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# Meta Ads

> Read Meta ad accounts, campaigns, ad sets, ads and Insights in Hebno. Hebno reads only and never changes campaigns or budgets.

The Meta Ads integration brings Facebook and Instagram advertising results into your client work. Ask what Contoso's November promotion has spent so far, which ad set has the lowest cost per purchase, or how reach splits by age and placement, and Hebno answers from Meta with each ad account and campaign cited. Hebno reads Meta Ads with your own access and never changes campaigns, budgets or ads.

## At a glance

| | |
| - | - |
| **Connection** | Personal connection. Each member connects their own Facebook account. |
| **Default access** | Read only |
| **Attach** | Ad accounts, campaigns, ad sets, ads |
| **Search** | Hebno searches Meta Ads when a request mentions Facebook or Instagram ads, a campaign, ad set, creative, reach, spend, ROAS or cost per result |
| **Link** | A project links to a Meta ad account and, optionally, to campaigns |
| **Write** | None. Hebno reads only. |

## Before you start

You need:

* A Facebook account with a role on the ad accounts you want to read. In a business portfolio, an admin assigns you to the ad account under **Business settings → Accounts → Ad accounts**, and the **View performance** permission is enough.
* An allowed integration. An owner or admin sets **Meta Ads** to **Allow** under **Admin → Connectors → Catalogue**.

Hebno requests these Meta permissions:

| Permission | Why Hebno needs it |
| - | - |
| `ads_read` | Read ad accounts, campaigns, ad sets, ads, creatives and Insights through the Marketing API |
| `business_management` | List the business portfolios you belong to and the ad accounts they own |
| `public_profile` | Identify the Facebook account you connect |

Hebno never requests `ads_management`, so it cannot create or change anything in your ad accounts.

## Connect Meta Ads

**1. Start the connection**

Open **Settings → Connections**, find **Meta Ads** under **Marketing and advertising** and select **Connect**. You can also select **Connect** from the prompt in a chat.

**2. Sign in with Facebook**

Sign in, choose the business portfolios and ad accounts Hebno may read, and select **Save**.

**3. Return to Hebno**

The card shows **Connected** with your name and the number of ad accounts.

Hebno reads with your own access, so you see only the ad accounts and campaigns your Facebook account has a role on. Tokens are encrypted at rest. Meta access tokens expire after about 60 days, and Hebno shows **Reconnect Meta Ads** before that so you can renew access. Select **Disconnect** at any time, or ask an admin to revoke the connection under **Admin → Connectors → Connections**.

## What Hebno reads

| Meta Ads object | Fields Hebno uses | Typical questions |
| - | - | - |
| **Ad account** | Account ID, name, currency, time zone, account status, business portfolio | "Which Contoso ad accounts can I see?" |
| **Campaign** | Name, objective, status, buying type, daily or lifetime budget, start and stop times | "Which Contoso campaigns are active this week?" |
| **Ad set** | Name, status, optimisation goal, budget, schedule, audience targeting summary, placements | "Which ad sets target loyalty members?" |
| **Ad and creative** | Name, status, primary text, headline, call to action, destination URL, effective status | "What copy is running in the own-brand ads?" |
| **Insights** | Impressions, reach, frequency, spend, clicks, CTR, CPC, CPM, results, cost per result, purchases, purchase ROAS, by day, age, gender, country, platform and placement | "What is the cost per purchase by ad set for the November promotion?" |

![Chat reply citing a Meta Ads campaign report](https://mintcdn.com/hebno/JIjAXWoGoB3PLSSb/images/card-meta-ads.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=JIjAXWoGoB3PLSSb\&q=85\&s=dd5c0b6692faca5bb6f751fcecd1808a)

A Meta Ads campaign report attached to a chat.

Reads are live. Hebno queries the Marketing API when a request needs it and states the date range, attribution setting and account currency behind each figure. Reach counts unique people, so Hebno reads reach for the whole period you ask about rather than adding up daily figures. Insights are available for the last 37 months. Only what a reply used is stored with the conversation as its sources.

> [!WARNING]
>
> Excerpts a reply uses, including spend and results, become part of the conversation. Anyone you share the conversation with can read them.

## Hebno reads only

Hebno does not write to Meta Ads. It never creates, edits, pauses or deletes campaigns, ad sets or ads, changes budgets, bids or audiences, or changes ad account roles and payment settings. To act on what Hebno finds, make the change in Ads Manager.

```mermaid theme={"system"}
sequenceDiagram
  participant You
  participant Hebno
  participant MetaAds
  You->>Hebno: What has the Contoso November promotion spent so far?
  Hebno->>MetaAds: Find the campaign in the linked ad account
  MetaAds-->>Hebno: Campaign November promotion, 3 ad sets
  Hebno->>MetaAds: Read Insights from 1 November by ad set
  MetaAds-->>Hebno: Spend, reach, purchases, cost per purchase
  Hebno-->>You: Summary with figures and a citation to the campaign
```

## Link a project to an ad account

Linking marks which Meta ad account belongs to a client engagement, so you can ask "how are the social ads doing?" without naming the account.

1. Open the project and select **Brain**.
2. Under **Linked records**, select **Link record**, then **Meta Ads**.
3. Search by ad account name or ID and select the account. To narrow the link, select the campaigns that belong to the engagement.

In chats tagged to the project, Hebno starts with the linked ad account and campaigns for any social advertising question. See [Linked records](https://hebno.com/docs/projects/linked-records.md).

## Use Meta Ads in chat

* **Attach**: open the **+** menu, choose **Sources → Meta Ads**, and pick an ad account, a campaign, an ad set or an ad. Or type `/` and choose **Meta Ads**.

* **Ask**: name the client, campaign and period in your request. For example:

  > Summarise the Contoso November promotion so far: spend, reach, purchases and cost per purchase by ad set.

  > Which placements had the lowest cost per result for Contoso in October, Facebook Feed, Instagram Stories or Reels?

  > Compare the three own-brand creatives on CTR and cost per purchase, and quote the primary text of each.

* **Research runs** show a **Checking Meta Ads** step, with a chip for each ad account and campaign it read.

* **Agents** can read Meta Ads on a schedule, for example a daily spend check against the campaign budget during a promotion.

## Troubleshooting

| Symptom | Fix |
| - | - |
| An ad account is missing from the list | You have no role on it, or you did not select it when you connected. Ask a business portfolio admin to assign you, then reconnect and select it. |
| **Reconnect Meta Ads** appears | The token expired, or you changed your Facebook password. Select **Connect** to authorise again. |
| Requests fail with a permissions error (code 200) | You did not grant `ads_read` or `business_management` on the Facebook consent screen. Reconnect and approve both. |
| Requests fail with **User request limit reached** | Meta limits Marketing API calls for each ad account. Wait a few minutes and retry, or narrow the date range or breakdowns. |
| Figures differ from Ads Manager | Check the date range, time zone and attribution setting. Ads Manager columns may use a different attribution window from the one Hebno reports. |
| An ad account shows as disabled | Meta has disabled or closed the account. Resolve it in **Account Quality** in Meta, then ask again. |

## Related

* [How integrations work](https://hebno.com/docs/integrations/index.md)
* [Permissions and access](https://hebno.com/docs/integrations/permissions-and-access.md)
* [Linked records](https://hebno.com/docs/projects/linked-records.md)
* [Google Ads](https://hebno.com/docs/integrations/google-ads.md)
* [LinkedIn Ads](https://hebno.com/docs/integrations/linkedin-ads.md)


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