AppsFlyer connection guide

Supermetrics Support Site Team

Modified on: Mon, 27 Feb, 2023 at 11:40 AM

Learn how to connect your AppsFlyer data to Supermetrics.

If you need to connect this data source to one of our data warehouse or cloud storage destinations, explore our data warehouse and cloud storage setup guides.

Before you begin

To connect Supermetrics to AppsFlyer, you need:

Retrieve your API tokens

Log in to AppsFlyer.
Click the email address in the top right corner to open the user menu drop-down.
Click Security center.
Under "AppsFlyer API tokens", select Manage your AppsFlyer API tokens.
Copy both tokens.

Supermetrics supports 2 report types to fetch performance data of how different marketing channels and user acquisition sources perform.

Aggregated performance (Pull API) report: Get basic aggregated performance data for your mobile apps. This report is available for all AppsFlyer users.
Aggregated performance (Master API) report: Fetch more granular data with less restrictive rate limits, including ad group, ad, and keyword splits. The Master API requires a separate subscription, please contact AppsFlyer to gain access. Learn more about the Master API in AppsFlyer's documentation.

Make sure you've installed the Supermetrics add-on before you connect.

Open a new Google Sheets file.
Navigate to Extensions → Supermetrics → Launch sidebar to open Supermetrics.
Click Create new query.
Under Data source, select AppsFlyer.
Click Start.
Enter your credentials, including an account name and your tokens, and click Start.
Click Allow.

Make sure you've connected Supermetrics to Looker Studio before following the steps below.

Open the Supermetrics Looker Studio data source gallery.
Navigate to AppsFlyer and click Start free trial.
You'll see two buttons that read Authorize. If you're using Supermetrics for the first time, click the left-hand one and log in with the Google Account you use with Supermetrics.
Once that's done, or if you've done it before, click the right-hand Authorize button (under "AppsFlyer requires authorization to connect to data").
Select a team that has access to the account you want to connect.
Choose to make this connection shared or private.
Click Start.
Enter your credentials, including an account name and your tokens, and click Start.
Click Allow.
Scroll down to the bottom of the page. To create a report with our template, select Use report template for new reports. To create a blank report, deselect this option.
In the pane's top right, click Connect.
Click Create report.
Click Add to report.

Make sure you've installed the Supermetrics add-on before you connect.

Open an Excel file.
Click Data → Show Supermetrics.
Under Data source, select AppsFlyer.
Choose to make this connection shared or private.
Click Start.
Enter your credentials, including an account name and your tokens, and click Start.
Click Allow.