AdHoc reporting is still performed using the Report Definition Service. Prior to 201109 you could still do non-ad hoc reporting with Report Definition Service, so that's what's be being referenced there.
You should be fine using that PHP example code. The Report Definition Service is not deprecated or scheduled for deprecation or anything like that. On Friday, August 9, 2013 11:29:24 AM UTC-4, Alistair Ballantine wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm looking to rewrite an old application that generates reports from the > Adwords API, and I want to make sure I use the appropriate services for > doing so, but I seem to be finding some conflicting information about what > to do. > > Now, the adwords documentation on reporting ( > https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/guides/reporting) > indicates that for this type of information, we should tend towards using > Adhoc reporting. This is further supported by the page on the Report > Definition Service ( > https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/v201306/ReportDefinitionService) > > indicating that it's read-only (which, granted, is all I need right now) > pointing to the AdHoc reporting methods. > > However, the example code for downloading a report using the PHP client > library ( > https://code.google.com/p/google-api-adwords-php/source/browse/examples/AdWords/v201306/Reporting/DownloadCriteriaReport.php) > > uses the Report Definition Service. > > I'm sorry if this is answered somewhere in the documentation (I searched > for it but couldn't find anything), but are we supposed to use the PHP > client library in this manner? I'd like to rewrite the application using > Google's preferred methods, but it seems if I use the client library, then > if/when the report definition service is actually decommissioned then > presumably I'd have to rewrite that portion of the application. > > I could just have a misunderstanding of what is going on in the Client > Library examples. If there's a piece of documentation that explains it all, > that would be wonderful, but I haven't been able to find anything. > > Thank you for your help. > > > -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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.
