Unexpected geographic_view segmentation by location_type

[Dom]

Hi,

When issuing requests against the geographic_view, we've observed that the 
resulting data is segmented by geographic_view.location_type regardless of 
whether this field is included in the GAQL query.
This is not behavior we would expect for a field that has been excluded 
from the GAQL query.

Could you clarify, is this intended  behavior and if so is there another 
resource that can be queried to provide a result-set that is truly 
segmented ONLY BY COUNTRY (and not location_type).

Thanks in advance,
-Dom


Original thread by Dylan can be found here 


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Unexpected geographic_view segmentation by location_type

['Dylan Sprayberry' via Google Ads API and AdWords API Forum]

Hi team,

When issuing requests against the geographic_view, we've observed that the 
resulting data is segmented by geographic_view.location_type regardless of 
whether this field is included in the GAQL query.

Although the documentation here 
 
slightly 
alludes to this behavior, this does not mirror functionality available via 
the Google Ads UI and is not behavior we would expect for a field that has 
been excluded from the GAQL query.

We discovered this based off our own users reporting discrepant data for 
queries against the geographic_view, which lead us to this support thread 
 where 
the Forum Advisor Mitchell appears to suggest this is expected behavior. 
The behavior is very easily reproducible by issuing requests against the 
geographic_view.

Could you clarify:
1) whether the geographic_view.location_type field is truly an attribute 
that can be excluded, where the behavior we're observing should be 
considered a bug in the API,

2) if yes to question 1, could you direct us to a page where we can track 
the status of your team's progress on correcting this bug so that we can 
direct our shared customers to that page for follow up,

3) whether the geographic_view.location_type field is actually a segment 
inherent to the geographic_view (as observed via current behavior) that 
users must assume will be applied to queries against this resource and thus 
should be included in all queries against the geographic_view resource for 
distinction within the result-set, and

4) if the answer to question 3 is yes, is there another resource that can 
be queried to provide a result-set that is truly segmented ONLY BY COUNTRY 
(and not location_type) that would be more akin to the pre-defined 
geographic report available in the Google Ads user interface?

Thanks in advance,
-Dylan

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