Prerequisites

• An active Pinterest Business account from which the data is to be ingested.

• A Pinterest user with Admin privileges, to access the data from the Pinterest Ads account.

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

Configuring Pinterest Ads as a Source

Perform the following steps to configure Pinterest Ads as the Source in your Pipeline:

1. Click PIPELINES in the Navigation Bar.

2. Click + CREATE PIPELINE in the Pipelines List View.

3. In the Select Source Type page, select Pinterest Ads.

4. In the Configure your Pinterest Ads account page, do one of the following:

   • Select a previously configured account and click CONTINUE.

   • Click + ADD PINTEREST ADS ACCOUNT and perform the following steps to configure an account:

     

     1. Sign in using your Pinterest Business account.

        

     2. Click Give access to authorize Hevo to access your Pinterest Ads data.

        

5. In the Configure your Pinterest Ads Source page, specify the following:

   

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

   • Select Accounts: The Pinterest Ads account(s) whose data you want to ingest. You can select multiple Ad accounts.

   • Historical Sync Duration: The duration for which you want to ingest the existing data from the Source. Default duration: 90 Days.

   • Breakdowns: The granularity of time that you want in your report data. For example, you can break down the number of clicks by Week or Month.

     Note: If you select Hourly breakdown, Hevo ingests the historical data only for the past eight days.

   • Advanced Settings:

     • Attribution Windows: The number of days between a user’s responses on an ad. You can specify either one or both of the following:

       • Click Attribution Window: The number of days between a person clicking your ad and taking an action such as checking out an item.

       • Engagement Attribution Window: The number of days between a person engaging with your ad and taking an action such as adding the item to the cart.

       • View Attribution Window: The number of days between a person viewing your ad and taking an action such as visiting a page.

     • Conversion Report Time: The factor based on which you want to generate a conversion report. Default value: Time of Ad Action. You can select either of the following:

       • Time of Ad Action: Displays the conversion report as per the time at which a user action such as engagement with Pins, clicks, reactions, or comments occurred.

       • Time of Conversion: Displays the conversion report as per the time at which a conversion event, such as sign-up or add to cart occurred.

6. Click TEST & CONTINUE.

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