Hi there, I know this comment is old, but I still have the same question.
Can a compare to range be specified when downloading a report? Is this something that may be available in the future? I looked through the Beta documentation and didn't spot it, would be a nice feature to have and would cut down on the amount of requests? Thanks, Will On Tuesday, 10 June 2014 13:40:56 UTC+1, Michael Cloonan (AdWords API Team) wrote: > > Hello Sasha, > > There is no way to provide these automatic comparisons via the AdWords > API. You can work around this like you suggested by running multiple > reports, one for each time period. Alternatively, if the time periods are > contiguous, you can still get all the data at once and segregate it > programmatically by the Date on each given line. > > Regards, > Mike, AdWords API Team > > On Tuesday, June 10, 2014 5:32:57 AM UTC-4, Sasha Matijasic wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> is it possible to have compare to previous period option via AWQL? >> >> For example, in a query like this: >> select CampaignName, Clicks from CAMPAIGN_PERFORMANCE_REPORT >> where Status = ACTIVE and Impressions > 0 >> during LAST_MONTH >> >> I get Clicks for the given period. In AdWords GUI, I can turn on Compare >> mode and select Previous period (or same period last year or custom) and >> get clicks for comparison period. >> I haven't found the same option in API. >> >> Am I missing something or should I simply execute 2 queries, one for each >> time period? >> >> Thanks, >> >> sasha >> > -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog: https://googleadsdeveloper.blogspot.com/ =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API and Google Ads 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 and Google Ads 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/286310a8-4b20-4e4b-b0e7-be0d83bde6bc%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
