I just stumbled upon this behavior again, so here's the bump: Bump.
On Tuesday, October 16, 2012 3:32:27 PM UTC+2, Dorian Kind wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've noticed that ad hoc reports that include the field > "ConversionTypeName" exhibit a peculiar behavior regarding conversion rate. > If I include "ConversionTypeName" in the fields to retrieve for an account > performance report, the results are segmented by conversion type name, as > expected, and the available metrics are split into the different lines > while the "Totals" line shows the aggregated values for the whole data set, > which corresponds exactly to the values shown in the web interface. So far > everything is OK. > > When I include "ConversionRate" in the report, however, the field is > always returned as "0.00%" for every conversion type. I guess you could > argue that you cannot meaningfully calculate a conversion rate for a > specific conversion type for the same reason that you generally cannot > include non-conversion stats in a report as soon as you segment it that > way. But then, why even include the field if it is always zero? > > The more confusing issue is regarding the "Totals" line. Here I have > encountered two different cases: in one account, the "ConversionRate" field > for totals is also zero, like for the individual conversion types. In > another account, however, the totals line shows the correct conversion rate > for all conversions of the account (while all other lines still show zero). > I can't seem to find what causes this dissimilarity. > Any pointers are much appreciated! > > Many thanks and best regards, > Dorian > -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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
