skip dividing the replicate into chunks on the initial replicate. | |
CHECKCACHE_USE_PARENTID | Indicates whether the CheckCache statement should be done against the parent key column. | TRUE, FALSE |
CREATE_SCHEMA_PROCEDURES | Indicates stored procedures that can be used for generating schema files. |
The following query retrieves the operators that can be used in the WHERE clause:
SELECT * FROM sys_sqlinfo WHERE Name = 'SUPPORTED_OPERATORS'
Note that individual tables may have different limitations or requirements on the WHERE clause; refer to the Data Model section for more information.
Name | Type | Description |
NAME | String | A component of SQL syntax, or a capability that can be processed on the server. |
VALUE | String | Detail on the supported SQL or SQL syntax. |
Returns information about attempted modifications.
The following query retrieves the Ids of the modified rows in a batch operation:
SELECT * FROM sys_identity
Name | Type | Description |
Id | String | The database-generated Id returned from a data modification operation. |
Batch | String | An identifier for the batch. 1 for a single operation. |
Operation | String | The result of the operation in the batch: INSERTED, UPDATED, or DELETED. |
Message | String | SUCCESS or an error message if the update in the batch failed. |
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 |
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 |
Verbosity | The verbosity level that determines the amount of detail included in the log file. |
Property | Description |
BrowsableSchemas | This property restricts the schemas reported to a subset of the available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA,SchemaB,SchemaC. |
Property | Description |
MaxRows | Limits the number of rows returned when no aggregation or GROUP BY is used in the query. This takes precedence over LIMIT clauses. |
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. |
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.
string
"202308"
The API version used by default is 202308. 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 |
Scope | A specific scope that the user requires the access token. |
A specific scope that the user requires the access token.
string
""
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.
string
""
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 Logging properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.
Property | Description |
Verbosity | The verbosity level that determines the amount of detail included in the log file. |
The verbosity level that determines the amount of detail included in the log file.
string
"1"
The verbosity level determines the amount of detail that the Cloud reports to the Logfile. Verbosity levels from 1 to 5 are supported. These are detailed in the Logging page.
This section provides a complete list of the Schema properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.
Property | Description |
BrowsableSchemas | This property restricts the schemas reported to a subset of the available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA,SchemaB,SchemaC. |
This property restricts the schemas reported to a subset of the available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA,SchemaB,SchemaC.
string
""
Listing the schemas from databases can be expensive. Providing a list of schemas in the connection string improves the performance.
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 when no aggregation or GROUP BY is used in the query. This takes precedence over LIMIT clauses. |
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. |
Limits the number of rows returned when no aggregation or GROUP BY is used in the query. This takes precedence over LIMIT clauses.
int
-1
Limits the number of rows returned when no aggregation or GROUP BY is used in the query. This takes precedence over LIMIT clauses.
The maximum number of results to return per page from LinkedIn Marketing Solutions.
int
100
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.
string
""
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.
int
60
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 Cloud throws an exception.