Apple Search Ads Cost Integration
In adstage, you can collect cost data from Apple Search Ads campaigns and review it on the dashboard. Once you connect with your Apple ID, adstage automatically imports your Apple Search Ads campaign groups and periodically collects cost, click, and impression data.
1. Cost Integration Overview
Once the cost integration is complete, you can review cost-related data for the campaign groups you operate in Apple Search Ads directly in adstage.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Where to find it | adstage dashboard Ad Channel Integration > Apple Search Ads > Campaign·Cost Integration tab |
| Collected data | Cost (channel), clicks (channel), impressions (channel) |
| Supported solution | Only the Apple Search Ads Advanced solution supports the Campaign Management API and cost integration. |
Apple Search Ads Advanced
The Apple Search Ads Campaign Management API and cost integration are available only with the Advanced solution. The Basic solution is not supported.
2. Getting Started with Cost Integration
In the adstage dashboard Ad Channel Integration, select Apple Search Ads and then move to the Campaign·Cost Integration tab.
Enable Cost Integration
Turn on the switch for the Apple Search Ads Cost Integration item. The first time you turn the switch on, cost and campaign integration begins.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Available metrics | Cost (channel), clicks (channel), impressions (channel) |
| Update range | Last 30 days (excluding the day of the update, D-30 ~ D-1) |
| Update interval | Every 4 hours (KST 1:00, 5:00, 9:00, 13:00, 17:00, 21:00) |
Connect Campaign Groups with Your Apple ID
After enabling cost integration, click the Connect Campaign Group button. When the Apple sign-in window opens as a popup, sign in with your Apple ID and approve the permissions. Once the integration is complete, your Apple Search Ads campaign groups are imported automatically.
- Click the
Connect Campaign Groupbutton. - Sign in with your Apple ID in the Apple sign-in popup.
- Approve the permissions so that adstage can access your Apple Search Ads data.
- Once the integration is complete, the campaign groups are added to the list automatically.
Before You Connect
The
Connect Campaign Groupbutton becomes available only after you enable the cost integration switch first.
3. Managing Connected Accounts
You can review connected campaign groups in the account list on the Campaign·Cost Integration tab.
Account List Items
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Campaign group (campaign group ID) | The connected campaign group name and ID |
| Status | Cost integration status (preparing, success, failure) |
| Last data update | The most recent data collection time |
| Apple Ads account | The Apple Ads organization name used for the integration |
| Manage | Disconnect (delete) |
Deleting an Account
To disconnect an integration, click the delete button for the corresponding campaign group in the account list. Click Delete in the deletion confirmation message to disconnect the integration.
Caution
If you delete an account, data collection for that campaign group stops. Historical data that has already been collected is retained in adstage, but no new data is collected.
4. Notes
Please review the following.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Supported solution | Only the Apple Search Ads Advanced solution supports cost integration. |
| Discrepancies in figures | Differences in aggregation timing, time zone, and filtering criteria may cause discrepancies between Apple Search Ads and adstage. |
| Data reflection time | After the first integration, it may take up to 4 hours for data to be collected. |
| Integration switch | If you turn off the cost integration switch, data collection for all campaign groups stops. |