How to connect
SourceMedium connects to Google Ads with a one-click authorization. Sign in with a Google user that can already see the ads accounts you want SourceMedium to read, either directly or under a manager account. You do not paste customer IDs; you pick the accounts in SourceMedium after authorizing.Sign in to SourceMedium, open your store, then choose Data sources → Connect data source and select the platform. You need an Admin or Editor workspace role.After you connect explains the first sync and connection statuses.
1
Start the Google Ads connection
Find Google Ads in the connector picker and click Connect. The Connect Google Ads page opens on the Authorize step.
2
Authorize with Google Ads
Click Authorize with Google Ads. SourceMedium sends you to Google in the same tab to approve the access it requests, then brings you straight back. SourceMedium reads your campaigns and reporting only; it does not make changes in Google Ads. If the authorization does not finish, the page explains why and offers Try authorizing Google Ads again.
3
Select accounts
Back in SourceMedium, choose the ad accounts you want SourceMedium to read, then save.
4
Confirm it is connected
The flow finishes on Done and the connection shows Connected. SourceMedium begins syncing.
Limiting access happens before you authorize, not on the consent screen. The Google Ads API publishes a single OAuth scope that covers reading and writing, and Google offers no read-only alternative to request, so the consent screen will describe broader access than SourceMedium uses. SourceMedium only reads your campaigns and reporting and never changes anything in Google Ads.Google Ads scopes access at the account level instead, through the role each user holds on an account. If you want the connection constrained at Google’s end as well, authorize with a Google user whose access to those ads accounts is read-only.
What data syncs
- Campaign, ad group, and ad performance, including Performance Max at campaign grain
- Conversions split by conversion action at both ad and campaign level
- Search-term and keyword performance only if SourceMedium enables those reports for your account