Wednesday, January 31, 2024


On **October 31, 2024** , Display \& Video 360 [Entity Read Files](https://developers.google.com/bid-manager/guides/entity-read/format-v2.md.txt) (ERFs) will sunset. Public and private ERFs won't be generated after this date. Migrate to the [Display \& Video 360 API](https://developers.google.com/display-video/api/guides/getting-started/overview) to continue programmatically retrieving Display \& Video 360 resource configurations.


ERFs were [deprecated in June 2021](https://ads-developers.googleblog.com/2021/06/deprecation-of-entity-read-files.html). Since then, we've made updates to help you migrate from ERFs:

- You can retrieve [Floodlight Activities](https://developers.google.com/display-video/api/reference/rest/v3/floodlightGroups.floodlightActivities.md.txt) and YouTube \& Partners resources ([line items](https://developers.google.com/display-video/api/reference/rest/v3/advertisers.lineItems.md.txt), [ad groups](https://developers.google.com/display-video/api/reference/rest/v3/advertisers.adGroups.md.txt), and [ads](https://developers.google.com/display-video/api/reference/rest/v3/advertisers.adGroupAds.md.txt)) using the Display \& Video 360 API.
- Starting with [Structured Data Files v7](https://developers.google.com/display-video/api/structured-data-file/v7-migration-guide.md.txt), you can use IDs retrieved through the Display \& Video 360 API in place of ERFs.

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See our [migration guide](https://developers.google.com/display-video/api/guides/how-tos/erf-migration) for more information on migrating from ERFs to the Display \& Video 360 API.


If you have questions regarding these changes, please contact us using our [support contact form](https://support.google.com/displayvideo/contact/nghelp_contact_form).

![Portrait of the author](https://developers.google.com/static/ads/blog/images/tm.jpg) - Trevor Mulchay, Display \& Video 360 API Team


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