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Intro

Yahoo! Japan Corporation is a Japanese internet company originally formed as a joint venture between the American internet company Yahoo! (now Altaba) and the Japanese company SoftBank. To learn more about the Yahoo! Japan Marketing Solutions API, visit their page (https://biz.marketing.yahoo.co.jp/de…er-en/program/). You connect to your Yahoo! Japan Search Ads account in the Data Center. This topic discusses the fields and menus that are specific to the Yahoo! Search Ads connector user interface. General information for adding DataSets, setting update schedules, and editing DataSet information is discussed in Adding a DataSet Using a Data Connector.

Prerequisites

To connect to your Yahoo! Japan Search Ads account and create a DataSet, you must have the following:
  • An API access-exclusive account ID (Application Account ID), in the format xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx
  • A password set to the Application Account ID (onBehalfOfAccountId)
  • A Sponsored Search or Yahoo! Japan Display Ads Network account ID for access via API
To obtain these credentials, reach out to your Yahoo! Japan account representative.

Connecting to Your Yahoo! Japan Search Ads Account

This section enumerates the options in the Credentials and Details panes in the Yahoo! Search Ads Connector page. The components of the other panes in this page, Scheduling and Name & Describe Your DataSet, are universal across most connector types and are discussed in greater length in Adding a DataSet Using a Data Connector.

Credentials Pane

This pane contains fields for entering credentials to connect to your Yahoo! Search Ads account. The following table describes what is needed for each field:
FieldDescription
Application Account IDEnter an API access-exclusive account ID (Application Account ID), in the format xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx.
Application Account PasswordEnter your application account password.
Account IDEnter your Sponsored Search or Yahoo! Japan Display Ads Network account ID.
Once you have entered valid Yahoo! Search Ads credentials, you can use the same account any time you go to create a new Yahoo! Search Ads DataSet. You can manage connector accounts in the Accounts tab in the Data Center. For more information about this tab, see Managing User Accounts for Connectors.

Details Pane

This pane contains a primary Reports menu, along with various other menus for configuring your report.

Menu

Description

Report

Select the Yahoo! Japan Search Ads report you want to run. Currently only one report is available. 

Impossible Field CombinationsReturns impossible field combinations data for the selected Report Type.
Report ServiceReturns data from Yahoo! JAPAN Search Ads based on the Account ID and Report Type selected.

Report Type

Select the desired report type.

Report TypeDescription
AccountReturns account data.
AdReturns Ad data.
Ad GroupReturns Ad Group data.
BiddingReturns Bidding data.
CampaignReturns Campaign data.
GeoReturns Geo data.
Geo TargetingReturns Geo Targeting data.
KeywordReturns Keyword data.
Landing PageReturns Landing Page data.
Schedule TargetingReturns Schedule Targeting data.
Search QueryReturns Search Query data.

Account ID

Select account ID.

Report Fields

Select the columns you want to appear in your report.

Language

Select the language you want to filter your results by (the default is English).

Sort Type

Select whether you want to sort your data in ascending or descending order, or not at all.

Sort Field

Select a column to sort by.

Filter 

Select whether you want to set a filter on your report.

Filter 1…6

Select a filter for your report.

Operator 1…6

Select an operator for your report.

Filter Value 1…6

Select a value for your report filter.

Date Range

Select the date range.

Other Panes

For information about the remaining sections of the connector interface, including how to configure scheduling, retry, and update options, see Adding a DataSet Using a Data Connector.