> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Meta Ads

<Tip>
  This source is incremental by default. This means only new data will be extracted on each run.
</Tip>

Note that the Meta Ads source can take a long time to run when setup intially due to Meta API limitation. Usually, it will require running it over the course of a couple days while the API limits reset.

### Setup

<Steps>
  <Step title="Authenticate">
    To set up the Meta Ads source, first log in to with Facebook on the "Authenticate" tab.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Configuration">
    In the "Configuration" tab, you need to input your Facebook Ad Account ID. You can find your Ad Account ID by logging in to Facebook and navigating to the "Ads Manager" page. Your Ad Account ID is the number at the end of the URL. You can also follow this guide [here](https://www.facebook.com/business/help/1492627900875762).

    You also need to input the first/start date you want to extract data from. If you want to extract data from a fixed period, you can also input an end date.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Tables">
    In the Tables tab, you should simply select the tables you want to extract into Less.
  </Step>
</Steps>