Thanks for your help, Josh. Have a nice weekend. Oliver
On Thursday, September 25, 2014 3:35:33 PM UTC+2, Josh Radcliff (AdWords API Team) wrote: > > Hi Oliver, > > Thanks for confirming. After I raised this issue one of my colleagues > pointing out that there was a recent fix (around Sep 19) to properly > populate the *CriteriaType* field for *Webpage* criteria. Prior to that > fix going out, *CriteriaType* for *Webpage* criteria was being returned > as *--*. I think you were always receiving rows for the *Webpage* criteria, > but didn't realize they were *Webpage* criteria because the *CriteriaType* > was > incorrect. > > Regarding the value for *keywordPlacement* (*Criteria* request field), in > reporting we generally return two dashes when there's no value for a cell > <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/guides/reporting-concepts#two-dashes>. > > In the cases we are looking at, the WebpageParameter.conditions > <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/v201406/AdGroupCriterionService.WebpageParameter#conditions> > on > the criterion is null (in the UI, this shows as *All webpages*). However, > I checked on one of my test accounts where I have conditions set up, and > I'm still getting back *--* for the *Criteria* field. I'll follow up with > the reporting team to see if they can improve this. > > Thanks, > Josh, AdWords API Team > > On Thursday, September 25, 2014 5:12:30 AM UTC-4, oseemann wrote: >> >> Hi Josh, >> >> I can confirm that we also receive the correct criteriaType now. >> >> Since Tuesday I cannot see the old behaviour anymore, all report >> downloads now show the new behaviour. >> >> Meanwhile we have implemented and deployed a hotfix for our application >> that can deal with the situation, so from our point of view the issue is >> "solved". >> >> On a side note, while criteriaType now shows the correct value, >> keywordPlacement is still "--". The AdGroupCriterionService returns an >> asterisk as the criterion name of 19959388920 in the WebPageParameter >> object, see >> https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/v201406/AdGroupCriterionService.WebpageParameter >> >> , . Maybe that would be a good value to put into the keywordPlacement field >> in the report? >> >> Best regards, >> Oliver >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thursday, September 25, 2014 2:22:44 AM UTC+2, Josh Radcliff (AdWords >> API Team) wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm still waiting for a response from the reporting team to determine if >>> anything changed regarding DSAs. I'll get back to you as soon as I have >>> more information. >>> >>> Regarding the *CriteriaType* field, I actually get back the expected >>> value of *Webpage* for those rows, and only see *--* in the *Criteria* ( >>> *keywordPlacement*) field: >>> >>> <row keywordID="19959388920" adGroupID="7893735604" >>> keywordPlacement="--" keywordPlacementState="enabled" >>> criteriaType="Webpage" impressions="..."/> >>> <row keywordID="61200066844" adGroupID="7893735604" >>> keywordPlacement="--" keywordPlacementState="enabled" >>> criteriaType="Webpage" impressions="0"/> >>> >>> I noticed that criterion ID 19959388920 is the *only* criterion with >>> impressions > 0 in that ad group. When you run the report and do *not* get >>> back that row, do you get back a different row with *Impressions* > 0? >>> If so, could you send me the output for that row? >>> >>> Finally, has anything changed recently in terms of the date ranges of >>> your report requests or the status of the campaigns, ad groups, ads, or >>> criteria involved? I ask about status in particular because that's in your >>> report request's predicate. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Josh, AdWords API Team >>> >>> On Tuesday, September 23, 2014 4:20:26 AM UTC-4, oseemann wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi! >>>> >>>> Yes, repeatedly downloading the same report sometimes yields DSA >>>> criteria, mostly not. We had about 10 accounts there were affected >>>> yesterday. Today it was about 40. I assume it's a new API software release >>>> that has not rolled out to all servers yet. >>>> >>>> Comparing two reports I found that the difference is largely the >>>> criterion with ID 19959388920. It can be found in many DSA campaigns >>>> throughout accounts. The AdGroupCriterionService returns the >>>> WebpageParameter.criterionName "*" for it. >>>> >>>> Yesterday I downloaded the same report twice, in one report criterion >>>> 19959388920 was listed, in the other it was not. >>>> >>>> A second criterion that suddenly appeared is 61200066844, also in >>>> adGroup 7893735604. >>>> >>>> Example row from criteria performance report: >>>> >>>> <row keywordID="19959388920" adGroupID="7893735604" >>>> keywordPlacement="--" keywordPlacementState="enabled" criteriaType="--" >>>> qualityScore="5" maxCPC="180000" firstPageCPC="0" isNegative="false" >>>> topOfPageCPC="0"/> >>>> >>>> 7893735604 is a DSA ad group. >>>> >>>> Also notice that the criteriaType in the report data is "--". It should >>>> probably indicate the correct criterion type, in this case "WebPage". >>>> >>>> Report Definition: >>>> >>>> { >>>> 'selector': { >>>> 'fields': [ >>>> 'Id', >>>> 'AdGroupId', >>>> 'Criteria', 'Status', 'CriteriaType', >>>> 'QualityScore', >>>> 'MaxCpc', >>>> 'FirstPageCpc', 'IsNegative', >>>> 'TopOfPageCpc', >>>> ], >>>> 'predicates': [ >>>> { >>>> 'field': 'CampaignStatus', >>>> 'operator': 'IN', >>>> 'values': ['ACTIVE', 'PAUSED'], >>>> }, >>>> { >>>> 'field': 'AdGroupStatus', >>>> 'operator': 'IN', >>>> 'values': ['ENABLED'], >>>> }, >>>> ], >>>> }, >>>> 'reportName': 'Criterion Structure', >>>> 'reportType': 'CRITERIA_PERFORMANCE_REPORT', >>>> 'dateRangeType': 'ALL_TIME', >>>> 'downloadFormat': 'GZIPPED_XML', >>>> } >>>> >>>> Hope that helps. >>>> >>>> Thanks for looking into it, >>>> Oliver >>>> >>>> On Monday, September 22, 2014 11:42:52 PM UTC+2, Josh Radcliff (AdWords >>>> API Team) wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi Oliver, >>>>> >>>>> Could you provide the ad group ID, date range, and report definition >>>>> you were using when you saw the change in behavior? >>>>> >>>>> Also, you mentioned the behavior is not strictly reproducible. Are you >>>>> saying that for the same report criteria and report definition, you'll >>>>> sometimes see DSA criteria in the report output and other times will not? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Josh, AdWords API Team >>>>> >>>>> On Monday, September 22, 2014 8:18:29 AM UTC-4, oseemann wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi! >>>>>> >>>>>> Since for the first time on 2014-09-19 1:00am UTC we occasionally >>>>>> receive Dynamic Search Ad criteria as part of the >>>>>> CRITERA_PERFORMANCE_REPORT. >>>>>> >>>>>> This used to be not the case. We explicitly use the >>>>>> KEYWORDLESS_CATEGORY_REPORT >>>>>> to get DSA criterion history in addition to all other criteria from the >>>>>> CRITERIA_PERFORMANCE_REPORT. >>>>>> >>>>>> DSA criteria are now (sometimes) included in both reports, leading >>>>>> the duplicate items. >>>>>> >>>>>> The issue happens only intermittently and is not strictly >>>>>> reproducible. We use v201402. >>>>>> >>>>>> The actual change is very welcome, however it should be part of the >>>>>> regular API evolution and not apply to existing API versions, as it >>>>>> introduces problems in existing applications. >>>>>> >>>>>> Can you confirm that such a change rolled out to a few API servers >>>>>> recently? Can we expect the issue to go away any time soon? Please let >>>>>> me >>>>>> know if you need more information (account, adgroup, devtoken, etc.). >>>>>> >>>>>> Best regards, >>>>>> Oliver >>>>>> >>>>> -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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. 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