Hi James, I thought you *were* looking for a user-defined field, sorry about that. See https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/guides/feed-services, under the section that says, "3. Map the feed and placeholder fields.". This is where you tell that a particular feed column is sitelink text, description, etc. The relevant feed placeholder constants are here: https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/placeholders
Cheers, Anash On Monday, July 15, 2013 9:56:31 AM UTC+5:30, james wrote: > > Thanks Anash, > Do you mean that specifying an attribute name of SitelinkDescription1 or > SitelinkDescription2 makes a difference? I thought the names were > completely "user defined" and had no meaning? > > Sorry, if I haven't been properly clear here. I'll try again. > > In the sample here: > *https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/guides/feed-services*<https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/guides/feed-services> > They specify text and url attributes, and then mappings for these > attributes which I thought made the attributes "mean something". In this > example they do not use the description attributes at all. > > In the UI a sitelink can also have two description lines. But on this page > https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/placeholders > There is no placeholder field for description1 or description2. So is > providing a specific attribute name (e.g. SitelinkDescription1) enough to > make it "mean something" or am I missing something? Sorry if I'm being > thick. > > Thanks again > James > > On Thursday, July 11, 2013 6:05:03 PM UTC+10, Anash P. Oommen (AdWords API > Team) wrote: > >> Hi James, >> >> I guess you are looking for >> https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/v201306/FeedService.FeedAttribute?hl=en#name >> ? >> >> Cheers, >> Anash >> >> On Thursday, July 11, 2013 10:06:00 AM UTC+5:30, james wrote: >>> >>> Thanks Anash >>> I have read the guide and understand it. >>> >>> The problem is if I create my own feed for sitelinks, how do I specify >>> the description attributes? I can do the mappings for the link text and >>> link URL, but there are no field ID constants for the description >>> attributes. >>> >>> Have fun, >>> James >>> >>> On Wednesday, July 10, 2013 4:17:29 PM UTC+10, Anash P. Oommen (AdWords >>> API Team) wrote: >>> >>>> Hi James, >>>> >>>> Your notion of Feed*Services is correct. The only additional thing I'd >>>> add is that CampaignFeedService maps a FeedItem to a campaign, so that the >>>> data actually gets used in the context of a campaign. >>>> >>>> See https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/guides/feed-services >>>> for >>>> a guide that shows how to create your own feed and map your own fields to >>>> Google attributes. Also, Offer Extensions are not supported through >>>> AdWords >>>> API. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Anash P. Oommen, >>>> AdWords API Advisor. >>>> >>>> On Monday, July 8, 2013 8:17:09 PM UTC+5:30, james wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> Looking at implementing enhanced sitelinks using the Feed*Services. >>>>> >>>>> In the Adwords UI, we can enter description lines for the sitelink. >>>>> These descriptions do come back in FeedItemService::get as expected. >>>>> >>>>> But the FeedMappingService::get does not return mappings for the two >>>>> description attributes. So if we were to create our own feed (instead of >>>>> adding items to the feed created by the adwords UI), how would we specify >>>>> the description attributes for our own feed? Do I need to use the same >>>>> attribute names as the UI feed? >>>>> >>>>> In a similar vein there were no mappings at all returned by the >>>>> FeedMappingService::get method for the "Main offer feed" which was >>>>> created >>>>> by the UI. So once again, how would I create offer ad extensions with the >>>>> API if there is no pre-existing offer feed to add the items to? >>>>> >>>>> Just trying to get my head around how all this feed stuff hangs >>>>> together. What I have so far: >>>>> - a feed is metadata which defines a structure of user defined names >>>>> - a FeedItem is real data which supplies values to these names >>>>> - a FeedMapping maps the user defined names to google attributes which >>>>> actually "do something" >>>>> >>>>> Now that is just my kind-of-guess on what is going on, and I am >>>>> probably miles off the mark. But this is why I am very confused about the >>>>> "missing" mappings. Is there some part of the picture I am missing? Other >>>>> services I need to look into? Or is this just early days of a bigger plan? >>>>> >>>> -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to adwords-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
