Introduction

Datasources and destinations

Fields listing for LinkedIn Ads

Daily granularity
Field IDDAILY
TypeYEAR_MONTH_DAY
Data Typedimension
Monthly granularity
Field IDMONTHLY
TypeYEAR_MONTH
Data Typedimension
Yearly granularity
Field IDYEARLY
TypeYEAR
Data Typedimension
Member Company Size
Group results by member company size.
Field IDMEMBER_COMPANY_SIZE
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Member Seniority
Group results by member seniority.
Field IDMEMBER_SENIORITY
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Member Industry
Group results by member industry.
Field IDMEMBER_INDUSTRY
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Device Type
Group results by impressions device type.
Field IDIMPRESSION_DEVICE_TYPE
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Member Job Title
Group results by member job title.
Field IDMEMBER_JOB_TITLE
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Member Job Function
Group results by member job function.
Field IDMEMBER_JOB_FUNCTION
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Member Country
Group results by member country.
Field IDMEMBER_COUNTRY_V2
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Member Region
Group results by member region.
Field IDMEMBER_REGION_V2
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Member Company
Group results by member company.
Field IDMEMBER_COMPANY
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Action Clicks
The count of clicks on the action button of the Sponsored InMail. Sponsored InMail only.
Field IDactionClicks
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Ad Unit Clicks
The count of clicks on the ad unit displayed alongside the Sponsored InMail. Sponsored InMail only.
Field IDadUnitClicks
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Approximate Unique Impressions
The approximate reach of the campaign. The number of unique member accounts with at least one impression. This metric is not returned by default. It must be explicitly requested in the projection parameter to be returned. See an example of this under Requesting Specific Metrics in the Analytics Finder.
Field IDapproximateUniqueImpressions
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Card Clicks
Non-demographic pivots only. The number of clicks for each card of a carousel ad. The first card click of the carousel ad results in an immediate cardClick and click, whereas scrolling to other cards and clicking will count as additional cardClick.
Field IDcardClicks
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Card Impressions
Non-demographic pivots only. The number of impressions shown for each card of a carousel ad. The first card of the carousel ad results in an immediate cardImpression and impression, whereas scrolling to other cards will count as additional cardImpressions.
Field IDcardImpressions
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Clicks
The count of chargeable clicks. Despite not charging for clicks for CPM campaigns, this field still represents those clicks for which we would otherwise charge advertisers (for example, clicks to view the landing page or company page).
Field IDclicks
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Comment Likes
The count of likes of a comment. Sponsored Updates only.
Field IDcommentLikes
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Comments
The count of comments. Sponsored Updates only.
Field IDcomments
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Company Page Clicks
The count of clicks to view the company page.
Field IDcompanyPageClicks
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Conversion Value In Local Currency
Non-demographic pivots only. Value of the conversions in the account's local currency based on rules defined by the advertiser. Conversion value is set by the advertiser at a per conversion level, and aggregated across the query time range.
Field IDconversionValueInLocalCurrency
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Cost In Local Currency
Cost in the account's local currency based on the pivot and timeGranularity. For example, this would be spend by member company size per month if the pivot is MEMBER_COMPANY_SIZE and timeGranularity is MONTHLY. Cost is not adjusted for overdelivery when a member demographic pivot is specified in the request.
Field IDcostInLocalCurrency
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Cost In Usd
Cost in USD based on the pivot and timeGranularity. For example, this would be spend by campaign on a given day if the pivot is CAMPAIGN and timeGranularity is DAILY. Cost is not adjusted for overdelivery when a member demographic pivot is specified in the request.
Field IDcostInUsd
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Date Range
Date range covered by the report data point. Date is specified in UTC. Start and end date are inclusive. Start date is required. End date is optional and defaults to today.
Field IDdateRange
TypeTEXT
Data Typemetric
External Website Conversions
The count of conversions indicated by pixel loads on an external advertiser website.
Field IDexternalWebsiteConversions
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
External Website Post Click Conversions
The count of post-click conversions indicated by pixel loads on an external advertiser website.
Field IDexternalWebsitePostClickConversions
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
External Website Post View Conversions
The count of post-view conversions indicated by pixel loads on an external advertiser website.
Field IDexternalWebsitePostViewConversions
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Follows
The count of follows. Sponsored Updates only.
Field IDfollows
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Full Screen Plays
The count of taps on the video, going into video view mode.
Field IDfullScreenPlays
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Impressions
This is the count of "impressions" for Direct Ads and Sponsored Updates and "sends" for InMails.
Field IDimpressions
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Landing Page Clicks
The count of clicks which take the user to the creative landing page.
Field IDlandingPageClicks
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Lead Generation Mail Contact Info Shares
The number of times users shared contact info through the One Click Lead Gen for Sponsored InMail. Sponsored InMail only.
Field IDleadGenerationMailContactInfoShares
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Lead Generation Mail Interested Clicks
The count of InMail recipients who clicked to demonstrate interest. Sponsored InMail only.
Field IDleadGenerationMailInterestedClicks
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Likes
The count of likes. Sponsored Updates only.
Field IDlikes
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
One Click Lead Form Opens
The count of times users opened the lead form for a One Click Lead Gen campaign.
Field IDoneClickLeadFormOpens
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
One Click Leads
The count of leads generated through One Click Lead Gen.
Field IDoneClickLeads
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Opens
The count of opens of Sponsored InMail. Sponsored InMail only.
Field IDopens
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Other Engagements
The count of user interactions with the ad unit that do not fit into any other more specific category.
Field IDotherEngagements
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Pivot Values
The value of the pivots for a specific record returned. For example, supplying pivots of CREATIVE and CONVERSION results in a list of records, one for each creative/conversion combination. The pivotValues contain serialized URNs for the specific creative and conversion for a record.
Field IDpivotValues
TypeTEXT
Data Typemetric
Reactions
The count of positive reactions on Sponsored Updates which can capture, like, interest, praise, and other responses.
Field IDreactions
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Sends
The count of sends of Sponsored InMail. Sponsored InMail only.
Field IDsends
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Shares
The count of shares. Sponsored Updates only.
Field IDshares
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Text Url Clicks
The count of clicks on any links (anchor tags) that were included in the body of the Sponsored InMail. Sponsored InMail only.
Field IDtextUrlClicks
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Total Engagements
The count of all user interactions with the ad unit.
Field IDtotalEngagements
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Video Completions
The count of video ads that played 97-100% of the video. This includes watches that skipped to this point if the serving location is ON_SITE.
Field IDvideoCompletions
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Video First Quartile Completions
The count of video ads that played through the first quartile of the video. This includes watches that skipped to this point if the serving location is ON_SITE.
Field IDvideoFirstQuartileCompletions
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Video Midpoint Completions
The count of video ads that played through the midpoint of the video. This includes watches that skipped to this point if the serving location is ON_SITE.
Field IDvideoMidpointCompletions
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Video Starts
The count of video ads that were started by users.
Field IDvideoStarts
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Video Third Quartile Completions
The count of video ads that played through the third quartile of the video. This includes watches that skipped to this point if the serving location is ON_SITE.
Field IDvideoThirdQuartileCompletions
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Video Views
A video ad playing for at least 2 continuous seconds 50% in-view, or a click on the CTA, whichever comes first. An interaction with the video (like going to fullscreen mode) does not count as a view.
Field IDvideoViews
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Viral Card Clicks
Non-demographic pivots only. The number of viralClicks for each card of a carousel ad. The first viralCardClick of the carousel ad results in an immediate viralCardClick and viralClick, whereas scrolling to other cards and clicking will count as additional viralCardClick.
Field IDviralCardClicks
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Viral Card Impressions
Non-demographic pivots only. The number of viralImpressions shown for each card of a carousel ad. The first card of the carousel ad results in an immediate viralCardImpression and viralImpression, whereas scrolling to other cards will count as additional viralCardImpressions.
Field IDviralCardImpressions
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Viral Clicks
The count of clicks on viral impressions. See viral impressions definition. Sponsored Updates only.
Field IDviralClicks
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Viral Comment Likes
The count of likes on comments from viral impressions for this activity. See viral impressions definition. Sponsored Updates only.
Field IDviralCommentLikes
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Viral Comments
The count of comments from viral impressions for this activity. See viral impressions definition. Sponsored Updates only.
Field IDviralComments
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Viral Company Page Clicks
The count of clicks to view the company page from viral impressions for this activity. See viral impressions definition. Sponsored Updates only.
Field IDviralCompanyPageClicks
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Viral External Website Conversions
The count of conversions indicated by pixel loads on an external advertiser website driven by a viral event. See viral impressions definition.
Field IDviralExternalWebsiteConversions
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Viral External Website Post Click Conversions
The count of post-click conversions indicated by pixel loads on an external advertiser website driven by a viral click. See viral impressions definition.
Field IDviralExternalWebsitePostClickConversions
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Viral External Website Post View Conversions
The count of post-view conversions indicated by pixel loads on an external advertiser website driven by a viral impression. See viral impressions definition.
Field IDviralExternalWebsitePostViewConversions
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Viral Follows
The count of follows from viral impressions for this activity. See viral impressions definition. Sponsored Updates only.
Field IDviralFollows
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Viral Full Screen Plays
The count of taps on the video, going into video view mode. See viralImpressions definition.
Field IDviralFullScreenPlays
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Viral Impressions
The count of viral impressions for this activity. Viral impressions are those resulting from users sharing a sponsored update to their own network of connections. Viral impressions are not counted as regular impressions. Sponsored Updates only.
Field IDviralImpressions
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Viral Landing Page Clicks
The count of clicks on viral impressions to take the user to the creative landing page. See viral impressions definition. Sponsored Updates only.
Field IDviralLandingPageClicks
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Viral Likes
The count of likes from viral impressions for this activity. See viral impressions definition. Sponsored Updates only.
Field IDviralLikes
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Viral One Click Lead Form Opens
The count of times users opened the lead form for viral impressions from a Lead Gen campaign. See viral impressions definition.
Field IDviralOneClickLeadFormOpens
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Viral One Click Leads
The count of leads generated through One Click Lead Gen from viral impressions for this activity. See viral impressions definition.
Field IDviralOneClickLeads
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Viral Other Engagements
The count of user interactions with viral impressions that do not fit into any other more specific category. See viral impressions definition. Sponsored Updates only.
Field IDviralOtherEngagements
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Viral Reactions
The count of positive reactions on viral Sponsored Updates which can capture like, interest, praise, and other responses. See viral impressions definition for details on viral engagements.
Field IDviralReactions
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Viral Shares
The count of shares from viral impressions for this activity. See viral impressions definition. Sponsored Updates only.
Field IDviralShares
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Viral Total Engagements
The count of all user interactions with a viral ad unit. See viral impressions definition. Sponsored Updates only.
Field IDviralTotalEngagements
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Viral Video Completions
The count of viral video ads that played 97-100% of the video. This includes watches that skipped to this point. See viralImpressions definition.
Field IDviralVideoCompletions
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Viral Video First Quartile Completions
The count of viral video ads that played through the first quartile of the video. This includes watches that skipped to this point. See viralImpressions definition.
Field IDviralVideoFirstQuartileCompletions
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Viral Video Midpoint Completions
The count of viral video ads that played through the midpoint of the video. This includes watches that skipped to this point. See viralImpressions definition.
Field IDviralVideoMidpointCompletions
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Viral Video Starts
The count of viral video ads that were started by users. See viralImpressions definition. Since viral videos are automatically played for ON_SITE, this will be the same as viralImpressions if the servingLocation is ON_SITE.
Field IDviralVideoStarts
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Viral Video Third Quartile Completions
The count of viral video ads that played through the third quartile of the video. This includes watches that skipped to this point. See viralImpressions definition
Field IDviralVideoThirdQuartileCompletions
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Viral Video Views
A viral video ad playing for at least 2 continuous seconds 50% in-view, or a click on the CTA, whichever comes first. An interaction with the video (like going to full screen mode) does not count as a view. See viralImpressions definition.
Field IDviralVideoViews
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Account Currency
The 3 character standard currency code such as 'USD' for United States Dollar. Refer to the list of supported currencies for the full list. Note: Advertisers selecting Brazilian Real (BRL) as a currency will see their account budget, advertising bids, and spend in BRL, but their account will be billed in USD. We recommend communicating this to advertisers in your application if they opt for BRL. Learn more
Field IDaccount.currency
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Account Id
Unique internal ID representing the account.
Field IDaccount.id
TypeNUMBER
Data Typedimension
Account Name
A label for the account.
Field IDaccount.name
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Account Notified On Campaign Optimization
Indicates if the campaign contact is notified about campaign optimization opportunities.
Field IDaccount.notifiedOnCampaignOptimization
TypeBOOLEAN
Data Typedimension
Account Notified On Creative Approval
Indicates if the creative contact is notified when a creative has been reviewed and approved.
Field IDaccount.notifiedOnCreativeApproval
TypeBOOLEAN
Data Typemetric
Account Notified On Creative Rejection
Indicates if the creative contact is notified when a creative has been rejected due to content.
Field IDaccount.notifiedOnCreativeRejection
TypeBOOLEAN
Data Typedimension
Account Notified On End Of Campaign
Indicates if the campaign contact is notified when an associated campaign has been completed.
Field IDaccount.notifiedOnEndOfCampaign
TypeBOOLEAN
Data Typedimension
Account Notified On New Features Enabled
Indicates if the account owner is notified about new Campaign Manager features.
Field IDaccount.notifiedOnNewFeaturesEnabled
TypeBOOLEAN
Data Typedimension
Account Reference
The entity on whose behalf the account advertises. Must either be in the format urn:li:person:{id} or urn:li:organization:{id}.
Field IDaccount.reference
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Account Serving Statuses
An array of enums with information about the account's system serving statuses. If an account is eligible for serving, then this array will have a single element: RUNNABLE Otherwise, this array will contain one or more reasons why the account is not servable: STOPPED BILLING_HOLD ACCOUNT_TOTAL_BUDGET_HOLD ACCOUNT_END_DATE_HOLD RESTRICTED_HOLD INTERNAL_HOLD
Field IDaccount.servingStatuses
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Account Status
ACTIVE - Account is active; this is the default stateCANCELED - Account has been permanently canceledDRAFT - Account is in draft status, meaning it's not yet fully set up and it is not serving
Field IDaccount.status
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Account Type
BUSINESS – This is the only value allowed when creating accounts through the API. ENTERPRISE – This value cannot be used to create accounts through the API and is reserved for accounts created by LinkedIn's internal ad operations systems.
Field IDaccount.type
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Account Test
Flag showing whether this account is marked as a test account. An account can be marked as test only during creation. This is an immutable field.
Field IDaccount.test
TypeBOOLEAN
Data Typedimension
Campaign_group Account
URN identifying the advertising account associated with the campaign. This value is immutable once set. For example, urn:li:SponsoredAccount:{id}.
Field IDcampaign_group.account
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Campaign_group Backfilled
Flag that denotes whether the campaign group was created organically or to backfill existing campaigns. This is a read-only field set by the system.
Field IDcampaign_group.backfilled
TypeBOOLEAN
Data Typedimension
Campaign_group Id
Numerical identifier for the campaign group. This is a read-only field set by the system.
Field IDcampaign_group.id
TypeNUMBER
Data Typedimension
Campaign_group Name
The name of the campaign group used to make it easier to reference a campaign group and recall its purpose. The value of this field cannot exceed 100 characters.
Field IDcampaign_group.name
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Campaign_group Run Schedule Start
Represents the inclusive (greater than or equal to) date when to start running the associated campaigns under this campaign group. This field is required.
Field IDcampaign_group.runSchedule.start
TypeYEAR_MONTH_DAY
Data Typedimension
Campaign_group Run Schedule End
Represents the exclusive (strictly less than) date when to stop running the associated campaigns under this campaign group. If this field is unset, it indicates an open range with no end date. This field is required if totalBudget is set.
Field IDcampaign_group.runSchedule.end
TypeYEAR_MONTH_DAY
Data Typedimension
Campaign_group Serving Statuses
Array of enums that determine whether or not campaigns within the campaign group may be served. Unlike status, which is user-managed, the values are controlled by the service. This is a read-only field. Possible values are: RUNNABLE Campaign group is currently active; billing information, budgetary constraints, or start and end dates are valid.STOPPED Campaign group is currently not eligible for serving for reasons other than billing information, budgetary constraints, or termination dates. For instance, a campaign group will be STOPPED if it has been canceled by the user, or it is marked as spam.BILLING_HOLD Parent account is on billing hold.ACCOUNT_TOTAL_BUDGET_HOLD Parent account total budget has been reached.ACCOUNT_END_DATE_HOLD Parent account end date has been reached.CAMPAIGN_GROUP_TOTAL_BUDGET_HOLD Campaign group total budget has been reached.CAMPAIGN_GROUP_START_DATE_HOLD Campaign group start date is in the future.CAMPAIGN_GROUP_END_DATE_HOLD Campaign group end date has been reached.
Field IDcampaign_group.servingStatuses
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Campaign_group Status
Status of campaign group. Possible values are: ACTIVE - Denotes that the campaign group is capable of serving ads, subject to run date and budget limitations (as well as any other limitations at the account or campaign level).ARCHIVED - Denotes that the campaign group is presently inactive, and should mostly be hidden in the UI until un-archived. CANCELED - Denotes that the campaign group has been permanently canceled and cannot be reactivated. Not a settable status. DRAFT - Denotes that the campaign group is in a preliminary state and should temporarily not be served. PAUSED - Denotes that the campaign group meets all requirements to be served, but temporarily should not be.
Field IDcampaign_group.status
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Campaign_group Total Budget Amount
Maximum amount to spend across all associated campaigns and creatives for duration of the campaign group.
Field IDcampaign_group.totalBudget.amount
TypeNUMBER
Data Typedimension
Campaign_group Total Budget Currency Code
Maximum amount to spend over the life of the campaign. The currency must match the ISO currency code of the account.
Field IDcampaign_group.totalBudget.currencyCode
TypeNUMBER
Data Typedimension
Campaign_group Test
Flag showing whether this campaign group is a test campaign group, i.e., belongs to a test account. This is a read-only and immutable field that is set implicitly during creation based on whether the account is a Test Account or not.
Field IDcampaign_group.test
TypeBOOLEAN
Data Typedimension
Campaign_group Allowed Campaign Types
Array of enums that indicates allowed campaign types within the specific campaign group. Possible values are:TEXT_AD - Text-based ads that show up in the right column or top of the page on LinkedIn.SPONSORED_UPDATES - Native ads that promote a company's content updates in the LinkedIn feed.SPONSORED_INMAILS - Personalized messages with a call-to-action button delivered to a LinkedIn's member inbox.DYNAMIC - Ads that are dynamically personalized. This is a read-only field.
Field IDcampaign_group.allowedCampaignTypes
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Campaign Account
URN identifying the advertising account associated with the campaign. This value is immutable once set. For example, urn:li:sponsoredAccount:{id}.
Field IDcampaign.account
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Campaign Associated Entity
An URN identifying the intended beneficiary of the advertising campaign such as a specific company or member.
Field IDcampaign.associatedEntity
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Campaign Audience Expansion Enabled
Enable Audience Expansion for the campaign provides query expansion for certain targeting criteria.
Field IDcampaign.audienceExpansionEnabled
TypeBOOLEAN
Data Typedimension
Campaign Campaign Group
URN identifying the campaign group associated with the campaign. The campaign group URN must be specified for campaign creation starting October 30, 2020.
Field IDcampaign.campaignGroup
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Campaign Cost Type
CPM - Cost per thousand advertising impressions. If type=SPONSORED_INMAILS; cost per send(CPS) is measured as CPM x 1000. CPC - Cost per individual click on the associated link. CPV - Cost per view for video ads.
Field IDcampaign.costType
TypeNUMBER
Data Typedimension
Campaign Creative Selection
ROUND_ROBIN - Rotate through available creatives to serve them as evenly as possible. OPTIMIZED - Bias selection taking into account such as expected performance. Not available for Message and Conversation Ads (type=SPONSORED_INMAILS).
Field IDcampaign.creativeSelection
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Campaign Daily Budget Amount
Maximum amount to spend per day UTC. The amount of money as a real number string.
Field IDcampaign.dailyBudget.amount
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Campaign Daily Budget Currency Code
ISO currency code. The currency must match that of the parent account.
Field IDcampaign.dailyBudget.currencyCode
TypeNUMBER
Data Typedimension
Campaign Locale Country
Locale of the campaign. An uppercase two-letter country code as defined by ISO-3166. The country and language combination must match one of the [supported locales]((../../../../shared/references/reference-tables/language-codes?context=linkedin/marketing/context).
Field IDcampaign.locale.country
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Campaign Locale Language
Locale of the campaign. A lowercase two-letter language code as defined by ISO-639. The country and language combination must match one of the [supported locales]((../../../../shared/references/reference-tables/language-codes?context=linkedin/marketing/context)
Field IDcampaign.locale.language
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Campaign Name
The name of the campaign; primarily used to make it easier to reference a campaign and to recall its purpose.
Field IDcampaign.name
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Campaign ID
The id of the campaign.
Field IDcampaign.id
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Campaign Objective Type
Objective type of campaign. Possible values are: BRAND_AWARENESS This objective aims to get the most reach and impression for their campaigns with the business goal of speading awareness. This objective allows for Standard Sponsored Content, Carousel Sponsored Content, Video Sponsored Content, Text Ads, Spotlight Dynamic Ads, and Follow Company Dynamic Ads type campaign formats. ENGAGEMENT This objective aims to get more engagement on sponsored content post with the business goal of brand consideration. The ad unit also includes a follow button for advertisers to get more page followers on LinkedIn. This objective allows for standard sponsored content, carousel sponsored content, and video sponsored content type campaign formats. JOB_APPLICANT This objective aims to get more job applicants on LinkedIn with the business goal of brand talent media. This objective allows for Job Dynamic Ads, Spotlight Dynamic Ads, and Standard Sponsored Content type campaign formats. LEAD_GENERATION This objective aims to generate leads for advertisers with the business goal of brand conversion. When users click on this ad, they will be lead to a lead generation form pre-filled with their LinkedIn profile date. This objective allows for Lead Generation Form Sponsored Content, Lead Generation Form Carousel Sponsored Content, Video Lead Generation Form Sponsored Content, and Lead Generation Form Sponsored InMail type campaign formats. VIDEO_VIEW This objective aims to get more people to watch their video ads optimizing for number of views with the business goal of brand consideration. This objective type allows for Video Sponsored Content and Video Carousel Sponsored Content type campaign formats. WEBSITE_CONVERSION This objective aims to get more conversions from advertiser’s website with the business goal of brand conversion. Advertisers need to install LinkedIn InsightTag so that LinkedIn can track conversion events and optimize towards them. This objective allows for Standard Sponsored Content, Image and Video Carousel Sponsored Content, Video Sponsored Content, Text Ads, Spotlight Dynamic Ads, and Sponsored InMail type campaign formats. WEBSITE_VISIT This objective aims to get more people to visit a website destination with the business goal of brand consideration. This objective allows for Standard Sponsored Content, Image and Video Carousel Sponsored Content, Video Sponsored Content, Text Ads, Spotlight Dynamic Ads, and Sponsored InMail type campaign formats. CREATIVE_ENGAGEMENT To be deprecated Legacy objective used by advertisers to drive more engagement on sponsored content posts. This objective requires advertisers to configure their campaigns to optimize towards clicks, impresisons, or conversions. The ad creative will include a follow button for advertisers to get more page followers on LinkedIn. Currently, this objective is fully supported by the platform; however, we recommend that advertisers use ENGAGEMENT for more precise optimization.WEBSITE_TRAFFIC To be deprecated Legacy objective used by advertisers to direct more people to visit a website destination. This objective requires advertisers to configure their campaigns to optimize towards clicks, impresisons, or conversions. The ad creative will not include a follow button. Currently, this objective is fully supported by the platform; however, we recommend that advertisers use WEBSITE VISIT, WEBSITE CONVERSION, BRAND AWARENESS for more precise optimization.New objectives provide greater benefits to advertisers (eg.enhanced optimization, etc;), and we plan to deprecate the legacy objectives eventually. We recommend integrations towards non-legacy objective types. Refer to the validation documentation here.
Field IDcampaign.objectiveType
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Campaign Run Schedule Start
Scheduled date range to run associated creatives. The start date must be non-null. Represents the inclusive (greater than or equal to) value in which to start the range.
Field IDcampaign.runSchedule.start
TypeYEAR_MONTH_DAY
Data Typedimension
Campaign Run Schedule End
Scheduled date range to run associated creatives. The start date must be non-null. Represents the exclusive (strictly less than) value in which to end the range. This field is optional. An unset field indicates an open range; for example, if start is 1455309628000 (Fri, 12 Feb 2016 20:40:28 GMT), and end is not set, it means everything at, or after 1455309628000.
Field IDcampaign.runSchedule.end
TypeYEAR_MONTH_DAY
Data Typedimension
Campaign Total Budget Amount
Maximum amount to spend over the life of the campaign. The amount of money as a real number string. Deprecated for campaigns not using lifetime pacing.
Field IDcampaign.totalBudget.amount
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Campaign total budget left
Total amount of budget left for a campaign.
Field IDcampaign.totalBudget.left
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Campaign Total Budget Currency Code
ISO currency code. The currency must match that of the account. Deprecated for campaigns not using lifetime pacing.
Field IDcampaign.totalBudget.currencyCode
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Campaign Type
TEXT_AD - Text-based ads that show up in the right column or top of the page on LinkedIn. SPONSORED_UPDATES - Native ads that promote a company's content updates in the LinkedIn feed. SPONSORED_INMAILS - Personalized messages with a call-to-action button delivered to a LinkedIn's member inbox. DYNAMIC - Ads that are dynamically personalized.
Field IDcampaign.type
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Campaign Unit Cost Amount
Amount to bid per click, impression, or other event depending on the pricing model. The amount of money as a real number string. The default is 0 with the currency code set to match that of the associated account.
Field IDcampaign.unitCost.amount
TypeNUMBER
Data Typemetric
Campaign Unit Cost Currency Code
Amount to bid per click, impression, or other event depending on the pricing model. The default is 0 with the currency code set to match that of the associated account. ISO currency code.
Field IDcampaign.unitCost.currencyCode
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Campaign Version Tag
Each entity has a version tag associated with it. The version tag is initiated to 1 when the entity is created. Each single update to the entity increases its version tag by 1.
Field IDcampaign.versionTag
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Campaign Status
ACTIVE - Denotes that the campaign is fully servable. PAUSED - Denotes that the campaign meets all requirements to be served, but temporarily should not be. ARCHIVED - Denotes that the campaign is presently inactive, and should mostly be hidden in the UI until un-archived. COMPLETED - Denotes that the campaign has reached a specified budgetary or chronological limit. CANCELED - Denotes that the campaign has been permanently canceled, such as when an advertising account is permanently closed. DRAFT - Denotes that the campaign is still being edited and not eligible for serving. Some validation will be postponed until the campaign is activated.
Field IDcampaign.status
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Campaign Format
The ad format on campaign level. CAROUSEL - Carousel ad format is a kind of multi-content ad that allows members to swipe left and right to view content in succession. FOLLOW_COMPANY - DYNAMIC campaign with FOLLOW_COMPANY_V2 creative. JOBS - DYNAMIC campaign with JOBS_V2 creative. SINGLE_VIDEO - Single video format is a single content ad where members can watch a video. SPONSORED_INMAIL - Standard advertiser created paid message sent to a member that supports links, leadgen forms, and other traditional methods of interacting with the creative. SPONSORED_MESSAGE - Conversation Ad format that provides chat-like experience between the member and the advertiser. SPOTLIGHT - DYNAMIC campaign with SPOTLIGHT_V2 creative. STANDARD_UPDATE - Standard user generated content with a single image or article showing in LinkedIn feed, SlideShare, even off LinkedIn network and etc TEXT_AD - Standard advertiser created text-oriented ad showing on the right rail of LinkedIn desktop homepage, profile page or on the banner of LinkedIn desktop homepage. UNSUPPORTED - Corresponds to all legacy creative types that are unsupported as of the time that campaign format was introduced. This includes both the explicit UNSUPPORTED creative type as well as the V1 dynamic creative types. This value should not be passed as an input. The campaign format is a required field when campaign.type= DYNAMIC. It restricts the types of creatives (CreativeType) that may be added to this campaign. For example, campaigns with the CAROUSEL format can only have creatives of SPONSORED_UPDATE_CAROUSEL type and campaigns with the SINGLE_VIDEO can only have creatives with SPONSORED_VIDEO type. Refer to the validation documentation here.
Field IDcampaign.format
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Campaign Pacing Strategy
Identifies the pacing option used for the campaign. Optional and editable only on create. Possible values: LIFETIME - Lifetime pacing that optimizes campaign budget delivery throughout campaign's lifetime.
Field IDcampaign.pacingStrategy
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Campaign Test
Flag showing whether this campaign is a test campaign, i.e., belongs to a test account. This is a read-only and immutable field that is set implicitly during creation based on whether the account is a Test Account or not.
Field IDcampaign.test
TypeBOOLEAN
Data Typedimension
Campaign Serving Statuses
Array of enums that determine whether or not a campaign may be served; unlike 'status', which is user-managed, the values are controlled by the service. This is a read-only field. Possible values are: RUNNABLE Campaign is eligible for serving.STOPPED Campaign is currently not servable for reasons other than billing information, budgetary constraints, or termination dates. For instance, an campaign will be STOPPED if it has been PAUSED by the user.ACCOUNT_TOTAL_BUDGET_HOLD Parent account total budget has been reached.ACCOUNT_END_DATE_HOLD Parent account end date has been reached. CAMPAIGN_START_DATE_HOLD Campaign start date is in the future.CAMPAIGN_END_DATE_HOLD Campaign end date has been reached.CAMPAIGN_TOTAL_BUDGET_HOLD Campaign total budget has been reached.CAMPAIGN_AUDIENCE_COUNT_HOLD Campaign is on hold because it has an audience count lower than the threshold.CAMPAIGN_GROUP_START_DATE_HOLD Campaign group start date is in the future.CAMPAIGN_GROUP_END_DATE_HOLD Campaign Group end date is in the past.CAMPAIGN_GROUP_TOTAL_BUDGET_HOLD Campaign group total budget has been reached.CAMPAIGN_GROUP_STATUS_HOLD Campaign group status is on hold.ACCOUNT_SERVING_HOLD Parent account is on hold and not eligible for serving.
Field IDcampaign.servingStatuses
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Creative ID
Unique numerical identifier for the ad creative
Field IDcreative.id
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Creative Direct Sponsored Content name
Indicate whether the creative is a direct sponsored content or not.
Field IDcreative.directSponsoredContent
TypeBOOLEAN
Data Typemetric
Creative Status
ACTIVE - Creative creation is complete and creative is available for review and serve. PAUSED - Creative creation is complete and creative is current, but should temporarily not be served. This status is not valid upon creation. DRAFT - Creative creation is incomplete and may still be edited. ARCHIVED - Creative creation is complete, but creative should not be served and should be separated from non-archived creatives in any UI.CANCELED - Creative is permanently canceled. Creative status is set independently from parent entity status, but parent entity status overrides creative status in effect. For example, parent entity status may be PAUSED while creative status is ACTIVE, in which case creative is in effect PAUSED, and not served.
Field IDcreative.status
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Creative Serving Status
ACTIVE - Creative creation is complete and creative is available for review and serve. PAUSED - Creative creation is complete and creative is current, but should temporarily not be served. This status is not valid upon creation. DRAFT - Creative creation is incomplete and may still be edited. ARCHIVED - Creative creation is complete, but creative should not be served and should be separated from non-archived creatives in any UI.CANCELED - Creative is permanently canceled. Creative status is set independently from parent entity status, but parent entity status overrides creative status in effect. For example, parent entity status may be PAUSED while creative status is ACTIVE, in which case creative is in effect PAUSED, and not served.
Field IDcreative.servingStatus
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Creative Type
TEXT_AD - Text with Sponsored Link to landing page on your site. SPONSORED_STATUS_UPDATE - Sponsored status update from a profile page. SPONSORED_INMAILS - Single message ad delivered to the member's inbox SPONSORED_MESSAGE - Conversation ad containing a tree of pre-determined messages delivered to the member's inbox SPONSORED_VIDEO - Sponsored videos.SPONSORED_UPDATE_CAROUSEL - Sponsored CarouselsFOLLOW_COMPANY_V2 - Dynamic Follow AdSPOTLIGHT_V2 - Dynamic Spotlight AdJOBS_V2 - Dynamic Job Ad
Field IDcreative.type
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Creative Title
Title of the creative
Field IDcreative.title
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Creative Description
Description of the creative
Field IDcreative.description
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Creative destination URL
Destination URL of the creative
Field IDcreative.destination_url
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension
Creative ad preview URL
URL preview of the ads
Field IDcreative.ad_url_preview
TypeURL
Data Typedimension
Creative Ad Thumbnail
Thumbnail
Field IDcreative.thumbnail_url
TypeURL
Data Typedimension
Creative Reference Type
Creative Reference Type
Field IDcreative.reference_type
TypeURL
Data Typedimension
Creative Reference ID
Creative Reference ID
Field IDcreative.reference_id
TypeURL
Data Typedimension
Extracted Date
The date where the extraction take times.
Field ID_catchr_date_extract
TypeYEAR_MONTH_DAY_SECOND
Data Typedimension
Platform Name
Return the platform name
Field ID_catchr_platform_name
TypeTEXT
Data Typedimension