Pipe Google Campaign Manager Data to CSV in PowerShell

The CData Cmdlets Module for Google Campaign Manager is a standard PowerShell module offering straightforward integration with Google Campaign Manager. Below, you will find examples of using our GoogleCM Cmdlets with native PowerShell cmdlets.

Creating a Connection to Your Google Campaign Manager Data

Google Campaign Manager uses the OAuth authentication standard. The data provider facilitates OAuth in various ways as described below. The following OAuth flow requires the authenticating user to interact with DoubleClick Campaign Manager, using the browser. You can also use a service account to authenticate.

For authentication guides, see the Getting Started section of the data provider help documentation.

$conn = Connect-GoogleCM  -UserProfileID "$UserProfileID"

Selecting Data

Follow the steps below to retrieve data from the CampaignPerformance table and pipe the result into to a CSV file:

Select-GoogleCM -Connection $conn -Table CampaignPerformance | Select -Property * -ExcludeProperty Connection,Table,Columns | Export-Csv -Path c:\myCampaignPerformanceData.csv -NoTypeInformation

You will notice that we piped the results from Select-GoogleCM into a Select-Object cmdlet and excluded some properties before piping them into an Export-Csv cmdlet. We do this because the CData Cmdlets append Connection, Table, and Columns information onto each "row" in the result set, and we do not necessarily want that information in our CSV file.

Deleting Data

The following line deletes any records that match the criteria:

Select-GoogleCM -Connection $conn -Table CampaignPerformance -Where "Device = Mobile devices with full browsers" | Remove-GoogleCM

Inserting and Updating Data

The cmdlets make data transformation easy as well as data cleansing. The following example loads data from a CSV file into Google Campaign Manager, checking first whether a record already exists and needs to be updated instead of inserted.

Import-Csv -Path C:\MyCampaignPerformanceUpdates.csv | %{
  $record = Select-GoogleCM -Connection $GoogleCM -Table CampaignPerformance -Where ("Id = `'"+$_.Id+"`'")
  if($record){
    Update-GoogleCM -Connection $googlecm -Table CampaignPerformance -Columns ("Clicks","Device") -Values ($_.Clicks, $_.Device) -Where ("Id = `'"+$_.Id+"`'")
  }else{
    Add-GoogleCM -Connection $googlecm -Table CampaignPerformance -Columns ("Clicks","Device") -Values ($_.Clicks, $_.Device)
  }
}

As always, our goal is to simplify the way you connect to data. With cmdlets users can install a data module, set the connection properties, and start building. Download Cmdlets and start working with your data in PowerShell today!