How to integrate Amazon Ads using SSIS

Integrate SSIS and Amazon Ads
Integrate SSIS and Amazon Ads

Learn how to quickly and efficiently connect Amazon Ads with SSIS for smooth data access.

Read and write Amazon Ads data effortlessly. Integrate, manage, and automate campaigns, ad groups, and performance metrics — almost no coding required. You can do it all using the high-performance Amazon Ads Connector for SSIS. We'll walk you through the entire setup.

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Video Tutorial

This video covers the following topics and more, so please watch carefully. After watching the video, follow the steps outlined in this article:

  • How to download and install the required PowerPack for Amazon Ads integration in SSIS
  • How to configure the connection for Amazon Ads
  • Features of the ZappySys API Source (Authentication / Query Language / Examples / Driver UI)
  • How to use the Amazon Ads in SSIS

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure the following prerequisites are met:

  1. SSIS designer installed. Sometimes it is referred as BIDS or SSDT (download it from Microsoft).
  2. Basic knowledge of SSIS package development using Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services.
  3. SSIS PowerPack is installed (if you are new to SSIS PowerPack, then get started!).

Read data from Amazon Ads in SSIS (Export data)

In this section we will learn how to configure and use Amazon Ads Connector in API Source to extract data from Amazon Ads.

  1. Begin with opening Visual Studio and Create a New Project.

  2. Select Integration Service Project and in new project window set the appropriate name and location for project. And click OK.

    In the new SSIS project screen you will find the following:

    • SSIS ToolBox on left side bar
    • Solution Explorer and Property Window on right bar
    • Control flow, data flow, event Handlers, Package Explorer in tab windows
    • Connection Manager Window in the bottom
    SSIS Project Screen
    Note: If you don't see ZappySys SSIS PowerPack Task or Components in SSIS Toolbox, please refer to this help link.

  3. Now, Drag and Drop SSIS Data Flow Task from SSIS Toolbox. Double click on the Data Flow Task to see Data Flow designer.

    SSIS Data Flow Task - Drag and Drop

  4. From the SSIS toolbox drag and API Source (Predefined Templates) on the data flow designer surface, and double click on it to edit it:

    SSIS API Source (Predefined Templates) - Drag and Drop

  5. Select New Connection to create a new connection:

    API Source - New Connection

  6. Use a preinstalled Amazon Ads Connector from Popular Connector List or press Search Online radio button to download Amazon Ads Connector. Once downloaded simply use it in the configuration:

    Amazon Ads
    Amazon Ads Connector Selection

  7. Now it's time to configure authentication. Firstly, configure authentication settings in Amazon Ads service and then proceed by configuring API Connection Manager. Start by expanding an authentication type:

    OAuth Authentication

    Amazon Ads authentication

    Amazon OAuth Security Profile has be created in Amazon Developer portal. [API reference]

    1. Firstly, login into Amazon Developer portal in https://developer.amazon.com.

    2. Then click Sign in.

    3. If you don't have an account, press Create your Amazon Developer account button to create one.

    4. Once logged in, click on your profile icon on the right-top of the window and hit Settings:

      Amazon developer profile settings

    5. Then click Security Profiles and proceed with creating a new Security Profile:

      Create Amazon developer security profile

    6. After that, click Web Settings subtab, then hit Show Secret button to reveal the Client Secret (you will need it later), and click Edit to add a Redirect URL:

      Reveal client secret in Amazon developer security profile

    7. Continue by setting Allowed Return URLs (you can have your own or use https://zappysys.com/oauth):

      Set return URLs in Amazon developer security profile

    8. Done! Now you can use Client ID, Client Secret, and Redirect URL when configuring OAuth Authentication parameters:

      Use client ID and client secret to connect to REST API Amazon services
    API Connection Manager configuration

    Just perform these simple steps to finish authentication configuration:

    1. Set Authentication Type to OAuth Authentication [OAuth]
    2. Optional step. Modify API Base URL if needed (in most cases default will work).
    3. Fill in all the required parameters and set optional parameters if needed.
    4. Press Generate Token button to generate the tokens.
    5. Finally, hit OK button:
    Amazon Ads
    OAuth Authentication [OAuth]
    https://advertising-api.amazon.com/v2
    Required Parameters
    ClientId Fill-in the parameter...
    ClientSecret Fill-in the parameter...
    AuthorizationUrl Fill-in the parameter...
    ReturnUrl Fill-in the parameter...
    Scope Fill-in the parameter...
    Profile (click 'Generate Token' before this) Fill-in the parameter...
    Optional Parameters
    RetryMode RetryWhenStatusCodeMatch
    RetryStatusCodeList 429
    RetryCountMax 5
    RetryMultiplyWaitTime True
    ZappySys OAuth Connection

  8. Select the desired endpoint, change/pass the properties values, and click on Preview Data button to make the API call.

    API Source - Amazon Ads
    Read and write Amazon Ads data effortlessly. Integrate, manage, and automate campaigns, ad groups, and performance metrics — almost no coding required.
    API Source - Select Endpoint

  9. That's it! We are done! Just in a few clicks we configured the call to Amazon Ads using Amazon Ads Connector.

    You can load the source data into your desired destination using the Upsert Destination , which supports SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and Amazon Redshift. We also offer other destinations such as CSV , Excel , Azure Table , Salesforce , and more . You can check out our SSIS PowerPack Tasks and components for more options. (*loaded in Trash Destination)

    Execute Package - Reading data from Amazon Ads and load into target

Write data to Amazon Ads using SSIS (Import data)

In this section we will learn how to configure and use Amazon Ads Connector in the API Destination to write data to Amazon Ads.

Video tutorial

This video covers following and more so watch carefully. After watching this video follow the steps described in this article.

  • How to download SSIS PowerPack for Amazon Ads integration in SSIS
  • How to configure connection for Amazon Ads
  • How to write or lookup data to Amazon Ads
  • Features about SSIS API Destination
  • Using Amazon Ads Connector in SSIS

Step-by-step instructions

In upper section we learned how to read data, now in this section we will learn how to configure Amazon Ads in the API Source to POST data to the Amazon Ads.

  1. Begin with opening Visual Studio and Create a New Project.

  2. Select Integration Service Project and in new project window set the appropriate name and location for project. And click OK.

    In the new SSIS project screen you will find the following:

    • SSIS ToolBox on left side bar
    • Solution Explorer and Property Window on right bar
    • Control flow, data flow, event Handlers, Package Explorer in tab windows
    • Connection Manager Window in the bottom
    SSIS Project Screen
    Note: If you don't see ZappySys SSIS PowerPack Task or Components in SSIS Toolbox, please refer to this help link.

  3. Now, Drag and Drop SSIS Data Flow Task from SSIS Toolbox. Double click on the Data Flow Task to see Data Flow designer.

    SSIS Data Flow Task - Drag and Drop

  4. Read the data from the source, using any desired source component. You can even make an API call using the ZappySys JSON/XML/API Source and read data from there. In this example, we will use an OLE DB Source component to read real-time data from a SQL Server database.

  5. From the SSIS Toolbox drag and drop API Destination (Predefined Templates) on the Data Flow Designer surface and connect source component with it, and double click to edit it.
    SSIS API Destination (Predefined Templates) - Drag and Drop

  6. Select New Connection to create a new connection:

    API Destination - Amazon Ads
    Read and write Amazon Ads data effortlessly. Integrate, manage, and automate campaigns, ad groups, and performance metrics — almost no coding required.
    API Destination - Amazon Ads

  7. To configure the Amazon Ads connector, choose one of the following methods:

    • Choose from Popular Connector List: Select a pre-installed service directly from the dropdown menu.
    • Search Online: Use this to find and download a new connector file to your computer.
    • Use Saved/Downloaded File: Once the file is downloaded, browse your local drive to load it into the configuration.

    After that, just click Continue >>:

    Amazon Ads
    API Destination -

  8. Proceed with selecting the desired Authentication Type. Then select API Base URL (in most cases default one is the right one). Finally, fill in all the required parameters and set optional parameters if needed. You may press a link Steps to Configure which will help set certain parameters. More info is available in Authentication section.

    OAuth Authentication

    Amazon Ads authentication

    Amazon OAuth Security Profile has be created in Amazon Developer portal. [API reference]

    1. Firstly, login into Amazon Developer portal in https://developer.amazon.com.

    2. Then click Sign in.

    3. If you don't have an account, press Create your Amazon Developer account button to create one.

    4. Once logged in, click on your profile icon on the right-top of the window and hit Settings:

      Amazon developer profile settings

    5. Then click Security Profiles and proceed with creating a new Security Profile:

      Create Amazon developer security profile

    6. After that, click Web Settings subtab, then hit Show Secret button to reveal the Client Secret (you will need it later), and click Edit to add a Redirect URL:

      Reveal client secret in Amazon developer security profile

    7. Continue by setting Allowed Return URLs (you can have your own or use https://zappysys.com/oauth):

      Set return URLs in Amazon developer security profile

    8. Done! Now you can use Client ID, Client Secret, and Redirect URL when configuring OAuth Authentication parameters:

      Use client ID and client secret to connect to REST API Amazon services
    API Connection Manager configuration

    Just perform these simple steps to finish authentication configuration:

    1. Set Authentication Type to OAuth Authentication [OAuth]
    2. Optional step. Modify API Base URL if needed (in most cases default will work).
    3. Fill in all the required parameters and set optional parameters if needed.
    4. Press Generate Token button to generate the tokens.
    5. Finally, hit OK button:
    Amazon Ads
    OAuth Authentication [OAuth]
    https://advertising-api.amazon.com/v2
    Required Parameters
    ClientId Fill-in the parameter...
    ClientSecret Fill-in the parameter...
    AuthorizationUrl Fill-in the parameter...
    ReturnUrl Fill-in the parameter...
    Scope Fill-in the parameter...
    Profile (click 'Generate Token' before this) Fill-in the parameter...
    Optional Parameters
    RetryMode RetryWhenStatusCodeMatch
    RetryStatusCodeList 429
    RetryCountMax 5
    RetryMultiplyWaitTime True
    ZappySys OAuth Connection

  9. Select the desired endpoint, change/pass the properties values, and go to the Mappings tab to map the columns.

    API Destination - Amazon Ads
    Read and write Amazon Ads data effortlessly. Integrate, manage, and automate campaigns, ad groups, and performance metrics — almost no coding required.
    API Destination - Amazon Ads

  10. Finally, map the desired columns:

    API Destination - Amazon Ads
    Read and write Amazon Ads data effortlessly. Integrate, manage, and automate campaigns, ad groups, and performance metrics — almost no coding required.
    API Destination - Amazon Ads

  11. That's it; we successfully configured the POST API Call. In a few clicks we configured the Amazon Ads API call using ZappySys Amazon Ads Connector

    Execute Package

Load Amazon Ads data into SQL Server using Upsert Destination (Insert or Update)

Once you configured the data source, you can load Amazon Ads data into SQL Server using Upsert Destination.

Upsert Destination can merge or synchronize source data with the target table. It supports Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and Redshift databases as targets. Upsert Destination also supports very fast bulk upsert operation along with bulk delete.

Upsert operation - a database operation which performs INSERT or UPDATE SQL commands based on record's existence condition in the target table. It inserts records that don't have matching records in the target table or updates them, if they do, by matching them by key columns.

Upsert Destination supports INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE operations, so it is similar to SQL Server's MERGE command, except it can be used directly in SSIS package.

  1. From the SSIS Toolbox drag-and-drop Upsert Destination component onto the Data Flow designer background.

  2. Connect your SSIS source component to Upsert Destination.

  3. Double-click on Upsert Destination component to open configuration window.

  4. Start by selecting the Action from the list.

  5. Next, select the desired target connection or create one by clicking <New [provider] Connection> menu item from the Target Connection dropdown.

  6. Then select a table from the Target Table list or click New button to create a new table based on the source columns.

  7. Continue by checking Insert and Update options according to your scenario (e.g. if Update option is unchecked, no updates will be made).

  8. Finally, click Map All button to map all columns and then select the Key columns to match the columns on:

    Configure SSIS Upsert Destination component to merge data with SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or Redshift table

  9. Click OK to save the configuration.

  10. Run the package and Amazon Ads data will be merged with the target table in SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or Redshift:

    Execute Package - Reading data from API Source and load into target

  11. Done!

Deploy and schedule SSIS package

After you are done creating SSIS package, most likely, you want to deploy it to SQL Server Catalog and run it periodically. Just follow the instructions in this article:

Running SSIS package in Azure Data Factory (ADF)

To use SSIS PowerPack in ADF, you must first prepare Azure-SSIS Integration Runtime. Follow this link for detailed instructions:

Supported Amazon Ads Connector actions

Got a specific use case in mind? We've mapped out exactly how to perform a variety of essential Amazon Ads operations directly in SSIS, so you don't have to figure out the setup from scratch. Check out the step-by-step guides below:

Conclusion

In this article we showed you how to connect to Amazon Ads in SSIS and integrate data without writing complex code — all of this was powered by Amazon Ads Connector.

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