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The purpose of this document is to describe all necessary data inputs for Nielsen to conduct ad measurement on Computer Mobile and Connected TV platforms.

Mandatory campaign metadata From Nielsen CMI

Parameter Name	Legacy Parameter Name	Description	Required for Computer / Mobile (C/M)	Required for CTV	Example Value
Client ID	ci		✔	✔	`nlsnci123`
Ad Server	am		✔	✔	`3`
campaign_id	ca	Custom campaign hierarchy mapping to Campaign id	✔	✔	`1234567`
creative_id	cr	Custom campaign hierarchy mapping Creative id	✔	✔	`765432`
placement_id	pc	Custom campaign hierarchy mapping to Placement id	✔	✔	`placement_plc0001`
campaign_id	ca	Custom campaign hierarchy mapping to Campaign id	✔	✔	`1234567`
at	at	Fixed value	✔	✔	`view`
rt	rt	Fixed value	✔	✔	`banner`
st	st	Fixed value	✔	✔	`image`

Parameter listing

Parameter Name	Legacy Parameter Name	Description	Required for Computer / Mobile (C/M)	Required for CTV	Example Value
session_id	impid	Unique, client-generated value that represents uninterrupted app interaction by no greater than 30 minutes. Must match session_id in other files	✔	✔	`R487421B-XXXX-YYYY-3343-E3BBB46E44F2`
device_id	c9	Mobile Ad ID (IDFA, ADID), Connected Device ID. Should not be the user ID.	✔	Preferred if available	`A487421B-XXXX-YYYY-8343-E3BBB66E44F2`
provider_id	provid	This is a unique and persistent identifier supplied by the provider of the connected device content, which represents the device that is exposed to the ad. This is equivalent to the advertiser ID on mobile devices. Note: This ID must match across all data and reference assets sent to Nielsen (Experian match, viewing data, etc.)		✔	`ab1cdef2-gh34-56ij-kl78-opq`
uoo	uoo	User opt out flag (demographic measurement – based on OS “Limit Ad Tracking” or “Opt out of Ads Personalization” setting): 0 = not-opted-out, 1 = opt-out	✔	✔	`0`, `1`
timestamp		Server Unix time in milliseconds (UTC) when exposure occurs	✔	✔	`1548395046744`
publisher_user_id		Publisher-specific (first party) user ID (must remain persistent indefinitely.	✔ required for publishers	✔ required for publishers	`ed36968977606872e4312943c218568123786342`
publisher_name	pub	This is a Nielsen-supplied value representing the publisher of the content where the ad was served.	✔	✔ required for publishers	`HOO`
provider_user_id		Provider-specific device ID (must remain persistent indefinitely, must match ID in user mapping file, no collisions).		✔ required for providers	`A769C2B-3CBD-5784-852F-C57875CC9D91A`
provider_name	prov	Name of the provider supplying the data to Nielsen.		✔ required for providers	`Provider 123`
tms_id		Gracenote program ID		✔	`EP019890770017`
program_name	c43	Name of program in which the ad was served		✔	`Name Of TV Show`
original_airtime		Original broadcast time of content (if applicable) in Unix epoch timestamp format		✔	`1593633600`
ip_address		Plain-text IP address	✔	✔	`86.100.256.123`
device_useragent		Client-device user agent string	✔	✔	`Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) hrome/84.0.4147.125 Safari/537.36`
os_group	c7	Operating system of device	Preferred	Preferred	`IOS`, `ANDROID`, `NA`
device_group	c8=devgrp	desc	✔	✔	See #Device Group
device_platform	c10=plt	Platform name	✔	✔	`OTT/code>, MBL/code>, DSK`
intid		Single ID assigned per integration provided by Nielsen	Preferred	Preferred	`abc123abc123abc123abc123`
app_id	c13=asid	Server App ID provided by Nielsen	✔	✔	`AB57421Z-XXXX-YYYY-8343-FJQBJ26E44NT`

Email Normalization

The below procedures should be performed before hashing emails:

remove all leading and trailing whitespace
force lowercase
for @gmail.com addresses only:
remove dots
remove + suffix, including sign

Example: Art.Nielsen+JR@gmail.com → artnielsen@gmail.com

Device Group

This is the device type where the user was exposed to the ad. Nielsen relies on both the c8 and c10 values to make platform determination; these values must be consistently populated. If c8 or c10 are not present in the tag, then Nielsen collections will infer the device and platform based on the user agent present in the tag. If one of the below values cannot be determined, then the parameter should not be included in the call or should be left empty.

Valid values for connected devices are as follows:

STV (Smart TVs)
STB (Set-top boxes)
RKU (Roku devices, excluding SmartTVs)
APL (Apple devices)
AMN (Amazon devices, excluding SmartTVs)
GGL (Google devices, excluding SmartTVs)
XBX (Xbox devices)
PSX (PlayStation devices)
DVD (BluRay & DVD player devices)
PHN (Mobile phone)
UNWN (Unknown Device)

Device Group	Include	Exclude
"APL" (Apple devices)	Apple TV	Desktop (use DSK), Tablet (TAB), Mobile (PHN)
"AMN"	STB	Smart TV (STV), Tablet (TAB), Mobile (PHN), Desktop (DSK)
Example	STB	Smart TV (STV), Tablet (TAB), Desktop (DSK)
Example	STB	Smart TV (STV)

Note: For OS, “Android” and “iOS” only applicable for Mobile and Tablet devices

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-! style="width: 20%;" | Description
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-| session_id || || Unique, client-generated value that represents uninterrupted app interaction by no greater than 30 minutes. Must match session_id in other files || ✔ || ✔ || <code>R487421B-XXXX-YYYY-3343-E3BBB46E44F2</code>
+| session_id || impid || Unique, client-generated value that represents uninterrupted app interaction by no greater than 30 minutes. Must match session_id in other files || ✔ || ✔ || <code>R487421B-XXXX-YYYY-3343-E3BBB46E44F2</code>
 |-
 | device_id || c9 || Mobile Ad ID (IDFA, ADID), Connected Device ID. Should not be the user ID. || ✔ || Preferred if available || <code>A487421B-XXXX-YYYY-8343-E3BBB66E44F2</code>