Prerequisites

• An active Facebook (FB) account with privileges to manage one or more FB pages exists.

• You are assigned the Team Administrator, Team Collaborator, or Pipeline Administrator role in Hevo to create the Pipeline.

Configuring Facebook Pages as a Source

Perform the following steps to configure Facebook Pages as the Source in your Pipeline:

1. Click PIPELINES in the Navigation Bar.

2. Click + Create Pipeline in the Pipelines List View.

3. On the Select Source Type page, select Facebook Pages.

4. On the Select Destination Type page, select the type of Destination you want to use.

5. On the Configure your Facebook Pages account page, do one of the following:

   • Select a previously configured account and click Continue.

   • Click Add Facebook Pages Account and perform the following steps to configure an account:

     

     1. Log in to your Facebook Pages account, and click Continue as <Company Name> in the pop-up dialog.

        

     2. Select one of the following options:

        • Opt in to all current and future business (Default): Hevo gets access to all the existing businesses in your Business Manager account(s) and the ones you create in the future.

        • Opt in to current businesses only: Hevo gets access only to the businesses in the Business Manager account(s) you select. You can select the accounts individually or click the Select all option to grant access to all the accounts.

          Note: As part of the Facebook Marketing API update to v18.0, Hevo requires business management permission to replicate data from your Facebook Pages account(s).

          

     3. Click Continue.

     4. Select one of the following to choose the pages you want to replicate:

        • Opt in to all current and future Pages: Hevo gets access to all the existing pages in the account and the ones you create in the future.

        • Opt in to current Pages only (Default): Hevo gets access only to the pages you select. You can select the pages individually or click the Select all option to grant access to all the pages.

          

     5. Click Continue.

     6. Review the permissions requested by Hevo and click Save to authorize Hevo to access the data.

        

     7. Click Got it in the confirmation dialog.

        

   Note: If you enable Advanced Protection, such as two-factor authentication or password changes, you will need to reauthorize Hevo; otherwise, the Pipeline will be marked as failed.

6. On the Configure your Facebook Pages Source page, specify the following:

   

   • Pipeline Name: A unique name for your Pipeline, not exceeding 255 characters.

   • Pages: The pages whose data you want to replicate. Select one or more pages from the drop-down. Default selection: All.

   • Historical Sync Duration: The duration for which you want to ingest the existing data from the Source. Default duration: 1 Month.

     Note: You can fetch data for daily_page or unique_page metrics for a period more than three months by changing the position of these objects to any past date up till two years from the current date, in the Pipeline Overview page. Any data ingested from the Source using the Change Position action is billable.

7. Click Test & Continue.

8. Proceed to configuring the data ingestion and setting up the Destination.