# Overview

This guide leads you through using the Bid Manager API to create and run a query,
then downloading the resulting report.

## Prerequisites

Before you start this guide, complete the following tasks:

1. [Generate credentials](https://developers.google.com/bid-manager/guides/get-started/generate-credentials) and [configure your client](https://developers.google.com/bid-manager/guides/get-started/install-configure).
2. Ensure your Display \& Video 360 user has one of the following [user
   roles](https://support.google.com/displayvideo/answer/2723011) for each Partner or Advertiser that you pull report data
   for:

   - **Admin**
   - **Standard**
   - **Read only**
   - **Reporting only**
   - **Reporting only -- limited**

   Note that the **Reporting only -- limited** user role greatly limits the type
   of reporting data that you can retrieve. If you don't have one of these user
   roles, contact an **Admin** user on your team to grant you these permissions.