Google Ad Manager Spotlight Tag: Basic Configuration

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The Google Ad Manager Spotlight tag was formerly called the DoubleClick Spotlight tag. The DoubleClick Spotlight tag is deprecated.

In this article:

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Tag Specifications and Requirements

Specifications

• Name: Google Ad Manager Spotlight
• Vendor: Google
• Type: Conversion Tracking

Requirements

• Services: DFA (Google Ad Manager for Advertisers) Account

Configurations:

• Region Code
• Advertiser ID
• Spotlight activity 
• Type of Spotlight activity
• Web address of the DFA ad server

Tag Configuration

Adding the Tag

Tealium iQ's Tag marketplace offers a wide variety of tags. Click here to learn how to add a tag to your profile.

Configuring the Tag

Use the following steps to configure the tag:

1. Title
   Required. Enter a descriptive title to identify the tag instance.
   

   

2. Region
   Required.  Select the region where the server where the Spotlight activity is located.

   Example: Americas

3. Advertiser ID
   Required. This is the ID of the source advertiser that is tracking the Spotlight activity.
   Enter the value of the "src" key in this field.

   Example: 1234567

4. Type
   Required. Enter the 8-character string of the group/type of Spotlight activity.

   Example: abcde123

5. Category
   Required. Enter the 8-character string assigned to the Spotlight activity being tracked.
   

   Example: fghij456

6. DCNET
   Optional. If your image pixel contains a dcnet value, you can enter it here.
   

   

   Place this Tag at the top of the list in the Tags tab to ensure that it loads as soon as the page starts loading.

Applying Load Rules

Load Rules determine when and where to load an instance of this tag. The 'Load on All Pages' rule is the default load rule. To load this tag on a specific page, create a new load rule with the relevant conditions.

As a best practice, set up load rule conditions to strategically load these tags on the pages where you want to track the conversion.

Setting up Mappings

Mapping is the simple process of sending data from a data source, in your data layer, to the matching destination variable of the vendor tag.

The following table describes the standard destination variables available from the Mapping Toolbox.

Variable	Description
qty	Map to this variable to indicate the quantity of items sold or the number of transactions for an item.
cost	Map to this variable to indicate the amount of revenue generated by the transaction.
list_id	Map to this variable to send the identifier of the boom list (created by the advertiser for retargeting purpose).
U1 through U10	Map to one or more variables to send custom data.

Additional Resources

Tealium Documentation

• How to set up Mappings
• How to set up Load Rules
• How to add a Tag

Vendor Documentation

• Conversion Tracking and Spotlight
• Legacy Image Tags (Spotlight)