The Google Ads ADO.NET Data Provider enables user to easily connect to Google Ads data from .NET applications. An easy-to-use database-like interface for .NET applications access to live Google AdWords data (Campaigns, AdGroups, Performance, and more).
Google Ads .NET Connectivity Features
- Work with a relational model of your Google AdWords data based on metrics, segments, and attributes
- Powerful metadata querying enables SQL-like access to non-database sources
- Push down query optimization pushes SQL operations down to the server whenever possible, increasing performance
- Client-side query execution engine, supports SQL-92 operations that are not available server-side
- Connect to live Google Ads data, for real-time data access with the Google Ads ODBC Driver
- Full support for data aggregation and complex JOINs in SQL queries
- Secure connectivity through modern cryptography, including TLS 1.2, SHA-256, ECC, etc.
- Seamless integration with leading BI, reporting, and ETL tools and with custom applications via the Google Ads Connector.
Target Service, API
The driver connects to Google Ads API. Provides access to campaign management and reporting data.
Schema, Data Model
Models Google Ads entities as relational tables. Supports all campaign types and metrics.
Key Objects
Campaigns, Ad Groups, Ads, Keywords, Audiences, and Reports. Full Google Ads platform access.
Operations
Read operations on all data. Write operations for campaign management. GAQL queries supported.
Authentication
OAuth 2.0 authentication with Google. Requires Google Ads API developer token and customer ID.
See what you can do with Google Ads ADO.NET provider
Use Google Ads from SQL Server Analysis Service (SSAS) multi-dimensional cubes. Keep your analytical data modeling and access to any source including cloud and on-premises.
The Google Ads ADO.NET Provider allows developers to build applications that connect to Google Ads using familiar SQL and Entity Framework. Integrate Google Ads to your mission -critical applications or create easy side-by-side applications.
You can connect from ADO.NET compliant low-code development tools:
You can connect Google Ads from .NET-based reporting and analytics tools:
Standard ADO.NET Access to GoogleAds
The Google AdWords ADO.NET Provider offers the most natural way to access Google Ads data from any .NET application. Simply use Google AdWords Data Provider objects to connect and access data just as you would access any traditional database. You will be able to use the Google AdWords Data Provider through Visual Studio Server Explorer, in code through familiar classes, and in data controls like DataGridView, GridView, DataSet, etc.
The CData ADO.NET Provider for Google AdWords hides the complexity of accessing data and provides additional powerful security features, smart caching, batching, socket management, and more.
Working with DataAdapters, DataSets, DataTables, etc.
The Google AdWords Data Provider has the same ADO.NET architecture as the native .NET data providers for SQL Server and OLEDB, including: GoogleAdsConnection, GoogleAdsCommand, GoogleAdsDataAdapter, GoogleAdsDataReader, GoogleAdsDataSource, GoogleAdsParameter, etc. Because of this you can now access Google Ads data in an easy, familiar way.
For example:
using (GoogleAdsConnection conn = new GoogleAdsConnection("...")) {
string select = "SELECT * FROM Campaigns";
GoogleAdsCommand cmd = new GoogleAdsCommand(select, conn);
GoogleAdsDataAdapter adapter = new GoogleAdsDataAdapter(cmd);
using (adapter) {
DataTable table = new DataTable();
adapter.Fill(table);
...
}
}
ADO.NET Provider Performance
With traditional approaches to remote access, performance bottlenecks can spell disaster for applications. Regardless if an application is created for internal use, a commercial project, web, or mobile application, slow performance can rapidly lead to project failure. Accessing data from any remote source has the potential to create these problems. Common issues include:
- Network Connections - Slow network connections and latency issues are common in mobile applications.
- Service Delays - Delays due to service interruptions, resulting in server hardware or software updates.
- Large Data - Intentional or unintentional requests for large amounts of data.
- Disconnects - Complete loss of network connectivity.
The CData ADO.NET Provider for Google AdWords solves these issues by supporting powerful smart caching technology that can greatly improve the performance and dramatically reduce application bottlenecks.
Smart Caching
Smart caching is a configurable option that works by storing queried data into a local database. Enabling smart caching creates a persistent local cache database that contains a replica of data retrieved from the remote source. The cache database is small, lightweight, blazing-fast, and it can be shared by multiple connections as persistent storage.
Caching with our ADO.NET Providers is highly configurable, including options for:
- Auto Cache - Maintain an automatic local cache of data on all requests. The provider will automatically load data into the cache database each time you execute a SELECT query. Each row returned by the query will be inserted or updated as necessary into the corresponding table in the cache database.
- Explicit Cache - Cache only on demand. Developers decide exactly what data gets stored in the cache and when it is updated. Explicit caching provides full control over the cache contents by using explicit execution of CACHE statements.
- No Cache - All requests access only live data and no local cache file is created.
This powerful caching functionality increases application performance and allows applications to disconnect and continue limited functioning without writing code for additional local storage and/or data serialization/deserialization.
More information about ADO.NET Provider caching and best caching practices is available in the included help files.
Visual Studio Integration & Server Explorer
Working with the new Google AdWords ADO.NET Provider is easy. As a fully-managed .NET Data Provider, the Google AdWords Data Provider integrates seamlessly with the Visual Studio development environment as well as any .NET application.
As an ADO.NET Data Provider, Google AdWords ADO.NET Provider can be used to access and explore Google Ads data directly from the Visual Studio Server Explorer.
It's easy. As a standard ADO.NET adapter, developers can connect the Server Explorer to Google AdWords ADO.NET Provider just like connecting to any standard database.
- Add a new Data Connection from the Server Explorer and select the Google Ads Data Source
- Configure the basic connection properties to access your Google Ads account data.
Explore all of the data available! Google AdWords ADO.NET Provider makes it easy to access live Google Ads data from Visual Studio.
Developer Integration: Databind to Google Ads
Connecting Web, Desktop, and Mobile .NET applications with Google Ads is just like working with SQL Server. It is even possible to integrate Google AdWords ADO.NET Provider into applications without writing code.
Developers are free to access the Google AdWords ADO.NET Provider in whatever way they like best. Either visually through the Visual Studio Winforms or Webforms designers, or directly through code.
- Developers can connect the Google Ads Data Source directly to form components by configuring the object's smart
tags.
- Add a new Data Connection from the Server Explorer and select the Google Ads Data Source. Then, select the
feed, view, or services you would like to connect the object to.
Done! It's just like connecting to SQL Server.
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