Activate Marketing Cloud Data Extensions to Paid Media Channels

Use existing data extensions from Marketing Cloud Engagement (MCE) and Journey Builder to create paid media advertising campaigns on Data 360. Migrate your first-party data into Data 360 to enhance your paid media strategy.

Required Editions

Available in: All Editions supported by Data 360. See Data 360 edition availability.
Available with add-on license: Advertising Audiences

About this Guide

Use this guide to migrate your Marketing Cloud Ad Audiences to Data 360, and incorporate paid media activation into your Marketing Cloud journeys.

This multi-step solution includes multiple roles and permission sets to complete steps in Data 360 and Marketing Cloud. Bookmark this page or keep it open in a separate window to refer to this topic.

Products or Features

  • Data 360 with an Advertising Audience license
  • Marketing Cloud Engagement
  • Marketing Cloud Advertising

Permissions

  • Marketing Cloud Ad Studio Admin
  • Data Cloud Architect permission set
  • Data Cloud Activation Manager permission set

Prerequisites

  • Active Marketing Cloud Engagement org with Data Extensions
  • Data 360 provisioned and connected
  • Paid media platform accounts (Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn, and so forth)
  • Marketing Cloud connector enabled in Data Cloud Setup
Note
Note Name your Data Extensions consistently and descriptively to ensure easy identification in Data 360. During ingestion, object names have a 40-character limit.