Structured Data Files (SDFs) for QA is a specific format of SDFs, that provides the same information, but populates the data in a format that's easier review manually.
For an overview of the format and column definitions, see the Structured Data Files format page and reference documentation.
How does it work?
Structured Data Files for QA are the same as standard SDFs, but use different column headers and a different format. For example, something that's represented as numeric IDs in standard SDFs might be represented with a display name in the QA format. This makes it easier to manually review the data without reference materials.
Structured Data Files for QA are CSV files. You can review them manually in Google Sheets or other text editing software.
Structured Data Files for QA are a subset of SDFs, and are released as part of standard SDF versions. Up to four versions of SDFs can be released every year. Earlier versions are regularly deprecated and usually sunset six months after deprecation.
What can it do?
As of v6, Structured Data Files for QA support the management of the following resource types:
- Line Item
- YouTube Ad Group
Your team can download and manually-review these resources in bulk using Structured Data Files for QA, by downloading and opening the resulting files.
Who is it built for?
Integrating with Structured Data Files for QA is ideal for teams that want to manually review Display & Video 360 resources in bulk for quality-assurance purposes.
You can share and open these files offline, so multiple team members can complete a manual review. Similar to standard SDFs, they use standardized formatting that lets teams with engineering resources build scripts to review the files, without the need for reference materials. Given that the data is formatted to be more human-readable, it's also ideal for teams that don't have the engineering resources and must review files manually.
As with standard Structured Data Files, you must occasionally migrate to a newer version.
What products work with it?
You can use Structured Data Files to update resources in bulk as needed after QA review. After you review the SDFs for QA, you can download and edit standard SDFs based on the results of the review. Then, you can upload the edited standard SDFs to update the resources as needed.
Similarly to standard Structured Data Files, you can use the Display & Video 360 API to programmatically generate and download Structured Data Files for QA. Automating the download of Structured Data Files for QA can guarantee that the necessary files are available when your team is ready to review them.