Hey Kevin, I saw in the example that there is a use of *ReportDefinition* - If I use this object it still free (rate wise) as the adhoc reports?
Isn't it a part of the *ReportDefinitionService*, which soon will be shut off? Looking forward for your reply! Best, Ro On Tuesday, July 24, 2012 4:50:05 PM UTC-4, Kevin Winter wrote: > Hi Eric, > Here's the DotNet client library example for downloading a Criteria > Report via AdHoc reports: > http://code.google.com/p/google-api-adwords-dotnet/source/browse/trunk/examples/adwords/csharp/v201206/Reporting/DownloadCriteriaReport.cs > > Please note that you can optionally use AWQL to download reports now too > (which is even easier): > https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/guides/awql > * > * > - Kevin Winter > AdWords API Team > > On Wednesday, July 18, 2012 6:05:16 AM UTC-4, Dorian Kind wrote: >> >> Hi Eric, >> >> I have absolutely zero knowledge of C#, but this link might help you to >> get a general idea about ad hoc reports: < >> https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/guides/reporting> >> It's basically a synchronous HTTP request with your report definition as >> data, returning the desired report. >> >> Hope this helps, >> Dorian >> >> On Tuesday, July 17, 2012 2:11:04 PM UTC+2, road11 wrote: >>> >>> Thank you, Dorian. No, I didn't know that. I've been slinging Microsoft >>> code for nearly 20 years, but still relatively new to the Adwords API with >>> .Net. So I have to create an ad-hoc report with C# and then I can call it >>> by it's id? Might you know of some C# examples where I can see where you do >>> this? >>> >>> Thanks in advance for your kind response. >>> >>> Eric >>> >>> On Tuesday, July 17, 2012 7:16:07 AM UTC-4, Dorian Kind wrote: >>>> >>>> You probably know this, but if the reports were originally defined in >>>> the UI, they will not be available via the API. Apart from that, I can't >>>> offer any help but I'd recommend using ad hoc reports instead of the >>>> ReportDefinitionService (which will be deprecated anyway). >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> >>>> On Monday, July 16, 2012 8:48:00 PM UTC+2, road11 wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Using the C# v201109_1 code samples as a model, I'm trying to download >>>>> one of our many previously defined and named reports. Here's the code >>>>> that >>>>> Google gave us to get our report definitions that isn't working (assuming >>>>> a >>>>> valid AdwordsUser object)... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ReportDefinitionService reportDefinitionService = >>>>> (ReportDefinitionService) user.GetService( >>>>> AdWordsService.v201109_1.ReportDefinitionService); >>>>> >>>>> // Create the selector. >>>>> ReportDefinitionSelector selector = new ReportDefinitionSelector(); >>>>> >>>>> try { >>>>> // Get all report definitions. >>>>> ReportDefinitionPage page = reportDefinitionService.get(selector); >>>>> >>>>> // Display report definitions. >>>>> if (page != null && page.entries != null && page.entries.Length > >>>>> 0) { >>>>> foreach (ReportDefinition reportDefinition in page.entries) { >>>>> writer.WriteLine("ReportDefinition with name \"{0}\" and id >>>>> \"{1}\" was found.", >>>>> reportDefinition.reportName, reportDefinition.id); >>>>> } >>>>> } else { >>>>> writer.WriteLine("No report definitions were found."); >>>>> } >>>>> >>>>> } catch (Exception ex) { >>>>> throw new System.ApplicationException("Failed to retrieve report >>>>> definitions.", ex); >>>>> } >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ...however, this code keeps telling me that page.entries is null. We've >>>>> got at least 1400 named reports defined in this Google Adwords account. >>>>> How is it possible that this code can find none of them? I thought the >>>>> selector might be the problem, but the ReportDefinitionSelector doesn't >>>>> even have a fields property, so that can't be the issue. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I would be most grateful if someone could post a (working) C# example of >>>>> how to get a list of available reports and how to download a single named >>>>> report from an Adwords account. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thank you in advance. >>>>> >>>>> -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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
