Hi Christian, I suspect this is due to the fact that those impressions were attribute to *Parental Status* criteria, and that criteria type is not yet supported in the API. We're aware that this is causing some confusion and are discussing ways to improve how we handle unsupported criteria types in reports.
In general, I would avoid using the *Criteria Performance Report* for *Display* campaigns because that report is a single attribution report <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/guides/reporting-concepts#single-and-multi-attribution>, meaning it chooses just one criterion to attribute to each impression. This is fine for *Search* campaigns because this will almost always be the *Keyword* that triggered the ad. For *Display*, however, you often have multiple criteria that contribute to an impression, so using a single attribution report gives an incomplete picture. It's better to use the criteria type-specific multiple attribution reports <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/guides/reporting-concepts#multiple> such as AGE_RANGE_PERFORMANCE_REPORT <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/reports#age-range> , GENDER_PERFORMANCE_REPORT <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/reports#gender>, PLACEMENT_PERFORMANCE_REPORT <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/reports#placement>, etc. Those reports will give you views of your impressions that are similar to the sub-tab views on the *Display Network* tab in the UI. Thanks, Josh, AdWords API Team On Friday, March 6, 2015 at 7:14:25 AM UTC-5, Christian wrote: > > Hi Josh, > > thanks for the quick reply. > > Right now the ad group in question uses only a remarketing list. Until > yesterday also an in-market audience was active (now paused). An affinity > audience has been used a few weeks ago, but is in status removed since then. > > I'd be very thankful if you could check the campaign. I'll post the ID in > private. > > Best, > Christian > > On Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at 10:49:59 PM UTC+1, Josh Radcliff (AdWords API > Team) wrote: >> >> Hi Christian, >> >> Is the campaign using custom affinity audiences, by any chance? If so, >> the criteria API report won't return rows for impressions attributed to >> those audiences since they aren't yet supported in the API. >> >> Thanks, >> Josh, AdWords API Team >> >> On Monday, March 2, 2015 at 3:45:09 PM UTC-5, Christian wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I already checked the various forum posts about empty criterion reports >>> but it looks like I have a new problem in context of a specific campaign. >>> >>> The problematic campaign has impressions and clicks, so my understanding >>> is that metrics should be attributed to at least one criteria. The >>> criterion performance report (v201409), however, is empty. We use the >>> following selector (Python dict notation): >>> >>> 'selector': { >>> 'fields': [ >>> 'Date', >>> 'AdGroupId', 'Id', >>> 'Cost', 'Impressions', 'AveragePosition', 'Clicks', >>> 'Conversions', 'ConversionsManyPerClick', 'ConversionValue', >>> ], >>> 'predicates': [ >>> { >>> 'field': 'AdGroupStatus', >>> 'operator': 'IN', >>> 'values': ['ENABLED'], >>> }, >>> { >>> 'field': 'Status', >>> 'operator': 'IN', >>> 'values': ['ENABLED', 'PAUSED'], >>> }, >>> ], >>> } >>> >>> For other accounts this works as expected. Even in the same account on a >>> similar campaign, the report is not empty and corresponds to metrics in the >>> AdWords UI. >>> >>> Some information on the campaign with an empty report: no display >>> keywords, only automatic placements, targeting by remarketing list and age >>> range. >>> >>> I can provide the campaign IDs in a private message. >>> >>> Thanks in avance for your support. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Christian >>> >> -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/adwords-api/7096e095-2c61-485b-9fa9-e393b226dd1c%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
