Greetings Zweitze, It was a pleasure seeing you again at the AdWords API workshops! I hope you're doing well. I'm jumping in since you're getting into the nuances of conversion tracking. Let's see if I can get this sorted out for you. I'll start out with your related question, and if we need to backtrack on the other questions, I'll be happy to clarify.
Changing the *Count* setting of the conversion tracker will not affect reporting from the past. I was able to find a line in our About Moving from "Converted clicks" to "Conversions" Help Center article <https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/6372468> that says "The changes to your conversion action settings will only affect your reporting going forward, and won’t change historical reporting statistics." I've found that most people seem to be taking this particular route when migrating. If you need any further help on this, please don't hesitate to reach out. Best, Nadine, AdWords API Team On Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 3:46:24 AM UTC-4, Zweitze wrote: > > I'm afraid this answer is not very helpful either. You say "Converted > clicks can't be segmented > <https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/2370266> by conversion name, > conversion source, or conversion category, because a single click can lead > to multiple conversion actions". > Believe it or not: That was exactly the case in the past 11 years. From v2 > to v201603. Both AdWords web interface and AdWords API supported that > scenario. > > Thanks for the links, unfortunately none answer my question or are useful. > > Can I ask a related question? If I change the "Count" setting of a > conversiontracker, will that affect conversions from the past? Although I > did find documentation on the Count setting > <https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/3438531>, that documentation > lacks this information. I hope you can see how I intend to use that > setting, so I hope your answer covers all scenarios. > > > > > > On Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 11:10:30 PM UTC+2, Shwetha Vastrad > (AdWords API Team) wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> ConvertedClicks field will no longer be available in v201607 version of >> the API. You need to use the Conversions >> <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/reports/all-reports#conversions> >> >> field to measure conversion related data. The Conversions field is *not* the >> same as the ConvertedClicks field. More information about Conversions as >> compared to ConvertedClicks is available here >> <https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/6085379>. >> >> Converted clicks can't be segmented >> <https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/2370266> by conversion name, >> conversion source, or conversion category, because a single click can lead >> to multiple conversion actions. You can review the conversion tracking >> settings of your account to report similar numbers to the ConvertedClicks >> column. Here are some links which could be helpful: >> >> - Simplifying conversion measurement >> >> <https://adwords.googleblog.com/2016/07/simplifying-conversion-measurement.html> >> - About moving from “Converted clicks” to “Conversions” >> <https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/6372468?hl=en> >> - Compare "Conversions" and "Converted clicks" >> <https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/6085379> >> - Understand your conversion tracking data >> <https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/6270625> >> >> Regards, >> Shwetha, AdWords API Team. >> > -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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 https://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/adwords-api/c323be21-21b2-4e92-a9d0-b16454246e87%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
