Ha! Well, that explains where my "Keyword" column was coming from - the contents of that field was the keyword specification, but since it was called "Keyword" instead of "PlacementUrl" I thought it was coming from the request for the Keyword field... but it disappeared when I removed PlacementUrl from my request... does appear to be a variant on your question.
Clear documentation on this cannot come soon enough! On Dec 10, 9:22 pm, J <j...@recessnetworks.net> wrote: > this is very similar to the question i recently asked about duplicated > field names. it is quite odd that one can specify PlacementUrl as a > valid field. > > there is a very obvious disconnect betweeen the xml attribute name > (what matters), the field name (what we specify), and the "human > readable" description in the returned reports. > > it seems like some carry-over from their internal data model where > some field names were repurposed in certain contexts. here, it seems > that PlacementUrl is a surrogate for the keyword specification. i've > noticed that this field differs from the KeywordText field in that > it's exactly what defines the keyword; it's most apparent when the > keyword is an exact match, and so the PlacementUrl field would be > [keyword] whereas the KeywordText field would be simply keyword. > > hopefully this gets cleaned up/well documented soon. > > On Dec 10, 3:53 pm, mm <margaret.a.mar...@gmail.com> wrote:> Hey Eric - > > That makes sense... perhaps getReportFields() could be updated so that > > it only returns valid fields or an exception could be thrown if there > > is an invalid field in your report definition? Or both? > > > Thanks - > > mm > > On Dec 10, 5:38 pm, AdWords API Advisor <adwordsapiadvi...@google.com> > > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > PlacementUrl won't be returned for a KEYWORDS report, since keywords > > > don't have placement URLs. > > > > Best, > > > - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team > > > > On Dec 10, 11:58 am, mm <margaret.a.mar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Sometime yesterday the 2 keyword fields quit being returned and I am > > > > now only seeing the 1 expected field. > > > > > On Dec 9, 1:09 pm, mm <margaret.a.mar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hey guys - > > > > > I've got 2 questions about the data returned for a V201008 > > > > > KeywordsPerformanceReport. First, I've got a report definition where I > > > > > am specifying PlacementUrl as one of the fields that I want returned. > > > > > However, when I run the report, that field is nowhere to be found, and > > > > > there is no error. Is that field incorrectly listed in the > > > > > availableFields api call? > > > > > > Secondly, I'm also requesting KeywordText. In the report results I'm > > > > > getting both "Keyword text" and "Keyword". Will a request for > > > > > KeywordText always turn into those 2 fields being returned? > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > Margaret -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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
