Set Up an Action Event Data Feed as a Partner

Set up an action data feed

1. From the top navigation bar, select [User profile] → Settings.

2. Under Technical, select Data Feeds.

3. Next to Daily Action Feed, select [Edit].

4. Toggle on [Toggle] Enable data feed.

5. 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.

Frequency options

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.

1. 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

2. 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.

3. Select Save.

   

Data feed fields

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.