Viewing & managing cookie segments
When troubleshooting an issue, it is sometimes helpful to: (1) see what Microsoft Advertising segments you belong to; and (2) override certain aspects of your cookie, such as what country, region, city, postal, and DMA you are in so that you can mimic different kinds of users. This page walks you through the process.
Note
All browser cookie calls must use secure https protocols. Requests made using http will not generate valid results.
Data security
In order to ensure data security and privacy, when using the cookie viewer, you must include your member ID and dongle. This ensures you will only see the segments that belong to your member.
https://ib.adnxs.com/cookie?member_id=MEMBER_ID&dongle=DONGLE
If you are unsure of your member ID and/or dongle, you can go to any placement in Monetize and run a debug auction. Your member ID and dongle will be in the URL of the debug auction.
View your cookie attributes
When you navigate to the cookie viewer, you will see your Microsoft Advertising User ID, what geo overrides you have set, and all of the segments you belong to.
Override your cookie attributes
During testing or debugging, it can be very helpful to override your cookie data. For example, if you are running a debug auction, and you want a campaign to bid that is targeting users only in Brazil, but you are based in the US, you must override your country geo code to place yourself in Brazil. To do that, run the same URL string as before, but add the country code for Brazil at the end, like this:
https://ib.adnxs.com/cookie?member_id=MEMBER_ID&dongle=DONGLE&country=BR
You can also override multiple geo codes simultaneously, like this:
https://ib.adnxs.com/cookie?member_id=MEMBER_ID&dongle=DONGLE&country=US®ion=MT&dma=743
The following table defines what codes are available for overriding, the corresponding API service to retrieve allowed values, and the API field that values are stored in:
| Geo Code | API Service | API Field |
|---|---|---|
Country |
Country Service | code |
Region |
Region Service | iso_3166_2 |
DMA |
Designated Market Area Service | code |
City |
City Service | name |
Postal Code |
Postal Code Service | code |
Remove your geo override
You can use the following to clear all your geo overrides:
https://ib.adnxs.com/cookie?member_id=MEMBER_ID&dongle=DONGLE&clear=geo
Segments
You can view the segments you belong to under the "Server-side Data" section. This section also tells you:
the value associated with the segment,
the last time you fired the segment,
when you expire out of the segment, and
whether the segment is active.
The cookie viewer also allows you to see the cookie of other users besides yourself. To do this, you must know the Microsoft Advertising user ID and use this format:
https://ib.adnxs.com/cookie?member_id=MEMBER_ID&dongle=DONGLE&uid=USER_IDIf you are located in the US and want to view a European user's cookie or vice versa, you must hard code the user's data center ID into the URL:
For US Users
https://ib.nym1.adnxs.com/cookie?member_id=MEMBER_ID&dongle=DONGLE&uid=USER_IDFor EU Users:
https://ib.ams1.adnxs.com/cookie?member_id=MEMBER_ID&dongle=DONGLE&uid=USER_IDFor APAC Users:
https://ib.sin1.adnxs.com/cookie?member_id=MEMBER_ID&dongle=DONGLE&uid=USER_ID
Sample segment log
User ID: 5947483712413990772 Client Data Geo Overrides Country: Region: City: Postal: DMA: 0 Segments (112) Num segments: 112 Segment 6755 - seen 3746 minutes ago, doesn't expire Segment 6755 - seen 3738 minutes ago, doesn't expire Segment 7222 - seen 7259 minutes ago, doesn't expire Segment 7222 - seen 3746 minutes ago, doesn't expire Segment 7222 - seen 3738 minutes ago, doesn't expire Segment 8230 - seen 7259 minutes ago, doesn't expire Segment 8230 - seen 3746 minutes ago, doesn't expire Segment 8230 - seen 3738 minutes ago, doesn't expire Segment 15397 - seen 7259 minutes ago, doesn't expire Segment 15397 - seen 3746 minutes ago, doesn't expire Segment 15414 - seen 3746 minutes ago, doesn't expire Segment 15414 - seen 3738 minutes ago, doesn't expire Segment 15492 - seen 20378 minutes ago, doesn't expire Segment 15541 - seen 70374 minutes ago, doesn't expire Segment 7012 - seen 40061 minutes ago, doesn't expire Segment 6987 - seen 40061 minutes ago, doesn't expire Segment 7018 - seen 40061 minutes ago, doesn't expire Segment 18446 - 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