So far so good using your suggested logic for the criterionID value and 
running the PLACEMENT_PERFORMANCE_REPORT! 
Thanks for your assistance - have a wonderful weekend!

On Monday, October 21, 2013 2:15:46 PM UTC-4, Zweitze wrote:
>
> You could try to make the distinction with column Id.
> Managed placements have ids, but automatic placements do not have ids. So 
> when it's empty (or has the magical value 3000000) it is an automatic 
> placement, otherwise a managed placement.
>
> Note I haven't tested this, I noticed the distinction from working with 
> other reports.
> If you do test, please share the results.
>
>
>
>
> Op vrijdag 11 oktober 2013 17:30:53 UTC+2 schreef okieb...@gmail.com:
>>
>> Reading the release notes for V201309, I was excited to see
>>
>> Placement Performance Report- Automatic placements are now included in 
>> this report.
>>
>> I am now attempting to identify automatic versus managed placements 
>> within this report.  So I started at the UI and used the tab “Display 
>> Network” and then navigated to “Placements”.  Noted the column “Status” 
>> provided me with the information and looked into the documentation for the 
>> report 
>> type <http://goo.gl/AoJ0lQ> and found the API field name.  So I created 
>> the following report, and low and behold the API output gave me the values 
>> Paused, Deleted or Active for this and not the Managed, Automatic.
>>
>> What should my report definition look like to get column that designates 
>> a managed vs. automatic placement, like the "Status" column in the UI?
>>
>>
>>  <reportDefinition>
>>
>> <selector>
>>
>>   <fields>Date</fields>
>>
>>   <fields>AdNetworkType1</fields>
>>
>>   <fields>Status</fields>
>>
>>   <fields>CampaignName</fields>
>>
>>   <fields>AdGroupName</fields>
>>
>>   <fields>DestinationUrl</fields>
>>
>>   <fields>CriteriaDestinationUrl</fields>
>>
>>   <fields>PlacementUrl</fields>
>>
>>   <fields>DisplayName</fields>
>>
>>   <fields>Cost</fields>
>>
>>   <fields>Impressions</fields>
>>
>>   <fields>Clicks</fields>
>>
>>   <fields>Conversions</fields>
>>
>>   <fields>ViewThroughConversions</fields>
>>
>>   <fields>Ctr</fields>
>>
>>   <fields>AverageCpc</fields>
>>
>>   <fields>ConversionRate</fields>
>>
>>   <fields>CostPerConversion</fields>
>>
>>   <fields>ConversionsManyPerClick</fields>
>>
>>   <fields>ConversionValue</fields>
>>
>> - <dateRange>
>>
>>   <min>20131001</min>
>>
>>   <max>20131001</max>
>>
>>   </dateRange>
>>
>>   </selector>
>>
>>   <reportName>Custom PLACEMENT_PERFORMANCE_REPORT</reportName>
>>
>>   <reportType>PLACEMENT_PERFORMANCE_REPORT</reportType>
>>
>>   <dateRangeType>CUSTOM_DATE</dateRangeType>
>>
>>   <downloadFormat>XML</downloadFormat>
>>
>>   </reportDefinition>
>>
>

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