BI Connect

Marin's BI Connect is a tool that allows you to integrate your Marin data into the Business Intelligence tool of your choice, including Tableau, Google Data Studio, and more. It can also be used as a data source, allowing you to create custom dashboards and reports in your own BI Tool, or accessed directly for integration with your own in-house data...

Charts

In addition to reports and Dashboards, Marin also offers charts that allow you to visualize your data, including comparison metrics, to create data-rich dashboard widgets. Charts are interactive -- simply hover over your chart to gain additional, in-depth insight into the data that interests you most -- and are available on most tabs. Additionally, ...

Importing Search Console SEO Data into MarinOne

Google Search Console is a tool offered by Google to help users check website indexing status and optimize visibility of their organic listings using SEO strategies.  On the other side of the equation, Marin has always offered tools to help users optimize paid search efforts, allowing users to use paid ads to increase visibility on the search engine...

Using an FTP Client to Access Report Files

You may want to use an FTP client to access report files. Additionally, you can retrieve daily Marin Tracker  conversion files from this location. To do so, follow the steps listed in the section below.  How To Use An FTP Client To Access Report Files Note: You will use your Marin login credentials for the FTP. Open  FileZilla  (or any FTP client of...

A Completed Report Shows Blank Values for Certain Objects

A completed report shows no metrics for several objects. By ‘no metrics’, we mean that the value is blank, and not just zero. For example, under Impressions the value for an object contains no data whatsoever. What Causes The Issue? This issue is most commonly caused by an object being out of sync with the publisher. You can confirm this by locating...

History Graph Showing Incorrect Data

What Is The Issue? You may encounter the History graph showing incorrect data, for example, the graphs in your Microsoft account reference numbers from your Google account. What Causes The Issue? This is a known issue caused by the cache and cookies from your browser. How To Fix The Issue You can fix the issue by logging out of the platform, clearin...

Percentage Change Columns Do Not Appear in Reports

You may notice that when running your reports, the Change % columns do not appear as expected. Example columns include Click Change % and Pub. Cost Change %. This happens when you choose to view the report data by day, week or month. What Causes The Issue? There are multiple scenarios that can cause this problem: Scenario 1 This problem is due to th...

Publisher Data Not Imported as Expected

You may encounter a situation where publisher data (i.e. cost, click etc.) is not imported into the platform as expected. What Causes The Issue? This problem is possibly caused by platform enhancements that are underway. This can cause data processing from publishers to run more slowly and therefore the data may not load as quickly as usual. How To ...

Report Shows Data for Dates That Were Not Selected

When running a report and using either the Show by week or Show by month view option, you may notice that the report includes data for days that you did not select. For example, if a month ends in the middle of the week, your report may include data for the latter half of that week, even though it is not in the month you selected. What Causes The Is...

Values and Headlines are Mismatched in a Report

You may notice that the formatting for data in a report does not align with the column headers. Some values in the report match the column header, but others don't, and appear in a new row of data. What Causes The Issue? This problem is most commonly caused by a carriage return in one of the values, which gets the remaining data in the report to app...