Hi All, We've noticed a discrepancy in the cost reported by Placement Performance Reports compared to the cost shown in the UI. I've given some examples of the data, below, to show that it is non-negligible for one client, but minimal for another, that it is present for both recent and older data, and that search network data seems to be unaffected.
I tried to get the SOAP request headers to log, but they wouldn't cooperate with me (any advice here would be appreciated as well). The API reports were downloaded using com.google.api.ads.adwords.lib.utils.v201309.ReportDownloader. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Campaign 1A in Account 1 - display network only Placement Performance Report with fields: Campaign, Cost Filtered for Campaign 1A in Excel Date | Cost API | Cost UI 12/09/13 | $3,629.25 | $3,810.75 01/02/14 | $8,624.80 | $8,928.19 Campaign 1B in Account 1 - search network only Keyword Performance Report with fields: Campaign, Cost; predicate of AdNetworkType1 equals "SEARCH" Filtered for Campaign 1B in Excel Date | API | UI 12/09/13 | $25.15 | $25.15 01/02/14 | $93.78 | $93.78 Higher spending campaign (Campaign 1C - search network only) in this same manner, just to be sure Date | Cost API | Cost UI 12/09/13 | $1,135.92 | $1,135.92 Notes: - A Keyword Performance Report with predicate AdNetworkType1 equals "SEARCH" did not return any cost data for Campaign 1A for either date - There are no shared ads in the account - The AdWords account is set to Canadian currency - The discrepancy is also present at the ad group level, but that didn't make my example any better -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I don't see the same level of discrepancy in all accounts, though they don't line up perfectly: Campaign 2A in Account 2 - display network only Placement Performance Report with fields: Campaign, Cost Filtered for Campaign 2A in Excel Date | Cost API | Cost UI 01/02/14 | $1,150.72 | $1,148.18 Campaign 2B - display network only Placement Performance Report with fields: Campaign, Cost Filtered for Campaign 2B in Excel Date | API | UI 01/02/14 | $486.55 | $488.01 Notes: - A Keyword Performance Report with predicate AdNetworkType1 equals "SEARCH" did not return any cost data for either campaign - There are no shared ads in the account - The AdWords account is set to US currency Thank you! -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://googleadsdeveloper.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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
