Wasting Too Much Time Downloading Facebook Post Data?

Facebook Posts Insights and Google Data Studio

Facebook Posts Insights is an interface, API, for Facebook's advertising reporting and analytics. Facebook's description of the Posts Insights Api states: "Insights are only generated for a Facebook Page that has more than 100 people that like it. Likewise, demographic metrics, such as age, gender and location, are available in Page Insights once there is data for 100 or more people." This can then be connected to Google Data Studio with our Fccebook Posts Insights connector. Here are some examples of important and interesting metrics that you can extract by combind Data REalte, Google Data Studio and FAcebook ads insights.

• Post Impressions - According Facebook: "The number of times your Page's post entered a person's screen. Posts include statuses, photos, links, videos and more."
• Post Engaged Users - this is the cost per person reached, compared to the cpm which is the cost per impression, where someone could see it twice

Use Google Data Studio and Facebook Post Insights to monitor your campaigns

We provide free DataStudio templates to make setting up dashboards a simple as copying one into your account. Once there you can link to a spreadsheet with Data Relate: FB installed and update with your own data. If you invest in our product your dashboards can updated on a daily basis. You could have a bespoke dashboard that compared cost per action with relevance score across all of your campaigns. With Google Data Studio, you can brand the dashboards with your company logo and share with your clients. Think of the time you could save.

Guide To Using The Facebook Posts Insights Data Studio Connector

Step 1

After logging in and selecting a Data Studio dashboard, click on Resource in the top nav bar

Step 2

Under resources select manage added data sources, which leads to the full list of add data sources.

Step 3

At the bottom of your added resources there is a plus with add a data source next to it. Click to add the Data Relate Facebook Ads Connector.

Step 4

Then search for "Data Relate" to find the connectors we've created

Step 5

You should then choose the connector the Instagram Ads insights connector

Step 6

Once selected, you can visit this page from the "Learn More" link or the contact page from the "Report and Issue" page

Step 7

Scroll down to find the settings for the app. You can get your PayPal ID from your account here. Pick the Facebook account you want to work with and the click/conversion window.

NB: The paypal will be associated with your Google email account. Only when logged in to this Google accoutn will you be able to sue the app.

Step 8

Once the configuration settings are selected you can see all metrics available with the connector

Step 9

Then click the "Add to report" button in the top right corner. If you are install in the app for the first time, you will see be able to use our free template at this stage.

Step 10

You will then see the new data source and available fields

Step 11

Click and drag on the dashbaord window and create your first graph powered by the new data source.

Step 12

Select a different type of graph and you can show your data in a different format.