How Can I Get 3-Second Video Views?

Question

How can I get 3-second video views?

Environment

Connector: Facebook Ads

Answer

3-second video views are available through Facebook's Graph API using the video_view metric in the action_type field. See Facebook's documentation for more information.

To configure your connector to include 3-second video views, do the following:

1. In the connector dashboard, go to the Setup tab.
2. Click Edit connection details.
3. Add a new Custom Report table.
4. Under Action Breakdowns, include action_type.
5. Under Fields, include actions and any other required fields.
6. Click Save.
7. In the destination, locate the secondary table <custom_report_name>_actions.

   NOTE: Fivetran creates secondary tables for actions because it is considered a part of the list AdsActionStats field.

8. Search for video_view under the action_type column.