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 prerequisite and filling guides.
Before you begin
To connect Supermetrics to AppsFlyer, you need:
- Account admin access
- Two API tokens (V1.0 and V2.0)
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.
Learn more about retrieving and managing your tokens in AppsFlyer's documentation.
Query types
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.
Instructions
For Excel users
If your team uses Supermetrics for Excel, you'll see different options for managing and sharing data source connections in that destination. Learn more.
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.
Learn about advanced settings, best practices, and troubleshooting tips for Supermetrics for Google Sheets.
Make sure you've connected Supermetrics to Data Studio before following the steps below.
- Open the Supermetrics data source gallery.
- Navigate to AppsFlyer and click Try.
- Click Authorize.
- If you're connecting AppsFlyer for the first time, log in with the Google Account you use with Supermetrics. Click Allow.
- Click Authorize.
- 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.
Learn about advanced settings, best practices, and troubleshooting tips for Supermetrics for Data Studio.
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.
Learn about advanced settings, best practices, and troubleshooting tips for Supermetrics for Excel.