Analytics
The Analytics API provides account, campaign, and creative level insights on click intelligence numbers.
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The Analytics view provides account, campaign, and creative level insights on click intelligence numbers. Examples of these insights include clicks, shares, and impressions.
The provider uses the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions API to process search criteria. The provider processes other filters client-side within the provider. 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'
Select Rules
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, ApproximateMemberReach, ValidWorkEmailLeads, PostClickRegistrations, PostViewRegistrations, DownloadClicks, QualifiedLeads, CostPerQualifiedLead, MessagingAdvertSendCount, MessagingAdvertOpenCount |
| 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. |
Columns
| 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 analytics or statistics.
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). |
| ApproximateMemberReach | Long | The estimated number of unique member accounts with at least one impression. This metric is only available when the number of days in the date range is less than or equal to 92 days. It will be returned only if the following pivots/columns are specified in the query: Creative, Campaign, CampaignGroup, CampaignType and/or ServingLocation. Additionally, it will not be available for the current UTC day. The expected delay for current UTC day will be 24-48 hours. If the present day is specified in ReportEndTime, the date range will only return reach for days where data exists. |
| ValidWorkEmailLeads | Long | The count of leads with a valid work email that does not use an established free or personal email domain. |
| PostClickRegistrations | Decimal | The number of times a member has registered for an event or seminar after clicking on an ad which has a LinkedIn landing page. |
| PostViewRegistrations | Decimal | The number of times a member has registered for an event or seminar after viewing an ad which has a LinkedIn event landing page. |
| DownloadClicks | Long | The number of times users have indicated the intent to download the media in an ad by clicking the download icon. |
| QualifiedLeads | Long | The count of qualified leads shared by the advertiser. Qualified lead is a lead that has been deemed more likely to become a customer compared to other leads, based on their engagement and fit. |
| CostPerQualifiedLead | Decimal | How much money was spent per qualified lead. Ratio is costInLocalCurrency / qualifiedLeads. |
| MessagingAdvertSendCount | Long | The count of sends of Sponsored Messaging ads. |
| MessagingAdvertOpenCount | Long | The count of opens of Sponsored Messaging ads. |