Set Up an External Credential for Google Ads
To pull Google Ads data into Data Cloud, set up an external credential for your Google Ads provider.
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From Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter
Named Credentials
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On the External Credentials tab, clickNew.
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Enter a label and a name for your external credential. The name can’t contain spaces. You can use underscores.
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For Authentication Protocol, select OAuth 2.0.
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For Authentication Flow Type, select Browser Flow.
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For Authentication Provider, select Google Ads Data Cloud.
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Save your changes.
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In the external credentials that you created, under Principals click New.
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Enter the parameter name. You can include spaces.
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For Identity Type, select Named Principal.
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Set the Sequence Number to 1.
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Save your changes.
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Authenticate your external credentials.
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Under Principals, from the Actions dropdown menu, select Authenticate.
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From the Google Ads Authenticator, select the account that you’re pulling data for.
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To connect Data Cloud to Google Ads, click Allow. After you authenticate, the status changes to Configured.
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Define the Named Credential.
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In Named Credentials, click New and enter a label and name. The name can’t contain spaces. You can use underscores.
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Enter
https://google.com
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For External Credentials, select the external credential that you created.
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Save your changes.
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Enable external credentials access.
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From Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter
Profiles
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Click System Administrator.
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On the Enable External Credential Principal Access tab, click Edit.
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Add the external credentials principal that you created to the Enabled External Credentials Principals column.
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Save your changes.
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