Hi, Thank you for your response.
1. If you generate a Geo Performance report, with this field: https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/reports/geo-performance-report#regioncriteriaid, you can clearly see there are states for US locations in the region criteria id, and I've been using this report for a long time - it has always been like this. So, if I understand correctly, in the Geo Performance report it's not the same region definition as in the Click Performance report? 2. If you define a region as a Geo Target with Target Type "Region". How do you define Metro? I don't see it in the Target Type On Friday, May 26, 2017 at 1:43:04 AM UTC+3, Nadine Sundquist (AdWords API Team) wrote: > > Greetings! > > When comparing the UI to the API, it can be a little confusing because > phrases like Metro or Region in the UI can get overloaded and encompass > multiple things. When it comes to the API, the Geotargets guide > <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/geotargeting> is > the things we rely on. In the Geotargets guide, there's a link to the AdWords > API Location Criteria table > <https://fusiontables.google.com/DataSource?docid=13J8nzvxhuat8YlnlefcfyUNoIwxakSccW0d-qr4-#rows:id=1>. > > I'll be working off that table to explain what's going on. > > One of the things that can seem confusing is that if a specific location > in the United States is returned, there is no region. Let's cover that > first. If you go into that table and filter by *Country Code* of *US*, > you'll see that the resulting table has a lot of *Target Types*. If you > then do another filter on top of that of *Target Type, *you'll see that > there isn't an option of *Region*. In our system, the United States does > not have any regions. Some other countries, like China with country code > CN, do have regions. That's why the *Region* field is always *--* when > the United States is the specific country. In the API, we rely completely > on that *Target Type* to determine if a column gets populated. > > In that table, if you choose *Criteria Id 9052894*, like you mentioned > earlier, you'll see that the target type is *City*, and that's why the > City column gets populated. Another factor that plays into this is the > *Parent > ID* in that table. If you have a specific location that is a city, then > the city will get populated. If the parent of that item is a state, and > then the parent of that state is a country, then the *Country* column > will get populated. We work our way up the chain of parent IDs. > > I hope that clears things up a bit! If you need any further help, feel > free to reach out. > > Best, > Nadine, AdWords API Team > > On Thursday, May 25, 2017 at 12:18:24 PM UTC-4, do...@predictivebid.com > <javascript:> wrote: >> >> I forgot to mention: The most specific location was 9052894 and *City >> (Physical location)* was 9052894, as I would expect. >> >> On Thursday, May 25, 2017 at 7:01:10 PM UTC+3, do...@predictivebid.com >> wrote: >>> >>> I just gave it as an example. I believe in other reports you will see >>> the region as a state, even if the most specific is a state. this is an >>> inconsistent behavior >>> I have also examples of cities, like 9052894 (Spanish Lake), where no >>> region was available. like I said, I didn't find even one case where I had >>> a region for US locations. I Believe this is a bug >>> >>> On Thursday, May 25, 2017 at 6:57:05 PM UTC+3, Sreelakshmi Sasidharan >>> (AdWords API Team) wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> In the particular example shared, the criteria Id : 21176 is of target >>>> type 'State'. Which means that any target type which is lesser in >>>> hierarchy >>>> (of a location) would not have a value to report. And the results in your >>>> case seems to be as expected. All the three values listed below are >>>> somewhat similar to a 'City'. >>>> >>>> * City >>>> * Metro Area >>>> * Region >>>> >>>> You could check this >>>> <https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/1722075?hl=en> guide for >>>> better clarity and examples for most common target type(s). If you happen >>>> to notice missing data where the target type of the criteria Id is postal >>>> code,city etc., Please share the downloaded report along with your client >>>> customer Id so that I can debug further. You could also check this >>>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/adwords-api/municipality%7Csort:date/adwords-api/gPF2b4afsYs/9Tw7rW5yGwAJ> >>>> forum >>>> discussion about the location hierarchy for better clarity. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Sreelakshmi, 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. 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