Conversion Tracking (Reporting and Tools / Conversions)
Hi, Is there any way to get separate conversion count and value figures per action via the API? A datatable with columns like, action name, tracking purpose, conversions(m-p-c) and value. It is available in the Adwords UI in the Reporting and Tools menu, Conversions link. (https://adwords.google.com/o/ConversionTracking/ Manager is the url, plus __c and __u params) Thanks. -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://adwordsapi.blogspot.com http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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
Re: stats returns null
Hello, I had the same issue for some campaigns but seems to be fixed now. Best, Kemal On Oct 22, 12:08 pm, Wanja wrote: > Since this morning I receive a null value in the campaign's stats > property. I use v200909 to retrieve the campaigns... Has there been any > changes? -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://adwordsapi.blogspot.com http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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
Re: has v13 really sunsetted yet?
Same here. The supposed-to-be-sunset v13 calls rarely fail. On Apr 25, 12:50 am, Eastern Transportation wrote: > very interesting. with a random sampling of utilizing my old apility > php script, literally about 4 out of 5 times, it works fine, and 1/5 > of the time, i'm getting: "Message: You are accessing an AdWords API > service that has been discontinued. Calls to this service may fail. > Please visit the AdWords API blog for information on migration to new > v2009 AdWords API. Trigger: N/A Code: 213". This is not unexpected, > i have my v2009 code ready and am going to switch it, it's just > fascinating that the error only comes up 1/5th of the time! > > -- > =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ > Have you migrated to v200909 yet? > The v13 sunset is on April 22, 2010. > > Also find us on our blog and discussion > group:http://adwordsapi.blogspot.comhttp://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api > =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ > > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api?hl=en -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Have you migrated to v200909 yet? The v13 sunset is on April 22, 2010. Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://adwordsapi.blogspot.com http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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
Re: Confusion with docs & Reactivating ENDED campaign
The date value for no end date is in fact 20371230, not 31. Best, Kemal On Apr 21, 11:10 am, "Peer Jakobsen (AdWords API Guru)" wrote: > No end date is the same as sending: > 20371231 > > So maybe you could try sending that value. > > -- > =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ > Have you migrated to v200909 yet? > The v13 sunset is on April 22, 2010. > > Also find us on our blog and discussion > group:http://adwordsapi.blogspot.comhttp://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api > =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ > > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api?hl=en -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Have you migrated to v200909 yet? The v13 sunset is on April 22, 2010. Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://adwordsapi.blogspot.com http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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
AdWords API Re: NON_MULTIPLE_OF_MINIMUM_CURRENCY_UNIT confusion
Thanks, typecasting to (float) fixed the problem. Integer casting yields to bad results. Never ever should cast microAmounts to int in php5. On Apr 5, 5:22 pm, AdWords API Advisor wrote: > Hi Kemal, > > It looks like your second bid, 259.71, wasn't converted correctly: > > > > 25970 > > > > Are you using floats to store microAmount values? > > Best, > - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team > > On Apr 2, 5:58 am, Kemal wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > Some of my budget mutate requests get > > NON_MULTIPLE_OF_MINIMUM_CURRENCY_UNIT, most don't, and all the values > > are rounded with 2 digits after the decimal point (well, converted to > > microUnits afterwards, obviously) > > > Setting budget to 241.38 works, but setting another campaign's budget > > to 259.71 won't work. Two different campaigns. First reqid is > > 63ee80f03c3f81471f23a12c04861069, and the second one is > > 5dfcf48d3f485c1ec6d3c4ab29b44670. > > > I actually wrote some exception handling code that, if it encounters > > BudgetError.NON_MULTIPLE_OF_MINIMUM_CURRENCY_UNIT the first time, it > > will try again with a fully-rounded budget amount (260 instead of > > 259.71) > > > Again, the numbers are converted to microUnits (multiplied by 100) > > before they are passed into the Money() constructor. > > > By the way I couldn't find any info about minimum money units in the > > documentation. In fact, a clear documentation about microAmount/Money > > and reference to it in the CampaignService.BudgetError page would be > > really useful for new implementors. > > > Best, > > Kemal -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Have you migrated to v200909 yet? The v13 sunset is on April 22, 2010. Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://adwordsapi.blogspot.com http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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 To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
AdWords API NON_MULTIPLE_OF_MINIMUM_CURRENCY_UNIT confusion
Hello, Some of my budget mutate requests get NON_MULTIPLE_OF_MINIMUM_CURRENCY_UNIT, most don't, and all the values are rounded with 2 digits after the decimal point (well, converted to microUnits afterwards, obviously) Setting budget to 241.38 works, but setting another campaign's budget to 259.71 won't work. Two different campaigns. First reqid is 63ee80f03c3f81471f23a12c04861069, and the second one is 5dfcf48d3f485c1ec6d3c4ab29b44670. I actually wrote some exception handling code that, if it encounters BudgetError.NON_MULTIPLE_OF_MINIMUM_CURRENCY_UNIT the first time, it will try again with a fully-rounded budget amount (260 instead of 259.71) Again, the numbers are converted to microUnits (multiplied by 100) before they are passed into the Money() constructor. By the way I couldn't find any info about minimum money units in the documentation. In fact, a clear documentation about microAmount/Money and reference to it in the CampaignService.BudgetError page would be really useful for new implementors. Best, Kemal -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Have you migrated to v200909 yet? The v13 sunset is on April 22, 2010. Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://adwordsapi.blogspot.com http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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
AdWords API Re: Same AdParam for different Criteria in same AdGroup: AD_PARAM_CANNOT_BE_SPECIFIED_MULTIPLE_TIMES
Hi,
The requestId is 09adeafeb0c60d291d19880e8aac3bf1
Cheers,
Kemal
On Mar 24, 9:12 pm, AdWords API Advisor
wrote:
> Hi Kemal,
>
> What you are trying to accomplish should be allowed. Can you double
> check that the adGroupId-criterionId-paramIndex combination is unique
> for each operation? Do you have the SOAP XML logs or requestId from a
> request that demonstrates this behavior?
>
> Best,
> - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team
>
> On Mar 23, 10:19 am, Kemal wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hello,
>
> > I am trying to set the same AdParams (AdParamId's are the same, so are
> > the values) for different criteria in the same AdGroup, all in one
> > mutate call. But it throws me a
> > AD_PARAM_CANNOT_BE_SPECIFIED_MULTIPLE_TIMES error.
>
> > The documentation states that "The same ad param cannot be specified
> > in multiple operations". Isn't this quite a bit limiting? How are we
> > supposed to set a bunch of AdParams for an entire AdGroup in one go?
> > Multiple calls to mutate() for each and every keyword would just kill
> > the backend. Or do I have to use the BulkMutateJob service, even if I
> > don't want to?
>
> > Or maybe (well, hopefully) I triggered a bug in the API. Any comments?
>
> > The data goes like this:
> > An array of AdParamOperations with 14 elements. Operator is SET. Each
> > AdParam with the same AdGroupId.
> > First 7 AdParams set the same paramIndex (1) and the same
> > insertionText ("4") but each with different criterionIds.
> > Second 7 AdParams set the other paramIndex (2) and the same
> > insertionText ("8" in this case) each with different criterionIds as
> > well. (Actually the order of criterionIds match the first 7
> > operations)
>
> > The result is an array of AdParamErrors:
> > [AdParamError.AD_PARAM_CANNOT_BE_SPECIFIED_MULTIPLE_TIMES @
> > operations[2].operand; trigger:'AdParam already defined at index 1',
> > AdParamError.AD_PARAM_CANNOT_BE_SPECIFIED_MULTIPLE_TIMES @
> > operations[3].operand; trigger:'AdParam already defined at index 1',
> > AdParamError.AD_PARAM_CANNOT_BE_SPECIFIED_MULTIPLE_TIMES @
> > operations[4].operand; trigger:'AdParam already defined at index 1',
> > AdParamError.AD_PARAM_CANNOT_BE_SPECIFIED_MULTIPLE_TIMES @
> > operations[5].operand; trigger:'AdParam already defined at index 1',
> > AdParamError.AD_PARAM_CANNOT_BE_SPECIFIED_MULTIPLE_TIMES @
> > operations[6].operand; trigger:'AdParam already defined at index 1',
> > AdParamError.AD_PARAM_CANNOT_BE_SPECIFIED_MULTIPLE_TIMES @
> > operations[9].operand; trigger:'AdParam already defined at index 8',
> > AdParamError.AD_PARAM_CANNOT_BE_SPECIFIED_MULTIPLE_TIMES @
> > operations[10].operand; trigger:'AdParam already defined at index 8',
> > AdParamError.AD_PARAM_CANNOT_BE_SPECIFIED_MULTIPLE_TIMES @
> > operations[11].operand; trigger:'AdParam already defined at index 8',
> > AdParamError.AD_PARAM_CANNOT_BE_SPECIFIED_MULTIPLE_TIMES @
> > operations[12].operand; trigger:'AdParam already defined at index 8',
> > AdParamError.AD_PARAM_CANNOT_BE_SPECIFIED_MULTIPLE_TIMES @
> > operations[13].operand; trigger:'AdParam already defined at index 8']
>
> > Best,
> > Kemal
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AdWords API Same AdParam for different Criteria in same AdGroup: AD_PARAM_CANNOT_BE_SPECIFIED_MULTIPLE_TIMES
Hello,
I am trying to set the same AdParams (AdParamId's are the same, so are
the values) for different criteria in the same AdGroup, all in one
mutate call. But it throws me a
AD_PARAM_CANNOT_BE_SPECIFIED_MULTIPLE_TIMES error.
The documentation states that "The same ad param cannot be specified
in multiple operations". Isn't this quite a bit limiting? How are we
supposed to set a bunch of AdParams for an entire AdGroup in one go?
Multiple calls to mutate() for each and every keyword would just kill
the backend. Or do I have to use the BulkMutateJob service, even if I
don't want to?
Or maybe (well, hopefully) I triggered a bug in the API. Any comments?
The data goes like this:
An array of AdParamOperations with 14 elements. Operator is SET. Each
AdParam with the same AdGroupId.
First 7 AdParams set the same paramIndex (1) and the same
insertionText ("4") but each with different criterionIds.
Second 7 AdParams set the other paramIndex (2) and the same
insertionText ("8" in this case) each with different criterionIds as
well. (Actually the order of criterionIds match the first 7
operations)
The result is an array of AdParamErrors:
[AdParamError.AD_PARAM_CANNOT_BE_SPECIFIED_MULTIPLE_TIMES @
operations[2].operand; trigger:'AdParam already defined at index 1',
AdParamError.AD_PARAM_CANNOT_BE_SPECIFIED_MULTIPLE_TIMES @
operations[3].operand; trigger:'AdParam already defined at index 1',
AdParamError.AD_PARAM_CANNOT_BE_SPECIFIED_MULTIPLE_TIMES @
operations[4].operand; trigger:'AdParam already defined at index 1',
AdParamError.AD_PARAM_CANNOT_BE_SPECIFIED_MULTIPLE_TIMES @
operations[5].operand; trigger:'AdParam already defined at index 1',
AdParamError.AD_PARAM_CANNOT_BE_SPECIFIED_MULTIPLE_TIMES @
operations[6].operand; trigger:'AdParam already defined at index 1',
AdParamError.AD_PARAM_CANNOT_BE_SPECIFIED_MULTIPLE_TIMES @
operations[9].operand; trigger:'AdParam already defined at index 8',
AdParamError.AD_PARAM_CANNOT_BE_SPECIFIED_MULTIPLE_TIMES @
operations[10].operand; trigger:'AdParam already defined at index 8',
AdParamError.AD_PARAM_CANNOT_BE_SPECIFIED_MULTIPLE_TIMES @
operations[11].operand; trigger:'AdParam already defined at index 8',
AdParamError.AD_PARAM_CANNOT_BE_SPECIFIED_MULTIPLE_TIMES @
operations[12].operand; trigger:'AdParam already defined at index 8',
AdParamError.AD_PARAM_CANNOT_BE_SPECIFIED_MULTIPLE_TIMES @
operations[13].operand; trigger:'AdParam already defined at index 8']
Best,
Kemal
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AdWords API Re: AdParam
It could be that the system would allow for symbols w/ only certain type of encoding (I'm guessing UTF-8) and not others (like 8859-1) Just a thought. Cheers! Kemal On Mar 4, 3:20 am, AdWords API Advisor wrote: > Hi Andy, > > I was able to send the unencoded pound sign successfully in my > request. Do you have the SOAP XML request and response that > demonstrates this problem? > > Best, > - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team > > On Mar 3, 7:04 am, Andy wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > I am having trouble posting a GBP £ sign as the currency symbol for an > > ad paramater. > > > If i try to send the HTML encoded character "£" i get a error > > responce of: > > operations[0].operand.insertionText; trigger:'£230', > > > If i try to send a non encoded £ sign i get the following: > > SOAP-ERROR: Encoding: string '\xa3...' is not a valid utf-8 string in > > > The dollar sign posts ok, but im in the UK and its not too useful. ;-) > > > Is this a known problem or am i missing something here..? -- 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-...@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.
AdWords API Exemption reason in v2009 Exemption Requests?
Hello, Seems like the v2009 ExemptionRequests don't have a reason field to fill in. The constructor just takes the PolicyViolationKey (which includes policyName and violatingText) and that is passed in from the ApiExceptionFault we get from the server/AdGroupAdService. Is this an incompleteness on v2009's part, or is it planned behavior? Should we expect a "reasonText" field to be added in the next API revision? (Currently v13 api requires a reason in the exemption request) Cheers, Kemal -- 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-...@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.
AdWords API Re: Reports API / Videos as "gadgetTemplate"s, videoPlaybacks field missing
Jeff, I checked and that ExternalCustomerId bug seems to be fixed, fixed in the docs too, and now all report types support it. Sorry about the confusion, seems I was a few months (or a few API versions) late in reporting this. :) All the best, Kemal On Aug 13, 7:38 pm, Kemal wrote: > Thanks for the update. We are addicted to our creative detail reports, > so I'm waiting for further details/solution on this. > > On another note, ExternalCustomerId column is not available for > keyword and creative reports, but works for campaign reports. > Currently I match those using CustomerName since nothing else is > available, which is messy since accounts get renamed sometimes. I > can't think of any reason to not support ExternalCustomerId in all > report types. Could you ping the api team on this? > > Cheers, > Kemal > > On Aug 11, 6:38 pm, AdWords API Advisor > wrote: > > > > > Hello Kemal, > > > Here's what I've found out: for these "gadgetTemplate" ads, the > > information about total number of playbacks and playback rate are > > found in the InteractedImpressions and InteractionRate columns. > > > However, for reasons I'm still trying to determine, the Creative > > report type is unique in not supporting those interaction columns. The > > other major report types (Account, Campaign, Ad Group, Keyword) all do > > support those interaction columns, so you should be able to get the > > stats from there. > > > Cheers, > > -Jeff Posnick, AdWords API Team > > > On Aug 5, 1:49 pm, AdWords API Advisor > > wrote: > > > > Hello Kemal, > > > > I've opened a bug with the Reports engineering team to investigate > > > why videoPlaybacks (and avgPercentPlayed) are coming back as 0 for > > > those creatives. Apologies for the inconvenience in the meantime. > > > > Cheers, > > > -Jeff Posnick, AdWords API Team > > > > On Aug 5, 5:22 am, Kemal wrote: > > > > > Thanks for the info. From what I understand, video ads are all > > > > gadgetTemplates from now on. Actually I confirmed with a local Google > > > > employee that, you can't add video ads without the use of the Display > > > > ad builder. Currently it is the only way. > > > > > I checked an old campaign (generated a report) from 2008, and looks > > > > like the old video ads are still of the type "video". Current > > > > campaigns with old video ads are also OK. This is good news. > > > > > So, apparently the only problem is the videoPlaybacks column always > > > > being 0. I ran a little query for "playbacks=0 and > > > > otherPlaybackColumns>0" on my system, and noticed that it started > > > > towards the end of last year, on a bunch of ads with the type "video". > > > > This date could be wrong because there are only a few matches before > > > > two weeks ago, on July 21st, some "gadgetTemplate" ads. These dates > > > > are the last updated dates on my side, and reflects to the last > > > > updated dates of daily report rows. We don't always do video ads, so > > > > the bug should have emerged before July 21st. Hope this helps. > > > > > All the best, > > > > Kemal > > > > > On Aug 4, 10:34 pm, AdWords API Advisor > > > > wrote: > > > > > > Hello Kemal, > > > > > > That job id was gone by the time I looked, but I think I found an > > > > > equivalent report in your MCC account that illustrates the behavior. > > > > > > I took a look at the ads in one of the ad groups in question, and I > > > > > think the characterization of the creativeType is correct--they're > > > > > click-to-play video ads created via the Display ad builder, which > > > > > results in our internal creativeType of gadgetTemplate. If you take a > > > > > look at the ads in the AdWords web interface you'll see that they're > > > > > labeled as "display ads" rather than video ads. This terminology is > > > > > obviously confusing, and end-users shouldn't be expected to understand > > > > > the distinction, but I just wanted to point out why you're seeing what > > > > > you are. > > > > > > I personally don't have any info about whether ads that were > > > > > previously considered video ads were in some way converted into > > > > > displ
AdWords API Re: Reports API / Videos as "gadgetTemplate"s, videoPlaybacks field missing
Thanks for the update. We are addicted to our creative detail reports, so I'm waiting for further details/solution on this. On another note, ExternalCustomerId column is not available for keyword and creative reports, but works for campaign reports. Currently I match those using CustomerName since nothing else is available, which is messy since accounts get renamed sometimes. I can't think of any reason to not support ExternalCustomerId in all report types. Could you ping the api team on this? Cheers, Kemal On Aug 11, 6:38 pm, AdWords API Advisor wrote: > Hello Kemal, > > Here's what I've found out: for these "gadgetTemplate" ads, the > information about total number of playbacks and playback rate are > found in the InteractedImpressions and InteractionRate columns. > > However, for reasons I'm still trying to determine, the Creative > report type is unique in not supporting those interaction columns. The > other major report types (Account, Campaign, Ad Group, Keyword) all do > support those interaction columns, so you should be able to get the > stats from there. > > Cheers, > -Jeff Posnick, AdWords API Team > > On Aug 5, 1:49 pm, AdWords API Advisor > wrote: > > > > > Hello Kemal, > > > I've opened a bug with the Reports engineering team to investigate > > why videoPlaybacks (and avgPercentPlayed) are coming back as 0 for > > those creatives. Apologies for the inconvenience in the meantime. > > > Cheers, > > -Jeff Posnick, AdWords API Team > > > On Aug 5, 5:22 am, Kemal wrote: > > > > Thanks for the info. From what I understand, video ads are all > > > gadgetTemplates from now on. Actually I confirmed with a local Google > > > employee that, you can't add video ads without the use of the Display > > > ad builder. Currently it is the only way. > > > > I checked an old campaign (generated a report) from 2008, and looks > > > like the old video ads are still of the type "video". Current > > > campaigns with old video ads are also OK. This is good news. > > > > So, apparently the only problem is the videoPlaybacks column always > > > being 0. I ran a little query for "playbacks=0 and > > > otherPlaybackColumns>0" on my system, and noticed that it started > > > towards the end of last year, on a bunch of ads with the type "video". > > > This date could be wrong because there are only a few matches before > > > two weeks ago, on July 21st, some "gadgetTemplate" ads. These dates > > > are the last updated dates on my side, and reflects to the last > > > updated dates of daily report rows. We don't always do video ads, so > > > the bug should have emerged before July 21st. Hope this helps. > > > > All the best, > > > Kemal > > > > On Aug 4, 10:34 pm, AdWords API Advisor > > > wrote: > > > > > Hello Kemal, > > > > > That job id was gone by the time I looked, but I think I found an > > > > equivalent report in your MCC account that illustrates the behavior. > > > > > I took a look at the ads in one of the ad groups in question, and I > > > > think the characterization of the creativeType is correct--they're > > > > click-to-play video ads created via the Display ad builder, which > > > > results in our internal creativeType of gadgetTemplate. If you take a > > > > look at the ads in the AdWords web interface you'll see that they're > > > > labeled as "display ads" rather than video ads. This terminology is > > > > obviously confusing, and end-users shouldn't be expected to understand > > > > the distinction, but I just wanted to point out why you're seeing what > > > > you are. > > > > > I personally don't have any info about whether ads that were > > > > previously considered video ads were in some way converted into > > > > display ads in our backend. I'll look into it a bit more. Can you > > > > confirm that these exact same ads used to come back in reports with a > > > > creativeType of "video" and that nothing was done in the advertiser's > > > > account to change them? On which date did this first start happening? > > > > > I'll also look into the ramifications of the creativeType change on > > > > video playback reporting, as I do see examples in your report of > > > > videoPlaybacks being 0 but the individual playback percentages being > > > > non
AdWords API Re: Bid Simulator in the API
Yeah, Bid Simulator in the API would be great! I'd also love to see the ability to accelerate campaigns via the API. On Aug 6, 1:50 pm, DavM wrote: > Hi > > Could I request that the bid simulator is added to the API as soon as > possible please? > > It's a fantastic tool for advanced bid management, but is unusable in > the large, complex campaigns that it would suit the best as it is not > available via the API. > > Cheers > > David > > PS Exact match volume data on the KeywordTool and My Change History > would be great too! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
AdWords API Re: Reports API / Videos as "gadgetTemplate"s, videoPlaybacks field missing
Thanks for the info. From what I understand, video ads are all gadgetTemplates from now on. Actually I confirmed with a local Google employee that, you can't add video ads without the use of the Display ad builder. Currently it is the only way. I checked an old campaign (generated a report) from 2008, and looks like the old video ads are still of the type "video". Current campaigns with old video ads are also OK. This is good news. So, apparently the only problem is the videoPlaybacks column always being 0. I ran a little query for "playbacks=0 and otherPlaybackColumns>0" on my system, and noticed that it started towards the end of last year, on a bunch of ads with the type "video". This date could be wrong because there are only a few matches before two weeks ago, on July 21st, some "gadgetTemplate" ads. These dates are the last updated dates on my side, and reflects to the last updated dates of daily report rows. We don't always do video ads, so the bug should have emerged before July 21st. Hope this helps. All the best, Kemal On Aug 4, 10:34 pm, AdWords API Advisor wrote: > Hello Kemal, > > That job id was gone by the time I looked, but I think I found an > equivalent report in your MCC account that illustrates the behavior. > > I took a look at the ads in one of the ad groups in question, and I > think the characterization of the creativeType is correct--they're > click-to-play video ads created via the Display ad builder, which > results in our internal creativeType of gadgetTemplate. If you take a > look at the ads in the AdWords web interface you'll see that they're > labeled as "display ads" rather than video ads. This terminology is > obviously confusing, and end-users shouldn't be expected to understand > the distinction, but I just wanted to point out why you're seeing what > you are. > > I personally don't have any info about whether ads that were > previously considered video ads were in some way converted into > display ads in our backend. I'll look into it a bit more. Can you > confirm that these exact same ads used to come back in reports with a > creativeType of "video" and that nothing was done in the advertiser's > account to change them? On which date did this first start happening? > > I'll also look into the ramifications of the creativeType change on > video playback reporting, as I do see examples in your report of > videoPlaybacks being 0 but the individual playback percentages being > non-zero. > > Cheers, > -Jeff Posnick, AdWords API Team > > On Aug 4, 6:09 am, Kemal wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > Seems like the videoPlaybacks column is back, but it is always "0", > > even though the videoPlaybacksThrough25Percent/50Percent/75Percent/ > > 100Percent columns are greater than 0. creativeType is still > > "gadgetTemplate" by the way, shouldn't it be "video"? > > > One of the job ids is 1046482951. Our reports are auto-generated on > > the MCC level, more than a few times a day. So if the report expires > > (and is not accessible) before you have a chance to look at it, just > > let me know and I'll get back to you with a fresh jobId. > > > Thanks! > > > On Aug 4, 12:35 am, AdWords API Advisor > > wrote: > > > > Hello Kemal, > > > > I'm sorry that you're running into this issue. Could you try re- > > > running your report and pass along the report job id, assuming that > > > the report is still exhibiting that behavior? > > > > Cheers, > > > -Jeff Posnick, AdWords API Team > > > > On Jul 29, 6:03 am, Kemal wrote: > > > > > Still waiting for an answer on this. > > > > > On Jul 27, 6:51 pm, Kemal wrote: > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > In the reports api, the videos in the creative reports are now the > > > > > creativeType "gadgetTemplate" instead of "video". Confirmed this on > > > > > two separate accounts. > > > > > > The videoPlaybacks field is always 0, although the fields > > > > > videoPlaybacksThrough25Percent, videoPlaybacksThrough50Percent, > > > > > videoPlaybacksThrough75Percent and videoPlaybacksThrough100Percent are > > > > > greater than 0. > > > > > > Here's a snippet I got from the Reports API's Creative Report (trimmed > > > > > some of the fields) > > > > > > > > > creativeType="gadgetTemplate" creativeStatus="Enabled" > > > > > agS
AdWords API Re: Reports API / Videos as "gadgetTemplate"s, videoPlaybacks field missing
Hello, Seems like the videoPlaybacks column is back, but it is always "0", even though the videoPlaybacksThrough25Percent/50Percent/75Percent/ 100Percent columns are greater than 0. creativeType is still "gadgetTemplate" by the way, shouldn't it be "video"? One of the job ids is 1046482951. Our reports are auto-generated on the MCC level, more than a few times a day. So if the report expires (and is not accessible) before you have a chance to look at it, just let me know and I'll get back to you with a fresh jobId. Thanks! On Aug 4, 12:35 am, AdWords API Advisor wrote: > Hello Kemal, > > I'm sorry that you're running into this issue. Could you try re- > running your report and pass along the report job id, assuming that > the report is still exhibiting that behavior? > > Cheers, > -Jeff Posnick, AdWords API Team > > On Jul 29, 6:03 am, Kemal wrote: > > > > > Still waiting for an answer on this. > > > On Jul 27, 6:51 pm, Kemal wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > In the reports api, the videos in the creative reports are now the > > > creativeType "gadgetTemplate" instead of "video". Confirmed this on > > > two separate accounts. > > > > The videoPlaybacks field is always 0, although the fields > > > videoPlaybacksThrough25Percent, videoPlaybacksThrough50Percent, > > > videoPlaybacksThrough75Percent and videoPlaybacksThrough100Percent are > > > greater than 0. > > > > Here's a snippet I got from the Reports API's Creative Report (trimmed > > > some of the fields) > > > > > creativeType="gadgetTemplate" creativeStatus="Enabled" > > > agStatus="Enabled" hostingKey="" campStatus="Active" > > > videoPlaybacks="0" avgPercentPlayed="0.0" > > > videoPlaybacksThrough25Percent="4153" > > > videoPlaybacksThrough50Percent="3037" > > > videoPlaybacksThrough75Percent="2502" > > > videoPlaybacksThrough100Percent="2233"> > > > > When I generate an Ad Performance report thru the Adwords Interface, I > > > get this: > > > > > creativeType="gadgetTemplate" creativeStatus="Enabled" > > > agStatus="Enabled" campStatus="Active" > > > videoPlaybacksThrough25Percent="4578" > > > videoPlaybacksThrough50Percent="3348" > > > videoPlaybacksThrough75Percent="2742" > > > videoPlaybacksThrough100Percent="2439" templateMouseovers="18566" > > > templateInteractions="7298"> > > > > videoPlaybacks field is gone, instead there are templateInteractions > > > and templateMouseovers fields. > > > > Seems like something is broken and/or out of sync in the API. What to > > > do? Should I post this to the issue tracker? > > > > Thanks. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
AdWords API Re: Reports API / Videos as "gadgetTemplate"s, videoPlaybacks field missing
Still waiting for an answer on this. On Jul 27, 6:51 pm, Kemal wrote: > Hello, > > In the reports api, the videos in the creative reports are now the > creativeType "gadgetTemplate" instead of "video". Confirmed this on > two separate accounts. > > The videoPlaybacks field is always 0, although the fields > videoPlaybacksThrough25Percent, videoPlaybacksThrough50Percent, > videoPlaybacksThrough75Percent and videoPlaybacksThrough100Percent are > greater than 0. > > Here's a snippet I got from the Reports API's Creative Report (trimmed > some of the fields) > creativeType="gadgetTemplate" creativeStatus="Enabled" > agStatus="Enabled" hostingKey="" campStatus="Active" > videoPlaybacks="0" avgPercentPlayed="0.0" > videoPlaybacksThrough25Percent="4153" > videoPlaybacksThrough50Percent="3037" > videoPlaybacksThrough75Percent="2502" > videoPlaybacksThrough100Percent="2233"> > > When I generate an Ad Performance report thru the Adwords Interface, I > get this: > creativeType="gadgetTemplate" creativeStatus="Enabled" > agStatus="Enabled" campStatus="Active" > videoPlaybacksThrough25Percent="4578" > videoPlaybacksThrough50Percent="3348" > videoPlaybacksThrough75Percent="2742" > videoPlaybacksThrough100Percent="2439" templateMouseovers="18566" > templateInteractions="7298"> > > videoPlaybacks field is gone, instead there are templateInteractions > and templateMouseovers fields. > > Seems like something is broken and/or out of sync in the API. What to > do? Should I post this to the issue tracker? > > Thanks. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
AdWords API Reports API / Videos as "gadgetTemplate"s, videoPlaybacks field missing
Hello, In the reports api, the videos in the creative reports are now the creativeType "gadgetTemplate" instead of "video". Confirmed this on two separate accounts. The videoPlaybacks field is always 0, although the fields videoPlaybacksThrough25Percent, videoPlaybacksThrough50Percent, videoPlaybacksThrough75Percent and videoPlaybacksThrough100Percent are greater than 0. Here's a snippet I got from the Reports API's Creative Report (trimmed some of the fields) When I generate an Ad Performance report thru the Adwords Interface, I get this: videoPlaybacks field is gone, instead there are templateInteractions and templateMouseovers fields. Seems like something is broken and/or out of sync in the API. What to do? Should I post this to the issue tracker? Thanks. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
