Fields listing for LinkedIn Ads

Group results by member company size.

Group results by member seniority.

Group results by member industry.

Group results by impressions device type.

Group results by member job title.

Group results by member job function.

Group results by member country.

Group results by member region.

Group results by member company.

The count of clicks on the action button of the Sponsored InMail. Sponsored InMail only.

The count of clicks on the ad unit displayed alongside the Sponsored InMail. Sponsored InMail only.

The approximate reach of the campaign. The number of unique member accounts with at least one impression. This metric is not returned by default. It must be explicitly requested in the projection parameter to be returned. See an example of this under Requesting Specific Metrics in the Analytics Finder.

Non-demographic pivots only (i.e. not MEMBER_). The estimated number of unique member accounts with at least one impression. This metric is an updated and more accurate version of legacy metric approximateUniqueImpressions. This metric is only available when the number of days in the date range is less than or equal to 92 days. This metric is fully launched in Jan 2024

Non-demographic pivots only. The number of clicks for each card of a carousel ad. The first card click of the carousel ad results in an immediate cardClick and click, whereas scrolling to other cards and clicking will count as additional cardClick.

Non-demographic pivots only. The number of impressions shown for each card of a carousel ad. The first card of the carousel ad results in an immediate cardImpression and impression, whereas scrolling to other cards will count as additional cardImpressions.

The count of chargeable clicks. Despite not charging for clicks for CPM campaigns, this field still represents those clicks for which we would otherwise charge advertisers (for example, clicks to view the landing page or company page).

The count of likes of a comment. Sponsored Updates only.

The count of comments. Sponsored Updates only.

The count of clicks to view the company page.

Non-demographic pivots only. Value of the conversions in the account's local currency based on rules defined by the advertiser. Conversion value is set by the advertiser at a per conversion level, and aggregated across the query time range.

Cost in the account's local currency based on the pivot and timeGranularity. For example, this would be spend by member company size per month if the pivot is MEMBER_COMPANY_SIZE and timeGranularity is MONTHLY. Cost is not adjusted for overdelivery when a member demographic pivot is specified in the request.

Cost in USD based on the pivot and timeGranularity. For example, this would be spend by campaign on a given day if the pivot is CAMPAIGN and timeGranularity is DAILY. Cost is not adjusted for overdelivery when a member demographic pivot is specified in the request.

Date range covered by the report data point. Date is specified in UTC. Start and end date are inclusive. Start date is required. End date is optional and defaults to today.

The count of conversions indicated by pixel loads on an external advertiser website.

The count of post-click conversions indicated by pixel loads on an external advertiser website.

The count of post-view conversions indicated by pixel loads on an external advertiser website.

The count of follows. Sponsored Updates only.

The count of taps on the video, going into video view mode.

This is the count of "impressions" for Direct Ads and Sponsored Updates and "sends" for InMails.

The count of clicks which take the user to the creative landing page.

The number of times users shared contact info through the One Click Lead Gen for Sponsored InMail. Sponsored InMail only.

The count of InMail recipients who clicked to demonstrate interest. Sponsored InMail only.

The count of likes. Sponsored Updates only.

The count of times users opened the lead form for a One Click Lead Gen campaign.

The count of leads generated through One Click Lead Gen.

The count of opens of Sponsored InMail. Sponsored InMail only.

The count of user interactions with the ad unit that do not fit into any other more specific category.

The value of the pivots for a specific record returned. For example, supplying pivots of CREATIVE and CONVERSION results in a list of records, one for each creative/conversion combination. The pivotValues contain serialized URNs for the specific creative and conversion for a record.

The count of positive reactions on Sponsored Updates which can capture, like, interest, praise, and other responses.

The count of sends of Sponsored InMail. Sponsored InMail only.

The count of shares. Sponsored Updates only.

The count of clicks on any links (anchor tags) that were included in the body of the Sponsored InMail. Sponsored InMail only.

The count of all user interactions with the ad unit.

The count of video ads that played 97-100% of the video. This includes watches that skipped to this point if the serving location is ON_SITE.

The count of video ads that played through the first quartile of the video. This includes watches that skipped to this point if the serving location is ON_SITE.

The count of video ads that played through the midpoint of the video. This includes watches that skipped to this point if the serving location is ON_SITE.

The count of video ads that were started by users.

The count of video ads that played through the third quartile of the video. This includes watches that skipped to this point if the serving location is ON_SITE.

A video ad playing for at least 2 continuous seconds 50% in-view, or a click on the CTA, whichever comes first. An interaction with the video (like going to fullscreen mode) does not count as a view.

Non-demographic pivots only. The number of viralClicks for each card of a carousel ad. The first viralCardClick of the carousel ad results in an immediate viralCardClick and viralClick, whereas scrolling to other cards and clicking will count as additional viralCardClick.

Non-demographic pivots only. The number of viralImpressions shown for each card of a carousel ad. The first card of the carousel ad results in an immediate viralCardImpression and viralImpression, whereas scrolling to other cards will count as additional viralCardImpressions.

The count of clicks on viral impressions. See viral impressions definition. Sponsored Updates only.

The count of likes on comments from viral impressions for this activity. See viral impressions definition. Sponsored Updates only.

The count of comments from viral impressions for this activity. See viral impressions definition. Sponsored Updates only.

The count of clicks to view the company page from viral impressions for this activity. See viral impressions definition. Sponsored Updates only.

The count of conversions indicated by pixel loads on an external advertiser website driven by a viral event. See viral impressions definition.

The count of post-click conversions indicated by pixel loads on an external advertiser website driven by a viral click. See viral impressions definition.

The count of post-view conversions indicated by pixel loads on an external advertiser website driven by a viral impression. See viral impressions definition.

The count of follows from viral impressions for this activity. See viral impressions definition. Sponsored Updates only.

The count of taps on the video, going into video view mode. See viralImpressions definition.

The count of viral impressions for this activity. Viral impressions are those resulting from users sharing a sponsored update to their own network of connections. Viral impressions are not counted as regular impressions. Sponsored Updates only.

The count of clicks on viral impressions to take the user to the creative landing page. See viral impressions definition. Sponsored Updates only.

The count of likes from viral impressions for this activity. See viral impressions definition. Sponsored Updates only.

The count of times users opened the lead form for viral impressions from a Lead Gen campaign. See viral impressions definition.

The count of leads generated through One Click Lead Gen from viral impressions for this activity. See viral impressions definition.

The count of user interactions with viral impressions that do not fit into any other more specific category. See viral impressions definition. Sponsored Updates only.

The count of positive reactions on viral Sponsored Updates which can capture like, interest, praise, and other responses. See viral impressions definition for details on viral engagements.

The count of shares from viral impressions for this activity. See viral impressions definition. Sponsored Updates only.

The count of all user interactions with a viral ad unit. See viral impressions definition. Sponsored Updates only.

The count of viral video ads that played 97-100% of the video. This includes watches that skipped to this point. See viralImpressions definition.

The count of viral video ads that played through the first quartile of the video. This includes watches that skipped to this point. See viralImpressions definition.

The count of viral video ads that played through the midpoint of the video. This includes watches that skipped to this point. See viralImpressions definition.

The count of viral video ads that were started by users. See viralImpressions definition. Since viral videos are automatically played for ON_SITE, this will be the same as viralImpressions if the servingLocation is ON_SITE.

The count of viral video ads that played through the third quartile of the video. This includes watches that skipped to this point. See viralImpressions definition

A viral video ad playing for at least 2 continuous seconds 50% in-view, or a click on the CTA, whichever comes first. An interaction with the video (like going to full screen mode) does not count as a view. See viralImpressions definition.

The 3 character standard currency code such as 'USD' for United States Dollar. Refer to the list of supported currencies for the full list. Note: Advertisers selecting Brazilian Real (BRL) as a currency will see their account budget, advertising bids, and spend in BRL, but their account will be billed in USD. We recommend communicating this to advertisers in your application if they opt for BRL. Learn more

Unique internal ID representing the account.

A label for the account.

Indicates if the campaign contact is notified about campaign optimization opportunities.

Indicates if the creative contact is notified when a creative has been reviewed and approved.

Indicates if the creative contact is notified when a creative has been rejected due to content.

Indicates if the campaign contact is notified when an associated campaign has been completed.

Indicates if the account owner is notified about new Campaign Manager features.

The entity on whose behalf the account advertises. Must either be in the format urn:li:person:{id} or urn:li:organization:{id}.

An array of enums with information about the account's system serving statuses. If an account is eligible for serving, then this array will have a single element: RUNNABLE Otherwise, this array will contain one or more reasons why the account is not servable: STOPPED BILLING_HOLD ACCOUNT_TOTAL_BUDGET_HOLD ACCOUNT_END_DATE_HOLD RESTRICTED_HOLD INTERNAL_HOLD

ACTIVE - Account is active; this is the default stateCANCELED - Account has been permanently canceledDRAFT - Account is in draft status, meaning it's not yet fully set up and it is not serving

BUSINESS – This is the only value allowed when creating accounts through the API. ENTERPRISE – This value cannot be used to create accounts through the API and is reserved for accounts created by LinkedIn's internal ad operations systems.

Flag showing whether this account is marked as a test account. An account can be marked as test only during creation. This is an immutable field.

URN identifying the advertising account associated with the campaign. This value is immutable once set. For example, urn:li:SponsoredAccount:{id}.

Flag that denotes whether the campaign group was created organically or to backfill existing campaigns. This is a read-only field set by the system.

Numerical identifier for the campaign group. This is a read-only field set by the system.

The name of the campaign group used to make it easier to reference a campaign group and recall its purpose. The value of this field cannot exceed 100 characters.

Represents the inclusive (greater than or equal to) date when to start running the associated campaigns under this campaign group. This field is required.

Represents the exclusive (strictly less than) date when to stop running the associated campaigns under this campaign group. If this field is unset, it indicates an open range with no end date. This field is required if totalBudget is set.

Array of enums that determine whether or not campaigns within the campaign group may be served. Unlike status, which is user-managed, the values are controlled by the service. This is a read-only field. Possible values are: RUNNABLE Campaign group is currently active; billing information, budgetary constraints, or start and end dates are valid.STOPPED Campaign group is currently not eligible for serving for reasons other than billing information, budgetary constraints, or termination dates. For instance, a campaign group will be STOPPED if it has been canceled by the user, or it is marked as spam.BILLING_HOLD Parent account is on billing hold.ACCOUNT_TOTAL_BUDGET_HOLD Parent account total budget has been reached.ACCOUNT_END_DATE_HOLD Parent account end date has been reached.CAMPAIGN_GROUP_TOTAL_BUDGET_HOLD Campaign group total budget has been reached.CAMPAIGN_GROUP_START_DATE_HOLD Campaign group start date is in the future.CAMPAIGN_GROUP_END_DATE_HOLD Campaign group end date has been reached.

Status of campaign group. Possible values are: ACTIVE - Denotes that the campaign group is capable of serving ads, subject to run date and budget limitations (as well as any other limitations at the account or campaign level).ARCHIVED - Denotes that the campaign group is presently inactive, and should mostly be hidden in the UI until un-archived. CANCELED - Denotes that the campaign group has been permanently canceled and cannot be reactivated. Not a settable status. DRAFT - Denotes that the campaign group is in a preliminary state and should temporarily not be served. PAUSED - Denotes that the campaign group meets all requirements to be served, but temporarily should not be.

Maximum amount to spend across all associated campaigns and creatives for duration of the campaign group.

Maximum amount to spend over the life of the campaign. The currency must match the ISO currency code of the account.

Flag showing whether this campaign group is a test campaign group, i.e., belongs to a test account. This is a read-only and immutable field that is set implicitly during creation based on whether the account is a Test Account or not.

Array of enums that indicates allowed campaign types within the specific campaign group. Possible values are:TEXT_AD - Text-based ads that show up in the right column or top of the page on LinkedIn.SPONSORED_UPDATES - Native ads that promote a company's content updates in the LinkedIn feed.SPONSORED_INMAILS - Personalized messages with a call-to-action button delivered to a LinkedIn's member inbox.DYNAMIC - Ads that are dynamically personalized. This is a read-only field.

URN identifying the advertising account associated with the campaign. This value is immutable once set. For example, urn:li:sponsoredAccount:{id}.

An URN identifying the intended beneficiary of the advertising campaign such as a specific company or member.

Enable Audience Expansion for the campaign provides query expansion for certain targeting criteria.

URN identifying the campaign group associated with the campaign. The campaign group URN must be specified for campaign creation starting October 30, 2020.

CPM - Cost per thousand advertising impressions. If type=SPONSORED_INMAILS; cost per send(CPS) is measured as CPM x 1000. CPC - Cost per individual click on the associated link. CPV - Cost per view for video ads.

ROUND_ROBIN - Rotate through available creatives to serve them as evenly as possible. OPTIMIZED - Bias selection taking into account such as expected performance. Not available for Message and Conversation Ads (type=SPONSORED_INMAILS).

Maximum amount to spend per day UTC. The amount of money as a real number string.

ISO currency code. The currency must match that of the parent account.

Locale of the campaign. An uppercase two-letter country code as defined by ISO-3166. The country and language combination must match one of the [supported locales]((../../../../shared/references/reference-tables/language-codes?context=linkedin/marketing/context).

Locale of the campaign. A lowercase two-letter language code as defined by ISO-639. The country and language combination must match one of the [supported locales]((../../../../shared/references/reference-tables/language-codes?context=linkedin/marketing/context)

The name of the campaign; primarily used to make it easier to reference a campaign and to recall its purpose.

The id of the campaign.

Objective type of campaign. Possible values are: BRAND_AWARENESS This objective aims to get the most reach and impression for their campaigns with the business goal of speading awareness. This objective allows for Standard Sponsored Content, Carousel Sponsored Content, Video Sponsored Content, Text Ads, Spotlight Dynamic Ads, and Follow Company Dynamic Ads type campaign formats. ENGAGEMENT This objective aims to get more engagement on sponsored content post with the business goal of brand consideration. The ad unit also includes a follow button for advertisers to get more page followers on LinkedIn. This objective allows for standard sponsored content, carousel sponsored content, and video sponsored content type campaign formats. JOB_APPLICANT This objective aims to get more job applicants on LinkedIn with the business goal of brand talent media. This objective allows for Job Dynamic Ads, Spotlight Dynamic Ads, and Standard Sponsored Content type campaign formats. LEAD_GENERATION This objective aims to generate leads for advertisers with the business goal of brand conversion. When users click on this ad, they will be lead to a lead generation form pre-filled with their LinkedIn profile date. This objective allows for Lead Generation Form Sponsored Content, Lead Generation Form Carousel Sponsored Content, Video Lead Generation Form Sponsored Content, and Lead Generation Form Sponsored InMail type campaign formats. VIDEO_VIEW This objective aims to get more people to watch their video ads optimizing for number of views with the business goal of brand consideration. This objective type allows for Video Sponsored Content and Video Carousel Sponsored Content type campaign formats. WEBSITE_CONVERSION This objective aims to get more conversions from advertiser’s website with the business goal of brand conversion. Advertisers need to install LinkedIn InsightTag so that LinkedIn can track conversion events and optimize towards them. This objective allows for Standard Sponsored Content, Image and Video Carousel Sponsored Content, Video Sponsored Content, Text Ads, Spotlight Dynamic Ads, and Sponsored InMail type campaign formats. WEBSITE_VISIT This objective aims to get more people to visit a website destination with the business goal of brand consideration. This objective allows for Standard Sponsored Content, Image and Video Carousel Sponsored Content, Video Sponsored Content, Text Ads, Spotlight Dynamic Ads, and Sponsored InMail type campaign formats. CREATIVE_ENGAGEMENT To be deprecated Legacy objective used by advertisers to drive more engagement on sponsored content posts. This objective requires advertisers to configure their campaigns to optimize towards clicks, impresisons, or conversions. The ad creative will include a follow button for advertisers to get more page followers on LinkedIn. Currently, this objective is fully supported by the platform; however, we recommend that advertisers use ENGAGEMENT for more precise optimization.WEBSITE_TRAFFIC To be deprecated Legacy objective used by advertisers to direct more people to visit a website destination. This objective requires advertisers to configure their campaigns to optimize towards clicks, impresisons, or conversions. The ad creative will not include a follow button. Currently, this objective is fully supported by the platform; however, we recommend that advertisers use WEBSITE VISIT, WEBSITE CONVERSION, BRAND AWARENESS for more precise optimization.New objectives provide greater benefits to advertisers (eg.enhanced optimization, etc;), and we plan to deprecate the legacy objectives eventually. We recommend integrations towards non-legacy objective types. Refer to the validation documentation here.

Scheduled date range to run associated creatives. The start date must be non-null. Represents the inclusive (greater than or equal to) value in which to start the range.

Scheduled date range to run associated creatives. The start date must be non-null. Represents the exclusive (strictly less than) value in which to end the range. This field is optional. An unset field indicates an open range; for example, if start is 1455309628000 (Fri, 12 Feb 2016 20:40:28 GMT), and end is not set, it means everything at, or after 1455309628000.

Maximum amount to spend over the life of the campaign. The amount of money as a real number string. Deprecated for campaigns not using lifetime pacing.

Total amount of budget left for a campaign.

ISO currency code. The currency must match that of the account. Deprecated for campaigns not using lifetime pacing.

TEXT_AD - Text-based ads that show up in the right column or top of the page on LinkedIn. SPONSORED_UPDATES - Native ads that promote a company's content updates in the LinkedIn feed. SPONSORED_INMAILS - Personalized messages with a call-to-action button delivered to a LinkedIn's member inbox. DYNAMIC - Ads that are dynamically personalized.

Amount to bid per click, impression, or other event depending on the pricing model. The amount of money as a real number string. The default is 0 with the currency code set to match that of the associated account.

Amount to bid per click, impression, or other event depending on the pricing model. The default is 0 with the currency code set to match that of the associated account. ISO currency code.

Each entity has a version tag associated with it. The version tag is initiated to 1 when the entity is created. Each single update to the entity increases its version tag by 1.

ACTIVE - Denotes that the campaign is fully servable. PAUSED - Denotes that the campaign meets all requirements to be served, but temporarily should not be. ARCHIVED - Denotes that the campaign is presently inactive, and should mostly be hidden in the UI until un-archived. COMPLETED - Denotes that the campaign has reached a specified budgetary or chronological limit. CANCELED - Denotes that the campaign has been permanently canceled, such as when an advertising account is permanently closed. DRAFT - Denotes that the campaign is still being edited and not eligible for serving. Some validation will be postponed until the campaign is activated.

The ad format on campaign level. CAROUSEL - Carousel ad format is a kind of multi-content ad that allows members to swipe left and right to view content in succession. FOLLOW_COMPANY - DYNAMIC campaign with FOLLOW_COMPANY_V2 creative. JOBS - DYNAMIC campaign with JOBS_V2 creative. SINGLE_VIDEO - Single video format is a single content ad where members can watch a video. SPONSORED_INMAIL - Standard advertiser created paid message sent to a member that supports links, leadgen forms, and other traditional methods of interacting with the creative. SPONSORED_MESSAGE - Conversation Ad format that provides chat-like experience between the member and the advertiser. SPOTLIGHT - DYNAMIC campaign with SPOTLIGHT_V2 creative. STANDARD_UPDATE - Standard user generated content with a single image or article showing in LinkedIn feed, SlideShare, even off LinkedIn network and etc TEXT_AD - Standard advertiser created text-oriented ad showing on the right rail of LinkedIn desktop homepage, profile page or on the banner of LinkedIn desktop homepage. UNSUPPORTED - Corresponds to all legacy creative types that are unsupported as of the time that campaign format was introduced. This includes both the explicit UNSUPPORTED creative type as well as the V1 dynamic creative types. This value should not be passed as an input. The campaign format is a required field when campaign.type= DYNAMIC. It restricts the types of creatives (CreativeType) that may be added to this campaign. For example, campaigns with the CAROUSEL format can only have creatives of SPONSORED_UPDATE_CAROUSEL type and campaigns with the SINGLE_VIDEO can only have creatives with SPONSORED_VIDEO type. Refer to the validation documentation here.

Identifies the pacing option used for the campaign. Optional and editable only on create. Possible values: LIFETIME - Lifetime pacing that optimizes campaign budget delivery throughout campaign's lifetime.

Flag showing whether this campaign is a test campaign, i.e., belongs to a test account. This is a read-only and immutable field that is set implicitly during creation based on whether the account is a Test Account or not.

Array of enums that determine whether or not a campaign may be served; unlike 'status', which is user-managed, the values are controlled by the service. This is a read-only field. Possible values are: RUNNABLE Campaign is eligible for serving.STOPPED Campaign is currently not servable for reasons other than billing information, budgetary constraints, or termination dates. For instance, an campaign will be STOPPED if it has been PAUSED by the user.ACCOUNT_TOTAL_BUDGET_HOLD Parent account total budget has been reached.ACCOUNT_END_DATE_HOLD Parent account end date has been reached. CAMPAIGN_START_DATE_HOLD Campaign start date is in the future.CAMPAIGN_END_DATE_HOLD Campaign end date has been reached.CAMPAIGN_TOTAL_BUDGET_HOLD Campaign total budget has been reached.CAMPAIGN_AUDIENCE_COUNT_HOLD Campaign is on hold because it has an audience count lower than the threshold.CAMPAIGN_GROUP_START_DATE_HOLD Campaign group start date is in the future.CAMPAIGN_GROUP_END_DATE_HOLD Campaign Group end date is in the past.CAMPAIGN_GROUP_TOTAL_BUDGET_HOLD Campaign group total budget has been reached.CAMPAIGN_GROUP_STATUS_HOLD Campaign group status is on hold.ACCOUNT_SERVING_HOLD Parent account is on hold and not eligible for serving.

Unique numerical identifier for the ad creative

Indicate whether the creative is a direct sponsored content or not.

ACTIVE - Creative creation is complete and creative is available for review and serve. PAUSED - Creative creation is complete and creative is current, but should temporarily not be served. This status is not valid upon creation. DRAFT - Creative creation is incomplete and may still be edited. ARCHIVED - Creative creation is complete, but creative should not be served and should be separated from non-archived creatives in any UI.CANCELED - Creative is permanently canceled. Creative status is set independently from parent entity status, but parent entity status overrides creative status in effect. For example, parent entity status may be PAUSED while creative status is ACTIVE, in which case creative is in effect PAUSED, and not served.

ACTIVE - Creative creation is complete and creative is available for review and serve. PAUSED - Creative creation is complete and creative is current, but should temporarily not be served. This status is not valid upon creation. DRAFT - Creative creation is incomplete and may still be edited. ARCHIVED - Creative creation is complete, but creative should not be served and should be separated from non-archived creatives in any UI.CANCELED - Creative is permanently canceled. Creative status is set independently from parent entity status, but parent entity status overrides creative status in effect. For example, parent entity status may be PAUSED while creative status is ACTIVE, in which case creative is in effect PAUSED, and not served.

TEXT_AD - Text with Sponsored Link to landing page on your site. SPONSORED_STATUS_UPDATE - Sponsored status update from a profile page. SPONSORED_INMAILS - Single message ad delivered to the member's inbox SPONSORED_MESSAGE - Conversation ad containing a tree of pre-determined messages delivered to the member's inbox SPONSORED_VIDEO - Sponsored videos.SPONSORED_UPDATE_CAROUSEL - Sponsored CarouselsFOLLOW_COMPANY_V2 - Dynamic Follow AdSPOTLIGHT_V2 - Dynamic Spotlight AdJOBS_V2 - Dynamic Job Ad

Title of the creative

Description of the creative

Destination URL of the creative

URL preview of the ads

Thumbnail

Creative Reference Type

Creative Reference ID

The date where the extraction take times.

Return the platform name