Hi, To get attribute information you can either use the object-specific services such as CampaignService <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/v201406/CampaignService> , AdGroupService <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/v201406/AdGroupService>, etc., or use reports. Reporting is often preferable for the reasons outlined in our Structure Reports guide <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/guides/structure-reports>.
Fields labeled as *Attribute* always show the *current* value of the field -- please see the descriptions of the columns after the list of reports on our Report Types page <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/reports>. To determine when attributes of an account have changed, you can use the CustomerSyncService <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/v201406/CustomerSyncService>. This will give you the IDs of changed objects for a given time frame, but not the changed values. If you need the history of values on your objects, you will have to utilize the CustomerSyncService <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/v201406/CustomerSyncService> in conjunction with the other services and store the history of values in a database on your side. Cheers, Josh, AdWords API Team On Monday, July 28, 2014 1:25:54 AM UTC-4, Anurag Laddha wrote: > > Greetings, > > Using Performance reports as listed in > https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/reports the only > way to download attribute data for Adwords entites (Account, Campaign, > Adgroup etc)? In other words to get attribute/structural data is specifying > the performance reports of your choice (say CAMPAIGN_PERFORMANCE_REPORT) and > fields of behavior 'Attribute' > (say ExternalCustomerId,CampaignId,CampaignName,Amount,Status) the right > way to go about it? > > When we download only attribute values through performance reports, are > the attribute values always what they are at the time of download or we can > request for attribute values back in time? > > How can we know through API the time at which the attribute value (eg > Amount, Status) changed for some entity (eg Campaign)? > > Thanks! > Anurag > -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and Google+: https://googleadsdeveloper.blogspot.com/ https://plus.google.com/+GoogleAdsDevelopers/posts =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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/d/optout.
