Data Providers - Segment Loads report

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02/27/2024

The Segment Loads report allows you to view metrics about your segments, including the total number of segment pixel loads and the number of unique user IDs included at specific points in time.

For instructions on retrieving a report, see Report Service or the examples below.

Note

You must select the shared segments explicitly to report on them.

Time frame

The report_interval field in the JSON request can be set to:

today
yesterday
last_48_hours
last_7_days
month_to_date

Tip

To run a report for a custom time frame, set the start_date and end_date fields in your report request. For more details about these fields, see Report Service.

Dimensions

Column	Type	Filter?	Example	Description
`segment_id`	int	yes	`220`	The ID of the segment.
`segment_name`	string	no	`"Submitted application"`	The name of the segment.
`segment`	string	no	`"Submitted application (220)"`	Deprecated (as of October 17, 2016).
`day`	time	yes	`2011-01-06`	The day for which you want segment metrics.
`month`	time	yes	`2011-01`	The month for which you want segment metrics.

Metrics

Column	Type	Example	Description
`total_loads`	int	`28375`	The total number of times the segment pixel loaded.
`daily_uniques`	int	`556`	The number of unique user IDs added to the segment on a specific day. To view this metric, you must include the day dimension.
`monthly_uniques`	int	`10998`	The number of unique user IDs added to the segment in a specific month. To view this metric, you must include the month dimension.
`avg_daily_uniques`	int	`675`	The average number of users added to a segment per day for a specific month. To view this metric, you must include the month dimension.

Examples

View monthly and average daily metrics for all segments

Create the JSON request for the report.

$ cat segments_monthly
{
    "report":
    {
        "report_type": "segment_load",
        "columns": [
            "segment_id",
            "segment_name",
            "month",
            "total_loads",
            "monthly_uniques",
            "avg_daily_uniques"
        ],
        "groups": [
            "segment_id",
            "month"
        ],
        "orders": [
            "month"
        ],
        "emails": ["js@email.com"],
        "format": "csv"
    }
}

POST the request to the Report Service.

$ curl -b cookies -c cookies -X POST -d @segments_monthly 'https://api.appnexus.com/report'
{
    "response":{
        "status":"OK",
        "report_id":"07af1282c9485adcef49c95fa5d7496b"
    }
}

GET the report status from the Report Service.

Make a GET call with the Report ID to retrieve the status of the report. Continue making this GET call until the execution_status is "ready". Then use the report-download service to save the report data to a file, as described in the next step.

$ curl -b cookies -c cookies 'https://api.appnexus.com/report?id=07af1282c9485adcef49c95fa5d7496b'
{
    "response": {
        "status": "OK",
        "report": {
            "name": null,
            "created_on": "2012-02-10 16:41:39",
            "cache_hit": false,
            "fact_cache_hit": false,
            "fact_cache_error": null,
            "json_request": "{\"report\":{\"report_type\":\"segment_load\",\"columns\":
             [\"segment_id\",\"segment_name\",\"month\",\"total_loads\",\"monthly_uniques\",
             \"avg_daily_uniques\"],\"groups\":[\"segment_id\",\"month\"],\"orders\":
             [\"month\"],\"emails\":[\"js@email.com\"],\"row_per\":[\"segment_id\",
             \"month\"]}}",
            "header_info": "Report type:,segment_load\u000d\u000a,\u000d\u000aRun at:,
             2012-02-10 16:41:39\u000d\u000aStart date:,\u000d\u000aEnd date:,\u000d\u000aTimezone:,
             \u000d\u000aUser:,John Smith (10055)\u000d\u000a",
            "url": "report-download?id=07af1282c9485adcef49c95fa5d7496b"
        },
        "execution_status": "ready"
    }
}

GET the report data from the Report Download Service.

To download the report data to a file, make another GET call with the Report ID, but this time to the report-download service. You can find the service and Report ID in the url field of the previous GET response. When identifying the file that you want to save to, be sure to use the file extension of the "format" that you specified in your initial POST.
```
curl -b cookies -c cookies 'https://api.appnexus.com/report-download?id=07af1282c9485adcef49c95fa5d7496b' > /temp/segement_loads.csv
```

View daily metrics for segment 184531