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Use this method in the Microsoft Store analytics API to get aggregate ad performance data for your applications during a given date range and other optional filters. This method returns the data in JSON format.

This method returns the same data that is provided by the Advertising performance report in Partner Center.

Prerequisites

To use this method, you need to first do the following:

  • If you have not done so already, complete all the prerequisites for the Microsoft Store analytics API.
  • Obtain an Azure AD access token to use in the request header for this method. After you obtain an access token, you have 60 minutes to use it before it expires. After the token expires, you can obtain a new one.

For more information, see Access analytics data using Microsoft Store services.

Request

Request syntax

Method Request URI
GET https://manage.devcenter.microsoft.com/v1.0/my/analytics/adsperformance

Request header

Header Type Description
Authorization string Required. The Azure AD access token in the form Bearer <token>.

Request parameters

To retrieve ad performance data for a specific app, use the applicationId parameter. To retrieve ad performance data for all apps that are associated with your developer account, omit the applicationId parameter.

Parameter Type Description Required
applicationId string The Store ID of the app for which you want to retrieve ad performance data. No
startDate date The start date in the date range of ad performance data to retrieve, in the format YYYY/MM/DD. The default is the current date minus 30 days. No
endDate date The end date in the date range of ad performance data to retrieve, in the format YYYY/MM/DD. The default is the current date minus one day. No
top int The number of rows of data to return in the request. The maximum value and the default value if not specified is 10000. If there are more rows in the query, the response body includes a next link that you can use to request the next page of data. No
skip int The number of rows to skip in the query. Use this parameter to page through large data sets. For example, top=10000 and skip=0 retrieves the first 10000 rows of data, top=10000 and skip=10000 retrieves the next 10000 rows of data, and so on. No
filter string One or more statements that filter the rows in the response. For more information, see the filter fields section below. No
aggregationLevel string Specifies the time range for which to retrieve aggregate data. Can be one of the following strings: day, week, or month. If unspecified, the default is day. No
orderby string A statement that orders the result data values. The syntax is orderby=field [order],field [order],.... The field parameter can be one of the following strings:
  • date
  • market
  • deviceType
  • adUnitId

The order parameter is optional, and can be asc or desc to specify ascending or descending order for each field. The default is asc.

Here is an example orderby string: orderby=date,market

 No
groupby string A statement that applies data aggregation only to the specified fields. You can specify the following fields:

  • applicationId
  • applicationName
  • date
  • accountCurrencyCode
  • market
  • deviceType
  • adUnitName
  • adUnitId
  • pubCenterAppName
  • adProvider

The groupby parameter can be used with the aggregationLevel parameter. For example: &groupby=applicationId&aggregationLevel=week

 No

Filter fields

The filter parameter of the request body contains one or more statements that filter the rows in the response. Each statement contains a field and value that are associated with the eq or ne operators, and statements can be combined using and or or. Here is an example filter parameter:

  • filter=market eq 'US' and deviceType eq 'phone'

For a list of the supported fields, see the following table. String values must be surrounded by single quotes in the filter parameter.

Field Description
market A string that contains the ISO 3166 country code of the market where the ads were served.
deviceType One of the following strings: PC/Tablet or Phone.
adUnitId A string that specifies an ad unit ID to apply to the filter.
pubCenterAppName A string that specifies the pubCenter name for the current app to apply to the filter.
adProvider A string that specifies an ad provider name to apply to the filter.
date A string that specifies a date in YYYY/MM/DD format to apply to the filter.

Request example

The following example demonstrates several requests for getting ad performance data. Replace the applicationId value with the Store ID for your app.

GET https://manage.devcenter.microsoft.com/v1.0/my/analytics/adsperformance?applicationId=9NBLGGH4R315&startDate=1/1/2015&endDate=2/1/2015&top=10&skip=0  HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Bearer <your access token>

GET https://manage.devcenter.microsoft.com/v1.0/my/analytics/adsperformance?applicationId=9NBLGGH4R315&startDate=8/1/2015&endDate=8/31/2015&skip=0&$filter=market eq 'US' and deviceType eq 'phone’ eq 'US'; and gender eq 'm'  HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Bearer <your access token>

Response

Response body

Value Type Description
Value array An array of objects that contain aggregate ad performance data. For more information about the data in each object, see the ad performance values section below.
@nextLink string If there are additional pages of data, this string contains a URI that you can use to request the next page of data. For example, this value is returned if the top parameter of the request is set to 5 but there are more than 5 items of data for the query.
TotalCount int The total number of rows in the data result for the query.

Ad performance values

Elements in the Value array contain the following values.

Value Type Description
date string The first date in the date range for the ad performance data. If the request specified a single day, this value is that date. If the request specified a week, month, or other date range, this value is the first date in that date range.
applicationId string The Store ID of the app for which you are retrieving ad performance data.
applicationName string The display name of the app.
adUnitId string The ID of the ad unit.
adUnitName string The name of the ad unit, as specified by the developer in Partner Center.
adProvider string The name of the ad provider
deviceType string The type of device on which the ads were served. For a list of the supported strings, see the filter fields section above.
market string The ISO 3166 country code of the market where the ads were served.
accountCurrencyCode string The currency code for the account.
pubCenterAppName string The name of the pubCenter app that is associated with the app in Partner Center.
adProviderRequests int The number of ad requests for the specified ad provider.
impressions int The number of ad impressions.
clicks int The number of ad clicks.
revenueInAccountCurrency number The revenue, in the currency for the country/region of the account.
requests int The number of ad requests.

Response example

The following example demonstrates an example JSON response body for this request.

{
  "Value": [
    {
      "date": "2015-03-09",
      "applicationId": "9NBLGGH4R315",
      "applicationName": "Contoso Demo",
      "market": "US",
      "deviceType": "phone",
      "adUnitId":"10765920",
      "adUnitName":"TestAdUnit",
      "revenueInAccountCurrency": 10.0,
      "impressions": 1000,
      "requests": 10000,
      "clicks": 1,
      "accountCurrencyCode":"USD"
    },
    {
      "date": "2015-03-09",
      "applicationId": "9NBLGGH4R315",
      "applicationName": "Contoso Demo",
      "market": "US",
      "deviceType": "phone",
      "adUnitId":"10795110",
      "adUnitName":"TestAdUnit2",
      "revenueInAccountCurrency": 20.0,
      "impressions": 2000,
      "requests": 20000,
      "clicks": 3,
      "accountCurrencyCode":"USD"
    },
  ],
  "@nextLink": "adsperformance?applicationId=9NBLGGH4R315&aggregationLevel=week&startDate=2015/03/01&endDate=2016/02/01&top=2&skip=2",
  "TotalCount": 191753
}