Hi Reed, Not to avoid the question, but I think you are trying to solve the wrong problem. I don't think the issue is with the ads, but rather the automatic placements. I don't believe automatic placement data is captured in the keywords performance report, since no one keyword is responsible for an automatic placement being matched. If you were to run an automatic placement report I believe you'd find the missing clicks and costs data.
Be aware that there have been some reported problems with the automatic placements report in the API: http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api/browse_thread/thread/73acb56e0a95aad1/ If you create an automatic placements performance report via the UI though it should work correctly. Best, - Eric On Nov 23, 1:03 pm, Reed <r...@powellgenealogy.com> wrote: > Eric: A previous posting response on this topic indicated that > automatic placement have their data included in the keyword > performance report. Did you mean to say managed placements in your > reply? By comparing the details of the data I get via the API for > keyword performance and managed placements performance, with what I > see on the web interface, I find campaigns that contain only display > network activity to be entirely missing from the data pulled via the > keyword performance reports. That makes sense, since they don't have > keywords. I also saw a similar situation with an account that had > some video ads. > > When I say that the data is "missing" what I am saying is that the > totals (clicks, impressions, cost, etc) don't add up to the data that > comes in the account performance reports for a given account on a > given day. > > Where I was going with my post was to get a confirmation that the only > way to get that type of "missing" information is to download the ad > performance reports via the API, and then extract from that data the > rows for display network, etc. I don't see a way to use a filter on > the ad performance report definition to tell it to not send me search > network data, since the filtering seems to be a matter of specifying > criteria for inclusion, and not criteria for excluding certain data. > It would be nice if that were possible, because pulling the ad > performance report for highly active accounts results in pretty large > files, 99% of which is the search network activity. > > So it boils down to two questions: Am I going in the right direction > to get the pieces of "missing" data, and 2) is there any other source > of data that flows into the account performance reports that I am not > taking into account? > > thanks much, > Reed -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://adwordsapi.blogspot.com http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to adwords-api@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to adwords-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api?hl=en
