Create a Meta Ads connection

Create a Meta Ads connection in Catalog Explorer to store authentication credentials for Lakeflow Connect ingestion. Any user with the USE CONNECTION privilege on the connection can then create Meta Ads ingestion pipelines without needing direct access to the credentials.

Alternatively, admin users can create a connection and a pipeline at the same time in the data ingestion UI. See Create an ingestion pipeline.

Alternatively, admin users can create a connection and a pipeline at the same time in the data ingestion UI. See Create an ingestion pipeline. For privilege requirements, see Connect to managed ingestion sources.

Prerequisites

Complete the source setup.

Create a connection

The Meta Ads connector uses a Databricks-managed OAuth app, so you authenticate by signing in with your Meta account. You don't enter an App ID or App Secret.

1. In Catalog Explorer, click Add and select Create a connection.
2. In the Connection type drop-down menu, select Meta Ads.
3. Enter a name for the connection.
4. Click Sign in with Meta Ads.
5. In the Meta authentication window, sign in with your Meta account and grant the requested permissions.
6. After authentication succeeds, the connection is created.

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Only share this connection with other Databricks users if you authenticated with a shared service account in the previous step. If you authenticated with a personal Meta account, don't share the connection. Sharing a personal-account connection grants other users access to your account's credentials and data.

Next steps

Create an ingestion pipeline.