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# Create External Credentials for Google Ad Manager (Beta)

To ingest data from Google Ad Manager to Data 360, set up an external credential.

Before you begin:

- Create the [OAuth based authentication for OpenID](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_setup_oauth_openid.htm&type=5) or for [Google](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_setup_oauth_google.htm&type=5) in Setup, before completing these steps.

1.  From Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter `Named Credentials`. Then select **Named Credentials** (1).

    ![namedcredential definition](https://developer.salesforce.com/media/NamedCred_13Aug2024.png)

2.  On the External Credentials tab (2), click **New**.

    1.  Enter a label and name for your external credential. The name can’t contain spaces. You can use underscores.

    2.  For Authentication Protocol, select **OAuth 2.0**.

    3.  For Authentication Flow Type, select **Browser Flow**.

    4.  For Authentication Provider, select the provider you created.

    5.  Click **Save**.

3.  Add principal to external credentials

    1.  In the external credentials that you created, under Principals, click **New**.

    2.  Enter the parameter name. You can include spaces.

    3.  For Identity Type, select **Named Principal**.

    4.  Set the Sequence Number to `1`.

    5.  Click **Save**.

4.  Authenticate your external credentials.

    1.  Under Principals, from the Actions dropdown menu, select **Authenticate.**

    2.  Follow the authentication flow and confirm access permissions.

    3.  To connect Data Cloud to Google Ad Manager click **Allow**.

        After you authenticate, the status changes to Configured.

5.  Define the named credential.

    1.  In the Named Credentials Tab, click **New**. Then enter a label and name. The name can't contain spaces, but you can use underscores.

    2.  For the URL, enter `https://admanager.google.com`.

    3.  For external credentials, select the credential that you created.

    4.  Click **Save**.

6.  Enable external credentials access.

    1.  From Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter `Profiles`. Then select it.

    2.  Click **System Administrator**.

    3.  On the Enable External Credential Principal Access tab, click **Edit**.

    4.  Add the external credentials principal that you created to the Enabled External Credentials Principals column.

    5.  Click **Save**.

## Next Step

- [Set Up a Google Ad Manager Connection (Beta)](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/data/data-cloud-int/guide/c360-a-set-up-googleadmanager-connection.md)