How Campaign Reporting Automatically Tracks Paid Campaigns

Last updated: September 11, 2026

Vector’s Campaign Reporting automatically discovers and groups your paid ad campaigns using UTM parameters from your traffic. You don't need to manually tag campaigns inside Vector — we detect them automatically based on standard naming conventions used across marketing platforms.


🔍 How we identify paid campaigns

A campaign will automatically appear in Campaign Reporting when all of the following rules are met:

RuleDescription

utm_campaign IS NOT NULL

Campaign must include a UTM Campaign value

utm_campaign <> ''

Campaign name cannot be blank

utm_source matches supported paid channels

See list below

utm_medium matches supported paid mediums

See list below


✅ Supported UTM Sources (Ad Platforms)

We automatically detect campaigns when the UTM source matches any of the paid channel aliases below:

PlatformSupported utm_source values

Google Ads

google, adwords

Meta (Facebook & Instagram)

facebook, instagram, meta

LinkedIn

linkedin

X (Twitter)

twitter, x

TikTok

tiktok

Bing Ads

bing

Snapchat

snapchat, snap

Pinterest

pinterest

Reddit

reddit

YouTube

youtube, yt

✅ Matching is case insensitive, so Google, GOOGLE, and google are all recognized.


✅ Supported UTM Mediums (Paid Traffic Types)

We will only track a campaign if the utm_medium is one of the following paid advertising types:

Supported utm_medium values

paid

ppc

cpc

display

shopping

discovery

retargeting

💡 Tip: If you don’t see a campaign in reporting, check your UTM tags — especially the utm_medium.


✅ Example Campaign URLs that will be tracked

URL✅ Tracked

?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=q1-demo-requests

✅ Yes

?utm_source=google&utm_medium=paid&utm_campaign=brand-search

✅ Yes

?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=retargeting&utm_campaign=abandoned-cart

✅ Yes

?utm_source=instagram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=webinar

❌ No (utm_medium not supported)

?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=cpc

❌ No (utm_campaign missing)


✅ Best Practices

To ensure campaigns are properly tracked:

✔ Include all three UTM fields: utm_source, utm_medium, and utm_campaign
✔ Use standard UTM values listed above
✔ Avoid spaces or special characters in UTMs
✔ Keep campaign naming consistent across ad platforms


Questions? Reach out to solutions@vector.co!