Hi Josh, thanks for clarification. Indeed, that seems to be the problem here.
Concerning the multiple attribution reports, we already utilize them to, e.g., optimize bid modifiers for age or gender criteria. One of our use cases for the criteria performance report is that we use its aggregated metric values to calculate ad group default CPCs. This obviously does not work if not all impressions can be found in that report. Do ad group performance reports include impressions attributed to parental status criteria or affinity audiences? That would be a work-around for us, but still it feels inconsistent if an aggregated criteria performance report does not match the values of a corresponding ad group performance report. Thanks for your ongoing support! Best, Christian On Friday, March 6, 2015 at 3:47:30 PM UTC+1, Josh Radcliff (AdWords API Team) wrote: > > 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. 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