Tracking for Rakuten

This guide will show you how to connect your Rakuten account and pull the following metrics:

  • Spend and Impressions, which enables our view-through modeling data

This involves 4 simple steps:

Step 1: Insert Click UTMs

Step 2: Set Up a Scheduled Report

Step 3: Enable Rakuten Integration


Step 1: Inserting Click UTMs

There are a few NB UTMs that need to be added in your Link Parameters menu

  1. Navigate to your Rakuten Advertising Dashboard
  2. In the header, click Links
  3. Click Link Parameters
  4. Add the following 3 parameters:
Parameter TypeParameter NameParameter ValueMapping in Northbeam
Linksharenb_offer_idOffer ID (selected from Linkshare dropdown)Pulls Campaign Names into the Campaign Level of the Sales Page
Linksharenb_publisher_sidPublisher SID (selected from Linkshare dropdown)Pulls Publisher Names into the Adset Level of the Sales Page
Linksharenb_creative_idCreative ID (selected from Linkshare dropdown)Pulls Ad Names into the Adset Level of the Sales Page
Example

Example


Step 2: Set Up Scheduled Reports

You’ll need to create two scheduled reports to ensure full coverage:

  • One for This Month named nb_reporting_tm
  • One for Last Month named nb_reporting_lm

Before proceeding, locate the unique email address where the report should be sent by visiting the Connections page in your Northbeam dashboard.

  1. Log in to Northbeam
  2. Navigate to Settings > Connections
  3. Scroll to Rakuten
  4. Copy the Email Address

Report 1: "This Month" Report (nb_reporting_tm)

  1. Navigate to your Rakuten Advertising Dashboard
  2. In the header, click Reports > Reporting > Create New Report
  3. Add the following fields and metrics:
 # of clicks
 # of impressions
 Offer ID
 Offer Name
 Publisher ID
 Publisher Name
 Publisher Encrypted ID
 Total Commission
 Transaction Date
 Publisher Group ID
 Publisher Group ID Name
 Link ID
 Link Name
  1. Click Save Report and name it nb_reporting_tm
  2. Click Manage Report > Schedule Report
  3. Adjust the following fields:
    1. Date Range: This Month
    2. Time Zone: (GMT+00:00) GMT
    3. Date Type: Transaction Date
    4. Uncheck "Include Summary"
    5. Schedule Time:
      1. Daily
      2. Set the hour to anything between 10AM and 6PM
    6. Check "Deliver report to Email"
    7. Insert the Email Address from the previous step
  4. Click Set Scheduling

Report 2: "Last Month" Report (nb_reporting_lm)

Repeat the same steps above, but with the following adjustments:

  • Report Name: nb_reporting_lm
  • Date Range: Last Month

All other settings remain the same.


Step 3: Enable Rakuten Integration

  1. Navigate to the Connections menu in Northbeam:
    1. Go to Settings
    2. Select Connections
    3. Scroll down to locate Rakuten
  2. In the Connections menu, check the boxes to confirm that the following have been set up:
    1. Click UTMs
    2. Scheduled Report
  3. Click Connect