Navigating Connect
The Connect application contains a number of different features that allow you to navigate to different areas of the application. For information on these features, see the sections below.
The Navigation Pane
The left side of the Connect interface contains the navigation pane with menu selections that appear in every part of the application. The far-left side of the pane contains top level menu items:
LiveRamp logo icon (
): Click this icon to return to the Welcome page.Account Switcher icon (
): Click this icon to switch between your different accounts (if applicable).Connect Navigation menu icon (
): Click this icon to access the Connect navigation menu selections. From these menu selections, you can access all Connect interface pages except for Data Marketplace pages. For more information on these pages, see "Understanding the Connect Navigation Menu Pages".Note
When you first open Connect, the Connect Navigation menu is selected by default.
Data Marketplace Navigation menu icon (
): Click this icon to access the Data Marketplace navigation menu selections (if Data Marketplace has been enabled for your account). From these menu selections, you can access all Data Marketplace pages. For more information on these pages, see "Understanding the Data Marketplace Navigation Menu Pages".
The right side of the navigation pane contains the menu selections, depending on whether you’ve selected the Connect navigation menu or the Data Marketplace navigation menu.
When you’re in the Connect navigation menu, the Audiences menu selection displays the number of audiences in your Connect account and provides a drop-down list (and search bar) for you to navigate to the Audience Segments page for a specific audience.
The Destination Accounts menu selection displays the number of destination accounts in your Connect account and provides a drop-down list (and search bar) for you to navigate to the Segment Distribution page for a specific destination account.
Page Header Controls
In the top right of each page, several page header controls appear:
Notifications icon: Click the notification icon to open the notification pane (for more information, see “Viewing and Managing Notifications”). The number of unread notifications is displayed as a number in red next to the Notifications icon.
Help icon: Click the help icon to access menu selections that will take you to the Connect documentation site and the LiveRamp Community Portal (for more information on the portal, see "Using the LiveRamp Community Portal").
Profile icon: Click the profile icon to access menu selections that will take you to the User Settings page or log you out.
Welcome Page Shortcut Tiles
From the Welcome page, you can use the tiles that have been enabled for your account to navigate to certain Connect interface pages:
Note
Depending on what's been enabled for your account, you might not see all of these tiles.
Upload a File: If you want to upload a file via Connect, click this tile to navigate to the Upload Files page. For more information, see “Upload a File via Connect".
Build Segments: If you want to build a derived segment, click this tile and then select your desired audience to use to build the segment. The Audience Segments page for that audience opens and you can click to open the Segment Creator and start the segment building process. For complete instructions, see “Create a Derived Segment”.
Note
If you've been enabled for Customer Profiles, you have access to another segment builder that allows you to build combination segments containing data from multiple audiences and certain Data Marketplace data. For more information, see "Build a Combination Segment with Customer Profiles".
Distribute Data: If you want to distribute data to a destination, click this tile to open up the Destination Accounts page. From this page, select the destination account you want to distribute data through by hovering over the tile and then clicking . For complete instructions, see “Distribute Data to a Destination”.
Buy Data: If you’ve been enabled to buy data in the Data Marketplace and you want to buy data, click this tile to navigate to the Data Marketplace Segments page. For complete instructions, see “Buying Segment Data from the Data Marketplace”.
Sell Data: If you’ve been enabled to sell data in the Data Marketplace and you want to view or manage your Data Marketplace segments, click this tile to navigate to the Data Marketplace - My Segments page. For more information, see “Selling Data with the Data Marketplace”.
Edit Marketplace Profile: If you’ve been enabled to sell data in the Data Marketplace and you want to view or edit your data seller profile, or view your contract configuration, click this tile. For more information, see “View or Edit Your Data Marketplace Storefront Profile” and “View Data Marketplace Contract Information”.
Explore Data Marketplace: If you’ve been enabled for the Data Marketplace, click this tile to navigate to the Data Marketplace Storefront. For more information, see “View the Storefront for Data Marketplace Buyers”.
Go To LiveRamp Community: If you want to go to the LiveRamp Community portal, where you can access user forums, view and create support cases, or access LiveRamp University training courses, click this tile. For more information, see “Using the LiveRamp Community Portal”.
Changing the Table Display
For many tables in Connect, you can change the way the table displays, including the columns that are displayed, the order the columns are displayed in and more. For more information, see “Changing the Table Display”.
Details Panels
Many Connect interface pages that contain tables have a details panel that you can open to see more information about a specific row in the table. In many cases, you can open the details panel by clicking on the row. For some tables, you access the details panel by clicking the More Options icon (the three dots) that appear when you hover over the row and then selecting View Details.
Page Tabs
Certain pages, such as the Company Settings page and the Data Marketplace - My Segments page, have tabs that allow you to access additional interface pages.
Help Tooltips
Many pages contain help tooltips (
) that you can click to get information on how to use the page or how to perform certain actions on the page, along with links to relevant help articles.
These tooltips often appear next to the page name.
Other tooltips (
) display information about the item they’re associated with when you hover or click on the tooltip.
Some elements, such as table headings, often have tooltip information that displays when you hover over the element.
