DFA Reporting Sandbox

[jpickard....@gmail.com]

Is there a sandbox for the DFA Reporting API? What is the process for getting access to this sandbox? 

We already have a test account setup for DCM and use the "https://advertisersapitest.doubleclick.com/v1.20" endpoint and "https://sandbox.google.com/dfa/trafficking" url for UI access. Is there even a UI enable for report building? When logged into our test account for DCM and clicking on the Trafficking dropdown --> "Reporting and Attribution" option we are taken to http://www.google.com/doubleclick/advertisers/?defaultDs=1017317%3A8066, which is not what we expect.

If there is no such sandbox, what are recommended best practices for developing report management software?

Thanks,

John

[Jonathon Imperiosi (DFA API Team)]

Hi John,

Apologies for the delay. There's no test environment for the DFA Reporting API, so you'll need to develop against a production instance. The URL to access the production DDM Reporting UI is: https://www.google.com/analytics/dfa/. From there, you can build reports from the Report Builder tab. I'll alter the team to that broken link, and figure out whether it's intentional or not.

Regards,

- Jonathon Imperiosi, DFA API Team

[jpickard....@gmail.com]

Hi Jonathon,

That's unfortunate, but thank you for the reply. Could we setup a production account that we use as a development / test account?

Thanks,

John

[Jonathon Imperiosi (DFA API Team)]

Hey John,

API support doesn't provision accounts, so I'm not sure if it's possible to set up a secondary prod account for testing. Your best bet would be to ask your account manager, or shoot an email to the DCM support team.

Regards,

- Jonathon Imperiosi, DFA API Team