Microsoft Invest - Carrier Analytics report

The Carrier Analytics report enables you to retrieve buy-side and sell-side performance data based on carriers for devices. This is especially helpful for analyzing how carriers affect line item performance and advertiser payment. Also, in cases where advertisers set up specific landing pages for each carrier, this report helps you identify the carriers that a line item ran on.

Time frame

All dates and times are given in UTC.

Time ranges

Time ranges define the time period of the data extracted for the report. The following is a complete list of time ranges available for reports. However, all time ranges are not available for every report.

  • Custom
  • Current Hour
  • Last Available Day
  • Last Hour
  • Today
  • Last 24 Hours
  • Last 48 Hours
  • Yesterday
  • Last 2 Days
  • Last 7 Days
  • Last 7 Available Days
  • Last 14 Days
  • Last 14 Available Days
  • Last 30 Days
  • Last 30 Available Days
  • Last Month
  • Last 100 Days
  • Last 365 Days
  • Quarter to Date
  • Month to Date
  • Month to Yesterday
  • Lifetime

Intervals

Intervals determine how your data is grouped together into rows in the report response. The following is a complete list of intervals available for reports. However, all intervals are not available for every report.

  • Hourly: Data is grouped into rows by the hour.
  • Daily: Data is grouped into rows by the day.
  • Monthly: Data is grouped into rows by the month.
  • Cumulative: Data is grouped together in one figure, covering the entire selected time range.

Data retention period

This report's data is retained for 46 days. For more information about how quickly reporting data is processed, see Availability of Reporting Data.

Currency 2.0

Note

By enabling Currency 2.0, you can select a currency for each individual report if you prefer not to use USD as the default currency. The report will show all the monetary fields in your report using the selected currency. For example, if you select Advertiser, click the Currency 2.0 toggle to enable it, and select Japanese Yen (JPY) from the Currency menu, the report will show all monetary data in JPY, including data associated with child objects such as line items.

Dimensions

Column Filter? Example Description
Buyer Yes "My Member (123)" The name of the buying member followed by the ID (Microsoft Advertising format).
Seller Yes "That Seller (456)" The name of the selling member followed by the ID (Microsoft Advertising format).
Advertiser Yes "Mobile Zombies (789)" The name of the advertiser followed by the ID (Microsoft Advertising format).
Publisher Yes "Undead.com (456)" The name of the publisher followed by the ID (Microsoft Advertising format).
Insertion Order Yes "Mobile Insertion Order (321)" The name of the insertion order followed by the ID (Microsoft Advertising format).
Line Item Yes "Mobile Line Item (111)" The name of the line item followed by the ID (Microsoft Advertising format).
Campaign Yes "Mobile Campaign (222)" The name of the campaign followed by the ID (Microsoft Advertising format). (Does not apply to all advertisers.)
Split Yes "Mobile Split A (342)" The name and ID of the split that purchased the impressions in this data set. Splits are only applicable to augmented line items. For any rows with a campaign name, the Split column (if included) will be null.
Media Type Yes "Banner" The media type of the creative. Possible values: "Banner", "Pop", "Interstitial", "Video", "Text", "Expandable", "Skin", or "Facebook".
Country Yes "US" The code for the country.
Size Yes "728x90" The size of the creative served.
Bid Type Yes "Manual" The optimization phase the node was in when it bid for the impression. Note that the term "give up" is appended to the bid types below if the valuation for that impression falls below the venue's "give up price". Allowed values:
- "Manual": Applies when you are bidding with a CPM goal, whether it's Base, EAP, or ECP.
- "Learn": Applies when you are bidding with optimization (CPA, CPC, or margin) and we do not yet have enough data to bid optimized.
- "Optimized": Applies when you are bidding with optimization (CPA, CPC, or margin) and we have enough data to bid optimized.
- "Unknown": The node was in an unknown optimization phase.
- "Optimized give up"
- "Learn give up"
- "Manual give up"
Impression Type Yes "Resold" The type of impression. Possible values (associated IDs in parentheses):
- Blank (1): No creative served.
- PSA (2): A public service announcement served because no other creative was eligible.
- Default Error (3): A default creative served due to timeout issue.
- Default (4): A default creative served because no line item bid or no other creative was eligible.
- Kept (5): One of your managed advertisers served a creative.
- Resold (6): The impression was sold to a third-party buyer.
- RTB (7): Your creative served on third-party inventory.
- PSA Default Error (8): A public service announcement served due to timeout issue.
- External Impression (9): An impression from an impression tracker
- External Click (10): A click from a click tracker.
- Insertion (11): Your creative served on third-party inventory where it persists across page-loads and sessions.
Payment Rule Yes "Homepage Payment Rule (1215)" The type of the payment rule followed by the ID.
Revenue Type Yes "CPA" The basis on which the advertiser pays the member.
Payment Type Yes "com", "revshare" The type of payment to a broker.
Device Type Yes 15 The type of device on which the impression was served. Possible values: "Phone", "Tablet", or "Other Devices".
Connection Type Yes "Carrier" The type of internet connection at the time of the impression. Possible values: "Carrier-based" or "WiFi or Static".
Carrier Yes "Sprint - FR (20)" The name of the carrier followed by the ID (Microsoft Advertising format). If the carrier is smaller, you may see this value appear as -1 because it is aggregated.

Note

You can also filter on a particular number of impressions using the Minimum Impressions filter.

Metrics

Note

When values of a metric are displayed as percentages in the UI, they will be displayed as decimals when you export the report.

Column Example Formula Description
Imps 2340 imps The total number of impressions (served and resold).
Clicks 1 clicks The total number of clicks across all impressions.
CTR % 0.000221877080097626 clicks / imps The rate of clicks to impressions.
Total Conversions 1 total_convs The total number of post-view and post-click conversions.
Conversion Rate 0.000221877080097626 total_convs / imps The rate of conversions to impressions.
Revenue 25.767257 booked_revenue + reseller_revenue The total revenue booked through direct advertisers (line item) and direct publishers (resold impressions).
Cost 16.833378 cost The total amount of media cost for direct publisher and purchased third-party inventory.
Profit 0.084102 Booked revenue - Total cost Booked revenue minus total cost.
CPM 1.66051685393258 (cost / imps) x 1000 The media cost per 1000 impressions.
Total RPM 2.60548314606741 (revenue / imps) x 1000 The revenue per 1000 impressions.
Conversions per Million 221.877080097625 (total_convs / imps) x 1,000,000 The number of conversions per million impressions.
PPM 0.944966292134831 (profit / imps) x 1000 To be deprecated. The profit per 1000 impressions.
Booked Revenue 25.767257 booked_revenue The total revenue booked through direct advertisers (line item).
Resold Revenue 0 reseller_revenue The total revenue on resold impressions through direct publishers.
Post View Conversions 15 post_view_convs The total number of recorded post-view conversions.
Post Click Conversions 15 post_click_convs The total number of recorded post-click conversions.
Total Cost 123.45 Media cost + data costs + partner fees + commissions + serving fees + publisher revenue The total amount of costs accrued over the reported period of time. This generally includes two types of costs, budgeted costs (media cost, data cost, partner fees, serving fees, commissions) and publisher revenue if you track publisher payouts on the platform.
Total Cost eCPM 123.45 (Total Cost/Imps) * 1000 The total cost per 1,000 imps.
Total Cost eCPC 123.45 (Total Cost/Click) The total cost per click.
Total Cost eCPA 123.45 (Total Cost/Conversion) The total cost per conversion.
Profit eCPM 123.45 ((Booked Revenue - Total Cost)/Imps) * 1,000 Profit per thousand impressions.
Profit eCPC 123.45 (Booked Revenue - Total Cost)/Click Profit per click.
Profit eCPA 123.45 (Booked Revenue - Total Cost)/Conversion Profit per conversion.
Profit Margin 123.45 (Booked Revenue - Total Cost)/Booked Revenue Buyer profit margin.
Network Profit 123.45 Booked revenue + Reseller revenue - Total Cost The sum of booked revenue and reseller revenue minus total cost.
Network Profit eCPM 123.45 (Network profit/Imps) * 1000 Network profit per thousand impressions.
Network Profit eCPC 123.45 Network profit/Clicks Network profit per click.
Network Profit eCPA 123.45 Network profit/Conversions Network profit per conversion.
Network Profit Margin 123.45 Network profit/(Booked revenue + reseller revenue) Network profit margin.
Video Skips 10 The total number of times a user skipped the video. Use this metric for reporting when buying skippable inventory.
Video Starts 11 The total number of times the first segment of the video creative was downloaded and started.
25% Video Complete 10 The total number of times the video creatives completed 25% of the entire duration.
50% Video Complete 10 The total number of times the video creatives completed 50% of the entire duration.
75% Video Complete 10 The total number of times the video creatives completed 75% of the entire duration.
Video Completions 12 The total number of times the video creatives played for the entire duration.
Videos Served 10 The total number of video responses served to the player. An ad response occurs when the VAST document (XML) is served in response to a request. An ad response doesn't necessarily indicate a successful impression. For an impression, the first frame of the video must be served.
Video Errors 2 The total number of times a video error occurred.
Revenue Per Video Complete 25.767257 The revenue per video completion.
Cost Per Video Complete 22.767257 The cost per video completion.
Video Completion Rate 1.12359550561797% (Video Completions/Total Impressions) x 100 The ratio of video completions to impressions, expressed as a percentage .
Video Start Rate 1.12359550561797% The percentage of times the first segment of the video creative was downloaded and started.
Video Skip Rate 1.12359550561797% The percentage of times the user opted to skip the video.

Run your report

Follow these steps to run your report.

  1. Select Reporting from the appropriate top menu (depending on how your account has been configured).
    Or
    From the Publishers top menu, click on Prebid Server Premium > Analytics > Prebid Server Analytics

  2. Select the relevant report from the list. The Report screen shows the available filters, dimensions, and delivery options for the report. The selections you make here will determine what report data is delivered to you, and how.

    Important

    For an explanation of how grouping and filtering work, see Dimensions, Metrics, Filtering, and Grouping.

  3. Select the relevant filters to limit the data displayed to just the information you want. For example, rather than running a report that shows impressions for all inventory sources, you may want to list results for just a select few. When you select a filter (by clicking Edit), a selection panel appears. Select items in the Available list (left), then click Add to include them in the Chosen list (right).

  4. Group by Dimension. Grouping allows you to display rows of data in the order you prefer.

    Warning

    The more dimensions you group by, the larger the data set that is returned. Larger data sets can take substantially longer to process. Be sure to group using only the dimensions you need.

  5. Choose a delivery option. Once you've selected your filters and grouped by your chosen dimensions, you need to choose a delivery method. Available delivery methods include:

    • Run now, show results in screen: For smaller amounts of data, you may want to view the report as soon as possible in your browser. You can download the report in XLSX, CSV, Excel/TSV and JSON format. However, there is a limit of 100,000 rows per report when downloading as XLSX and Excel file.

    • Run in background, notify me when results are ready to view: A popup notification will let you know when the report is ready to view or download.

      Tip

      The maximum size of the report that can be downloaded from the UI is 100 MB. Also, there is a limit of 100,000 rows per report when downloading as XLSX and Excel file. If the size of the report is more than that, you can try to download it using the API for that reporting service (The limit here is 10 million rows).

    • Export, send results via email: Run the report in the background and email the results to one or more email addresses.

    • Save as report template: Save your selected report settings so that you can run this report again in the future. You can name this template using the text entry field under Name this report (its checkbox is auto-selected when you choose this option). A saved report can be rerun from the Your Reports screen.

    • Add to scheduled reports: Run this report automatically at specified times and have it sent to one or more email addresses.

    • Name this report: Give this report with its current settings a name for future reference.

  6. Click Run report to send your report request.