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How to set up the Search synergies report
Jonas Østergård Bæk avatar
Written by Jonas Østergård Bæk
Updated over 5 months ago

o set up the Search synergies report, follow these steps:

  1. Go to the left-hand navigation menu.

  2. Select Data & reportingReporting solutions

  3. Click on the 'Create new report' button.

You can watch the complete setup process in the video or refer to the step-by-step guide provided below.

Step 1. Select the report

Select the report type: Search synergies report.

Step 2. Select the data sources and choose custom groupings

It is highly recommended to connect Google search console to Google Ads in order to activate the Paid & organic report within Google Ads. To set up this connection, please refer to the provided . Without establishing this connection, the Total Trends dashboard in Looker Studio will not display any data. However, the other dashboards in Looker Studio will continue to function correctly.guide

Here is a detailed explanation for each data source:

Google Ads

1. Select the Google Ads accounts connected to Alvie, as explained here. You can choose multiple accounts.

2. To edit the market grouping according to your specific needs, you can refer to the explanation provided here. Keep in mind that Custom grouping is important when setting up the Search synergies report.

3. To filter the Search synergies report v2 by Campaign name, you can refer to the documentation for detailed instructions on how to set it up Campaign name filter.

Google search console

1. Select the Google search console accounts connected to Alvie, as explained here. You can choose multiple accounts.

2. To edit the market grouping according to your specific needs, you can refer to the explanation provided here. Keep in mind that Custom grouping is important when setting up the Search synergies report.

Step 3. Define data target properties

In this step, you will find the basic settings, which require you to define the Google Cloud project and BigQuery output dataset. For detailed instructions on how to correctly fill in this data, please refer to the documentation provided here.

Additionally, this step includes advanced settings that are optional to use. Here, you have the ability to define the schedule for creating Search synergies report. By default, the schedule is set to daily, but you can choose other options that are suitable for your needs:

You can learn more about how the schedule is set up here.

Step 4. Other settings

This step includes an important setting called Target currency, which is explained in detail here.

Step 5. Activate the report

If you have finished configuring the settings, you can activate the report. However, if you still need to make adjustments to the settings, you can choose to save without activating.

For more detailed information on report activation and setting up the Looker studio dashboard, please refer to the documentation provided here.

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