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View File Ingestion Info for Activation Audience Files

Files in an Activation workflow audience create fields and segments in Connect that you can use to distribute to destination platforms. See the sections below for information on viewing file ingestion info for Activation workflow files.

Note

  1. Navigate to the Files page by clicking Files in the Connect navigation menu.

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  2. If needed, use the Audience dropdown to change the audience that's displayed.

    Note

    If you see an alert about “Unassociated files”, that means that there are files in your account that are in the process of being transferred and are not yet associated with the appropriate audience(s). This happens when LiveRamp is retrieving your file from your resource, such as your S3 bucket or GCS bucket. For information on unassociated files and how to view them, see "Unassociated Files".

    See "Column Headings for Activation Audiences" for information on the columns that appear.

  3. To view undistributed or canceled files, slide the toggle for "Show undistributed and canceled" to the right (by default, undistributed and canceled files are hidden). For more information, see "Hide or View Undistributed and Canceled Files".

  4. Check the status listed in the file's "Ingestion Status" column and then hover over the file's status to display additional information about the status, including error information that can help you troubleshoot if there's an ingestion issue (for more information, see "Troubleshoot File Ingestion Issues"). For definitions of the ingestion statuses, see the "Ingestion Status Definitions for Activation Workflow Files" section below.

  5. To get more information on a particular file, click anywhere in that file's row to open a details panel that displays additional information on the file's import status and progress.

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Ingestion Status Definitions for Activation Workflow Files

An Activation workflow file might have one of the ingestion statuses listed below, depending on where it is in the process.

Hover over the ingestion status in the table on the Files page to view detailed information about that status, including any possible error messages (for more information, see “Troubleshoot File Ingestion Issues”).

Note

  • For an overview of the file ingestion process, see “Overview of the File Ingestion Process for Activation Workflow Files”.

  • For files that LiveRamp is retrieving from your resource, such as your S3 bucket or your GCS bucket, the "Transferring" and "Transfer Failed" statuses will only ever appear when you navigate to the "Unassociated files" area. Once a retrieved file has been transferred, it appears under the appropriate audience(s). For more information, see "Unassociated Files".

See the table below for detailed information on each ingestion status:

Activation Ingestion Statuses

Status Message

Status Details

Notes

Transferring

This file is being scanned, queued, and transferred to LiveRamp for ingestion processing.

The file is going through the file transfer stage, which involves transferring the file to your LiveRamp customer GCP (Google Cloud Platform) bucket.

Transfer Failed

This file failed to transfer. Create a support case to resolve this issue.

Transfers sometimes fail due to transient errors on the LiveRamp side.

Queued for Processing

This file has been transferred and will begin ingestion processing soon.

The first part of the ingestion processing stage involves putting the file in line for processing.

  • It typically takes a few minutes for a file to finish being queued for processing.

  • As soon as the file moves through the processing queue, it will begin processing.

Processing

This file is being processed, checked against product limits, and matched.

Ingestion processing has begun and the file goes through the steps listed in “The Ingestion Processing Stage” section of “Overview of the File Ingestion Process for Activation Workflow Files”.

  • The time for processing varies, but typically takes between 1 and 3 days.

  • You can click the file’s row to open the details panel to view the estimated completion time for this step in the File Ingestion Status section.

Processing Paused

This file has been paused so that LiveRamp can perform additional validation (which is needed if the file formatting is different from the original import). If this status does not change within 24 hours, create a support case.

The message displayed varies depending on the pause reason.

This status is often displayed if the file’s formatting (such as the column headers or the audience key used) is different from the formatting of the file used initially to set up the audience.

Processing Failed

This file failed to process and LiveRamp is working to resolve this. If this status does not change within 24 hours, create a support case.

The message displayed varies depending on the failure reason.

This status is often displayed if the file’s formatting (such as the column headers or the audience key used) is different from the formatting of the file used initially to set up the audience.

Canceled

Processing for this file has been canceled.

A user has canceled the processing of the file.

  • By default, "canceled" files are hidden from the Files page. Adjust the toggle for "Show undistributed and canceled" to view these files.

  • To see the date and time of the cancellation, click the files row to open the details panel and look at the information in the File Ingestion Status section.

Ingested

This file has completed ingestion processing, and can be used to create and distribute segments, as well as refresh existing distributions.

If the fields or segments that have been created or refreshed from the file are currently being distributed to at least one destination, the ingestion status will be “Ingested”.

If no fields or segments are being distributed (other than in derived segments), the ingestion status will be either "No Distributions" or "Not Distributed".

No Distributions

This file has completed ingestion processing but no data from this file has been added to a distribution.

Once the file has finished processing, if none of the fields or segments created or refreshed from the file are currently being distributed to a destination (other than in derived segments), the ingestion status will be “No Distributions”.

Not Distributed

This file has completed ingestion processing but the data from this file did not get distributed within 30 days (other than data in derived segments) and so has not been delivered.

Once the file has finished processing, if none of the fields or segments created or refreshed from the file have been distributed to a destination in the last 30 days (other than in derived segments), the ingestion status will be “Not Distributed”.

  • If the only data from the file that is getting distributed is in derived segments, and no data is being distributed in regular segments, the status will be "Not Distributed".

  • By default, "undistributed" files are hidden from the Files page. Adjust the toggle for "Show undistributed and canceled" to view these files.

  • You can now go to the desired destination account(s) and add any new fields and segments for distribution. You can also create derived segments from the data in this file.

Overwritten

This file has been ingested but has been overwritten by a more recent file, since this audience's update method is "full refresh".

If the file has been uploaded to an audience that uses the “full refresh” update method (in which a new file completely replaces all of the previously onboarded data for that entire audience), only the data from the most recent file is used for that audience. All other files will show an ingestion status of “Overwritten” since their data has been overwritten by the newer file.

For more information on audience update methods, see “Ways to Update an Existing Audience”.

In this section:

A set of segment data that holds a specific category of values, such as "Car_Owned."

A group of your records that are defined by a specific attribute (a field/value pairing, such as "Gender=female"). For example, a field for "Gender" might contain segments for "Gender=Female" and for "Gender=Male."

A segment built with the Segment Creator in Connect by applying rules to previously uploaded segments within a given audience.

derived segments