--- title: Traffic a Branded Canvas Ad Unit with Google Ad Manager description: To traffic a Branded Canvas ad unit with Google Ad Manager, create a display line item, add a creative, and export a tag to use in the CMS for ad scheduling. --- [Skip to content](https://helpdesk.target-video.com/hc/en-us/articles/4524252967826-how-to-traffic-a-branded-canvas-ad-unit#main-content) [More support](https://helpdesk.target-video.com/kb-tickets/new?hsLang=en) [![TargetVideo Logo](https://helpdesk.target-video.com/hs-fs/hubfs/targetvideo_logo_standalone_dark-3.png?width=300&height=49&name=targetvideo_logo_standalone_dark-3.png)](https://target-video.com/) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [More support](https://helpdesk.target-video.com/kb-tickets/new) How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [TargetVideo Knowledge Base](https://helpdesk.target-video.com/?hsLang=en) 2. 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Having that said, you are free to use any ad server for this specific purpose, as long as your server is able to provide a tag that will return a display banner. - Log into [**Google Ad manager**](https://admanager.google.com) and create a new display line item ![Img-1.jpg](https://helpdesk.target-video.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/Img-1.jpg) - Fill up some basic info for your line item like the **name**, **priority,** **size** etc. ![Img-2.jpg](https://helpdesk.target-video.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/Img-2.jpg) Take note that in this example we have selected the **1x1 creative size.** You may use whatever size here is needed for trafficking purposes and don’t have to use 1x1. - Near the **bottom of this page** make sure to properly **target** your line item. ![Img-3.jpg](https://helpdesk.target-video.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/Img-3.jpg) In this case we have targeted the line item to the “testing” ad unit. This will help further down the line when grabbing and exporting a tag from GAM. - Click **SAVE** and let's prepare to insert a **creative** to this line item. ![Img-4.jpg](https://helpdesk.target-video.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/Img-4.jpg) - Click on the **Add Creative** button and let’s create a new 1x1 creative for this line item. The TargetVideo Branded Canvas unit can expect several types of display banners. In this specific example we will use an image creative but do keep in mind that you can use others like custom HTML, Third party etc. ![Img-5.jpg](https://helpdesk.target-video.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/Img-5.jpg) - Select the **image type** and then setup some basic information regarding the creative: ![Img-6.jpg](https://helpdesk.target-video.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/Img-6.jpg) - Click on **Browse** and upload your image creative. Make sure that your image creative is made per our requirements which you can see here -  **[https://helpdesk.target-video.com/hc/en-us/articles/14321103153554-branded-canvas-ad-slot](https://helpdesk.target-video.com/hc/en-us/articles/14321103153554-branded-canvas-ad-slot?hsLang=en)**  - Press **SAVE** and you are essentially done. - Now, let’s just **export a tag** from GAM which you can then use in TargetVideo in your [**Branded Canvas ad slot**](https://helpdesk.target-video.com/hc/en-us/articles/14321103153554-branded-canvas-ad-slot?hsLang=en) on the player level: ![img-7.jpg](https://helpdesk.target-video.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/img-7.jpg) As you can see, we are now at our “testing” ad unit that we set before and are now ready to grab a tag. 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