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Pulling Data from Facebook Ad Campaigns
I've build a custom data connector for Facebook Ads
You can just copy the mez file from https://github.com/Hugoberry/FacebookAds/tree/master/build into your
[My Documents]\Microsoft Power BI Desktop\Custom Connectors directory
and enable custom connectors in Power BI.
The FacebookAds connector now supports two functions. The initial functionality FacebookAds.Campaigns() will return you the insights for your campaigns.
The Second function FacebookAds.API(uri,params) is more of a credentials wrapper for the enitre MarketingAPI. You can tailor your requests as you want with it.
Hey...I just tried using this and got this error (replaced token with xxxxxxx).
DataSource.Error: Web.Contents failed to get contents from 'https://graph.facebook.com/v2.11/act_59096518/campaigns?access_token=xxxxxxx&fields=name' (400): Bad Request
Details:
DataSourceKind=FacebookAds
DataSourcePath=FacebookAds
Url=https://graph.facebook.com/v2.11/act_59096518/campaigns?access_token=xxxxx&fields=nameLet me know if I'm missing something
DataSource.Error: Web.Contents failed to get contents from 'https://graph.facebook.com/v2.11/act_71**9815*******/campaigns?access_token=******=name' (400): Bad Request
Details:
DataSourceKind=FacebookAds
DataSourcePath=FacebookAds
Url=https://graph.facebook.com/v2.11/act_71***99****/campaigns?access_token=********=nameHi All,
You can go to my github page and download the Facebook Campaign Analytics PBI template. Open the template, add some inputs and your are done, you can analyze your Facebook campaigns, ad sets and ads easily through this template.
https://github.com/ranmax123/powerbi/tree/master/facebook%20marketing%20api%20power%20bi%20template
More in my blog post: https://bigintsolutions.com/2018/05/07/the-ultimate-power-bi-template-for-analyzing-your-facebook-campaigns/
If you have any questions, please open up an issue in github.
Thanks,
Ranbeer
Hi hugoberry,
I installed your connector and works like a charm. Just wanted to ask how can I sign out or change facebook user. I tried by clearing permissions but still remembers the first user I entered so there's no way to sign in with another user. https://www.screencast.com/t/vjk7d7FYb
Is there any way to make a reset?
Thanks
Raul.
