Collecting data from impact.com

Follow this guide to collect data from impact.com and preview the data.

Introduction

This guide explains how to collect data from impact.com and preview the data.

This guide does not cover the whole functionality of the impact.com connector. For more information on all features of the impact.com connector, see impact.com connector reference.

Understanding datastreams and authorizations

When you connect to impact.com through Adverity, you authorize Adverity to access your account. Adverity stores this authorization information in an authorization, and stores the data collection configuration in a datastream.

You can create several datastreams using the same authorization. The datastreams collect information from the same source, with the same login credentials, with different configurations.

Prerequisites

Before you start collecting data from impact.com, perform all of the following actions:

Create a report within the impact.com user interface. For more information on creating impact.com reports, see the impact.com connector reference.

Creating a datastream using impact.com

Connecting to impact.com

To connect to impact.com, follow these steps:

  1. Select the workspace you work with in Adverity and then, in the platform navigation menu, click Datastreams.

  2. In the top right corner, click + Create datastream.

  3. Search for and click impact.com.

  4. Choose one of the following options:

    • Click Setup a new authorization and set up the new authorization with your own login credentials.

    • Click Send an access request to ask someone else to set up the new authorization. In the Email field, enter the email address of the person you want to ask to authorize the new authorization.

    • If you already have an authorization to impact.com, choose an existing authorization.

  1. Click Next.

Choosing what data to collect

To choose what data to collect and customize the impact.com datastream configuration, follow these steps:

  1. Click Custom configuration.

  1. Click Next.

  1. (Optional) Rename your datastream.

  1. In Report type, select the type of data to collect from impact.com.

  1. In Report, select the report for which to collect data. If you selected Custom in Report Type, enter the URL of the custom report for which to collect data. For more information, see the impact.com connector reference.

  1. In Campaigns, select the campaigns for which to collect data. If you do not select any items in a drop-down list, Adverity collects data for all items in the drop-down list.

  1. Click Next.

Choosing where to transfer your data

To choose where to transfer your data, follow these steps:

  1. To assign destinations to your datastream, select their checkboxes. For more information on destinations and their configuration settings, see Introduction to transferring data.

  1. Click Next.

Collecting initial data

To collect the initial data, follow these steps:

  1. Choose the time period for which data is collected.

  1. Click Run fetch.

Previewing data collected from impact.com

The fetch collects data from impact.com which takes some time. The Overview page of the newly created datastream is now displayed. To preview the collected data, follow these steps:

  1. In the All tasks tab, find the task at the top of the list, and click Show extracts.

  2. Click the top hyperlink.

  3. The data extract is displayed in a table containing the data that you have fetched.

What’s next?

After collecting data from impact.com, harmonize your data so that it conforms with Adverity's unified naming and formatting conventions.