--- title: "Adthena connection guide" slug: "adthena-connection-guide" description: "Connect your Adthena data to Supermetrics with our guide. Learn about API keys, account IDs, and query types for effective data analysis." updated: 2026-10-28T08:19:01Z published: 2026-10-28T08:19:01Z canonical: "docs.supermetrics.com/adthena-connection-guide" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.supermetrics.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Adthena connection guide This guide contains all permissions and requirements for connecting your Adthena data to Supermetrics. You can connect to data sources from the [Data sources page on the Supermetrics Hub](https://hub.supermetrics.com/token-management). On the Hub, you can also [share an authentication link](https://docs.supermetrics.com/v1/docs/how-to-connect-to-data-sources-from-supermetrics-hub#share-authentication-link) to connect to a data source you don't have direct access to. After you connect to the data source on the Hub, you can use the data source connection in [all available destinations](/docs/adthena-connection-guide#connection-instructions). ## Required permissions To connect to Adthena, you need an API key and your Account ID. - **API key**: Contact Adthena support at [support@adthena.com](mailto:support@adthena.com) to request an API key. Note that you need a unique API key for each Adthena account or location. - **Account ID**: Your account ID can be found in the URL of your Adthena dashboard: `https://application.adthena.com/brand-activator/{account_id}`. ## Query types Query types define what sort of metrics and dimensions are available. You need to select one of the following query types when pulling data. - **AI Overview Daily**: Track how often AI overviews appear for your search terms over time, including appearance counts and frequency by device. - **AI Overview Search Terms**: Analyze AI overview performance at the search term level, including ad position data for your account and competitors above, below, and inside AI overviews. - **AEO Performance**: Monitor your brand's performance in AI engine results (ChatGPT, Perplexity), including citation frequency, average position, and performance score by domain. - **Market Trends**: Track competitor share of clicks, impressions, spend, and average CPC across ad types (text ads, organic, Shopping/PLA) over time. ## Connection instructions When connecting to Adthena, you need to provide your API key and account ID and select the account to use when prompted. 1. Select the Adthena data source [on the Supermetrics Hub](https://hub.supermetrics.com/token-management) or in the data destination. 2. Enter your API key and Account ID. 3. Give your connection a name to identify it if you have multiple accounts. 4. If prompted, choose to make this connection [shared or private](/v1/docs/about-shared-and-private-connections). 5. Click **Start**. 6. In your data destination, select the account and query type to use. See detailed instructions on [how to connect to a data source from the Supermetrics Hub](https://docs.supermetrics.com/docs/how-to-connect-to-data-sources-from-supermetrics-hub). You can also connect to Adthena from these destinations: - **AI tools and dashboards:** - AI chats: [How to connect Supermetrics to AI tools](/v1/docs/how-to-connect-supermetrics-to-ai-tools) - Supermetrics Studio: [How to create dashboards in Supermetrics Studio](/v1/docs/how-to-create-dashboards-in-supermetrics-studio) - **Spreadsheet and data visualization tools:** - Google Sheets: [How to connect to a Supermetrics data source in Google Sheets](https://docs.supermetrics.com/docs/how-to-connect-to-a-supermetrics-data-source-in-google-sheets) - Excel: [How to connect data sources to Excel with Supermetrics](https://docs.supermetrics.com/docs/how-to-connect-data-sources-to-excel-with-supermetrics) - Power BI: [How to create your first Supermetrics query for Power BI](https://docs.supermetrics.com/docs/how-to-create-your-first-supermetrics-query-for-power-bi) - **Data warehouses and cloud storage:** - The Supermetrics API: [How to use the Query Manager](https://docs.supermetrics.com/docs/how-to-use-the-query-manager) - Data warehouse and cloud storage (Hub): [How to create a transfer](https://docs.supermetrics.com/docs/how-to-create-a-transfer) - BigQuery (marketplace): [How to create a BigQuery (marketplace) transfer](https://docs.supermetrics.com/v1/docs/how-to-create-a-bigquery-marketplace-transfer) ## Troubleshooting If you see an error message saying `Feature not enabled for this account`, your Adthena account doesn’t have access to the requested data. This means that, for example, a specific ad type (text ads, organic, or Shopping/PLA) may not be included in your subscription. Contact Adthena support for more information. ## More resources - [How to reauthenticate a data source connection](/v1/docs/how-to-reauthenticate-a-data-source-connection) - [How to manage data source connections on the Supermetrics Hub](https://docs.supermetrics.com/docs/how-to-manage-data-source-connections-on-supermetrics-hub)