How Can I Get Values for Video Plays?

Question

How can I get values for video plays?

Environment

Connector: Facebook Ads

Answer

Video plays are available through Facebook's Graph API using the video_play_actions metric in the action_type field. See Facebook's API Insights documentation for more information.

To configure your connector to include video plays, do the following:

1. Go to the Setup tab and click Edit connection details.
2. Click + Custom report.
3. Enter the Report name, select an Aggregation, then click Next.
4. Under Action Breakdowns, include action_type.
5. Under Fields, include video_play_actions and any other required fields.
6. Click Save.

You can find video plays values in your destination by locating the secondary table <custom_report_name>_video_play_actions.