David, This is turning into a product question. When campaign managers (I work for an agency) here ask the same question, I explain the information is just not there. Many ask how they should maintain their fine-grained structure for locations or audience, I tell them to ask their Google representative(s) to learn about Google's priorities.
I don't think anyone on this forum can answer such questions. On Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at 11:55:21 AM UTC+2, David García wrote: > > Thanks Zweitze, found it. > > But unfortunately that report warns that the average position metric will > disappear next week and the "Impr. (Top) %" metric, as you say, is not > available. How does Google think that we can track the performance of the > targeted locations that we have configured in our campaigns? > > That metric (Impr. (Top) %) is available in the Geo Performance Report > (via UI only, not APIs, any of them!!!) but you can segment only by this > criteria: country, region, area, city and most specific target location. > Any of this criteria matches directly the target locations that you might > have configured in your campaigns, so it is not obvious how to track the > performance of your campaign target locations. > > I can't imagine why Google did this. In my opinion it is a big downgrade > in geographic performance reporting, which I think is a very important > topic. The ability to split campaigns in targeted locations becomes useless > if you can't check the performance of those targeted locations via average > position or Impr. (Top) % in the Campaigns Location Target Report > (whether web UI or programatically). > > Regards, > > David > > On Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at 11:06:47 AM UTC+2, Zweitze wrote: >> >> David, >> >> To find the UI-equivalent of CAMPAIGN_LOCATION_TARGET_REPORT: >> In Google Ads, the vertical bar starting with Overview, Recommendations >> etc. Item "Locations" is the one. >> >> BTW I just checked, but in the UI nowadays I cannot find column "Impr. >> (Top) %" anymore. I am so sure it was there about a month ago... >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at 10:49:19 PM UTC+2, David García wrote: >>> >>> Hi Zweitze, >>> >>> Thanks for letting me know that the new metrics were implemented in the >>> Keyword Performance Report, I hadn't noticed that. But it seems that the >>> Geo Performance Report has the same problems than the Audience Performance >>> and Campaign Location Target Report: they show the new metrics on the web >>> UI but are not available via API. >>> >>> By the way, how do you get access to the Campaign Location Target Report >>> in the web UI? Which menu option? >>> >>> Thanks and regards, >>> >>> David >>> >>> On Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at 3:12:03 PM UTC+2, Zweitze wrote: >>>> >>>> I'm sort of in the same boat. >>>> We have similar problems, in our case (using AdWords API v201809) we >>>> cannot access top impression stats in reports AUDIENCE_PERFORMANCE_REPORT >>>> and CAMPAIGN_LOCATION_TARGET_REPORT, although they do exist in the web >>>> interface of Google Ads. >>>> On one thing you were wrong, in KEYWORD_PERFORMANCE_REPORT those stats >>>> do exist - they are called "AbsoluteTopImpressionPercentage" and >>>> "TopImpressionPercentage". >>>> >>>> Note I only checked AdWords API, not Ads API nor Ads Scripts. >>>> >>>> In our case, we prepare our users to live without those stats for a >>>> while. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at 1:40:57 PM UTC+2, David García wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi Nikisha, >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for the feedback. >>>>> >>>>> However, there are still some critical problems: >>>>> >>>>> In a few days (30th September) you will remove the average position in >>>>> the geo reports (and others). It is supposed that it will be replaced >>>>> with >>>>> new metrics, like absolute top impression percentage and search absolute >>>>> top impression share. However, in the link you provide for geo reports >>>>> via >>>>> AdWords API, it seems that those new metrics (absolute top impression >>>>> percentage and search absolute top impression share) are not >>>>> accesible. I can see them on the web UI but they are not visible via API. >>>>> Can you confirm that please? >>>>> >>>>> I thought they could be implemented in the newest Google Ads API but >>>>> unfortunately you are confirming that that data can not be pulled. >>>>> >>>>> The point is that in several places you are removing in a few days the >>>>> average position metric (geo performance, keywords performance) but you >>>>> are >>>>> not providing accesors to the new substitutive performance metrics (top >>>>> impression percentage and search absolute top impression share). Is that >>>>> true? If so, I think this is a terrible downgrade in your application. >>>>> During years I have accessed average position in geo and keywords >>>>> performance reports via Google Ads Scripts. But now, you are removing >>>>> average position, and the new metrics on geo and keywords performance >>>>> reports are not accesible neither via Google Ads Scripts (getStatsFor) >>>>> nor >>>>> Google Ads API nor AdWords API. What a disaster! Was that on purpose (I >>>>> can't imagine the reason why) or has it been unintentional? >>>>> >>>>> Please check this because if average position is removed without >>>>> access to the new metrics via getStatsFor in Google Ads Scripts (or >>>>> equivalents in Google Ads API or AdWords API), it could be justified to >>>>> delay that removal until the new metrics are implemented. Otherwise, you >>>>> are causing a big big big downgrade on your application. >>>>> >>>>> Hope you can reconsider this. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> David >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Monday, September 23, 2019 at 10:38:27 PM UTC+2, adsapiforumadvisor >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi David, >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you for reaching out. Currently, it is not possible to pull the >>>>>> data under User locations view on the Dimensions tab in UI via Google >>>>>> Ads >>>>>> API. However, you could get this data using Geo Performance Report >>>>>> <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/reports/geo-performance-report> >>>>>> via >>>>>> Adwords API by modifying the predicates as mentioned in the shared >>>>>> guide. >>>>>> Let us know if you need any additional information. >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> Nikisha Patel, Google Ads API Team >>>>>> >>>>>> ref:_00D1U1174p._5001UHHciS:ref >>>>> >>>>> -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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. 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