No, the AEM is not a must. If you don’t use AEM, your iOS app campaigns will be measured based on SKAN only.
Yes, you can. By using Meta’s AEM, you can view your Meta iOS campaign performance in the Meta Business dashboard regardless of whether SKAN integration is complete or not.
AEM does not affect the attribution method of Airbridge. AEM is Meta’s attribution method for iOS 14 and later devices that is separate from SKAN. Because of this, there is a reporting difference between AEM and SKAN. Since Airbridge has SKAN reporting but not AEM, there may be data discrepancy for iOS campaigns between Meta Ads Manger and Airbridge dashboards. To learn more, refer to this article from Meta.
No, the attribution window of the AEM attribution data cannot be changed. It is fixed to 1 day, regardless of the lookback window setting configured in the Airbridge dashboard.
Yes, you can. Except for campaigns with "App promotion" objectives, you can use tracking links with specific website or in-app location set as destinations to collect campaign data. For more details, refer to this article.
If there are /
, #
, +
, or spaces in the data collected from Meta ads, Airbridge displays the data converted according to internal rules. For more details, refer to this article.
By registering the decryption key assigned by Meta with Airbridge, the Meta ads campaign data collected through the Meta install referrer and Google Play Install Referrer are made available in Airbridge.
Meta install referrer: Meta's Android-specific measurement solution designed to help attribute views and clicks to the correlating app download
Google Play Install Referrer: Google Play's measurement solution designed to help attribute clicks to the correlating app download from Google Play
Refer to this article for more details.
The Meta ads campaign data collected through the install referrer is available from the point of time the decryption key is provided to Airbridge.
Yes, they are different on multiple levels. For more details, refer to this article.
Yes, you can. After you integrate your data storage with Airbridge, you can send the raw data collected through the install referrers to the data storage.
You need to register the decryption key only once for each app registered with Airbridge to make the Google Play Install Referrer and Meta install referrer data available in Airbridge.
There are no duplicate events as Airbridge performs attribution based on the attribution priority rule where the touchpoint data from only 1 source is used from the 3 sources, listed in the order of attribution priority: Google Play Install Referrer, Meta install referrer, and data imported to Airbridge through channel integration with Meta.
For more details, refer to this article.
With the termination of Meta's AMM (Advanced Mobile Measurement) program, the data provided by Meta ads through channel integration is displayed as "Restricted" in the raw data.
Meta ads data provided via install referrer can be checked without restrictions in the raw data. For more details on the install referrer, refer to this article.
If an agency wants to view Meta ads data in the raw data, they need to request the Admin or Manager of the organization for editing the access settings to access raw data.
The difference in data may be due to the mapping of Airbridge events to Meta ads events. Refer to the article below to learn more.
Another reason why you may see different results is because the way SKAN data is displayed differs between Meta Ad Manager and Airbridge. Meta Ad Manager displays click-through attribution data in the SKAN data fields and shows view-through attribution data when hovering over the values. Airbridge, however, displays the sum of the click-through and view-through attribution data.
If you want to view the SKAN data in Airbridge the same way you view them in the Meta Ad Manager, add the following filters in your Actuals Report to display click-through attribution data only.
Filter 1: Channel
is facebook.business
Filter 2: Is View-through
is false
After Advanced Mobile Measurement (AMM) was discontinued in 2021 according to Meta's privacy policy, we were able to share last touch information with you only in aggregated form.
However, as Meta re-enables AMM reporting, starting June 19, 2025, Airbridge will be able to share attributed last touch information in non-aggregated form with clients (advertisers) who have signed Meta’s AMM terms. If you don’t sign the terms, some of the data will remain masked in Airbridge reports.
You can sign Meta’s Advanced Mobile Measurement Terms here. In order to access and accept the AMM terms, Administrator role for an App is required. For more information on app roles, see Meta's development document. Only App Administrators are able to modify app roles. For more information on how to manage roles for an app, see Meta's Help article.
Accepting the AMM terms or not does not impact the data we receive from Meta as part of our partnership. Therefore, we do not expect app campaign performance to change.
If you have any additional questions, contact your Airbridge CSM.
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