From the left navigation bar, select [Feeds] → Data Feeds.
Alternatively for Creator accounts, in the upper-right corner of the page, select [User Profile] → Settings → Data Feeds.
Next to Daily Action Feed, select [Edit].
Toggle on [Toggle] Enable data feed.
Set the Frequency in which you want FTP files generated.
Each file will only include events that happened since the last time a data feed file was generated. So, for example, if you decide to set the frequency to Hourly, only events that occurred within each last hour will be included.
Refer to the table below to see when each selection would generate a file. All times are in UTC format.
Frequency Option
Generation Times
Hourly
Every day, every hour since the last run time.
Every 2 hours
Every day, every 2 hours since the last run time.
Every 4 hours
Every day, every 4 hours since the last run time.
Every 8 hours
Every day, every 8 hours since the last run time.
Twice daily
Every day at 06:00:00Z and 18:00:00Z.
Daily
Every day at 02:00:00Z.
Monthly
The first day of each month at 03:00:00Z.
Select the Data Format. You have the following options:
XML: Human- and machine-readable markup text
TAB: Plain text, tab-spaced values
PIPE: Plain text, pipe-separated ( | ) values
CSV: Plain text, comma-separated values
Pick the file's Delivery Method.
FTP: Pull action feed data from impact.com's FTP server.
Partner FTP: Have action feed data sent to your server — input the necessary server details.
Email: The email address with which you want to receive action data updates.
Select Save.
See details on the data feed file fields in the linked spreadsheet below. A data feed file will always include all of the fields marked Always Present in File
. Fields marked Present when new data is available
won't appear in the file if no new data is available for a given line item.
Refer to the impact.com Action Data Feed File Data Fields spreadsheet for detailed information on all fields.