Re: spike in axis faults internal errors

2012-01-10 Thread timp
I'll change the code to start putting those ids in the logs. BTW. The CustomerSyncService is really nice. You guys did a really good job with that. An unexpected benefit for us is that the server load during synchronization is now 1/100th of what it was. Replication is happier now as well, an

spike in axis faults internal errors

2012-01-09 Thread timp
I suppose you have internal statistics. But in the case you want to check the check, we saw a spike today with "Caught AxisFault An internal error has occurred. Please retry your request." -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http:/

Re: CustomerSyncService: getting INVALID_TIMEZONE error on all my accounts now

2011-12-21 Thread timp
Use UTC. Always works. Others fail with out regularity. -tim -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://adwordsapi.blogspot.com http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ You receiv

Re: AccountService is only available on a whitelist basis

2011-12-19 Thread timp
I would just like to third/fourth/whatever the comments in this thread. Downloading a report just to get timezone information is sort of lame. Why not provide it in the current information service? -tim -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and discussion

Re: custom date range adhoc report

2011-12-19 Thread timp
that was it, nevermind -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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 subscribe

Re: custom date range adhoc report

2011-12-19 Thread timp
ahh- probably mmDD not -mm-DD -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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 yo

custom date range adhoc report

2011-12-19 Thread timp
Could someone post working XML for a any adhoc report with a custom date range? I believe my ordering of my XML is incorrect. But I am matching the wsdl. I'm getting back Bad Request error stream:!!!2|||-1|||Report XML is invalid??? .. Thanks, -tim My XML looks like: Date CampaignI

Re: Many more internal errors

2011-12-13 Thread timp
Also I saw this, which I've never seen before: org.xml.sax.SAXException: Processing instructions are not allowed within SOAP messages, InternalApiError.UNEXPECTED_INTERNAL_API_ERROR -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://adwords

Many more internal errors

2011-12-13 Thread timp
Anything going on today? I haven't seen these for a long time. But today quite a few. InternalApiError.UNEXPECTED_INTERNAL_API_ERROR @ com.google.ads.api.services.common.error.InternalApiError -tim -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and discussion gro

Re: quality score & first_page_cpc change for keywords which are not active?

2011-11-11 Thread timp
bump -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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 Gr

Re: (500) Internal Server Error - KEYWORDS_PERFORMANCE_REPORT

2011-11-09 Thread timp
Can you post relevant details/theories? I would like to know information regarding possible reporting failures. -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://adwordsapi.blogspot.com http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api =~=~=~=~=~=

quality score & first_page_cpc change for keywords which are not active?

2011-11-09 Thread timp
Hello, I asked this in a different thread, but I suppose that thread was not most appropriate place. Does the quality_score and first_page_cpc change for keywords which are: paused? deleted? get no clicks? get no impressions? thanks, -tim -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ A

Re: Keyword Performance Report Lag

2011-11-08 Thread timp
replace it's with its tl;dr if I want to get current quality scores/first_page_cpc, do I need to download everything or can I restrict it to active keywords? -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://adwordsapi.blogspot.com http:

Re: Keyword Performance Report Lag

2011-11-08 Thread timp
Hello, I'm wondering about quality score and first_page_cpc. 1. If a keyword is deleted: a. does it's quality score still change? b. does the first_page_cpc still change? 2. If a keyword is paused: a. does it's quality score still change? b. does the first_page_cpc still change?

data streams

2011-10-28 Thread timp
Hey, Something which won't be done. Possibly is impractical due to bandwidth whatever. But I thought I would throw it out there. It would be really cool, if I could get a realtime data stream from google. This data stream would work like this. GoogleDataStream dataStream = new GoogleDa

Re: CustomerSyncService: returning Ad IDs for Ads that cannot be retrieved

2011-10-27 Thread timp
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customer sync service bug

2011-10-26 Thread timp
so.. Customer sync selector doesn't like EDT post fixing the date range. But strangely only for certain accounts. Some of the accounts are even EDT (new york). an internal error occurs. -tim btw: those annoying grey scroll bars in this embedded forum look really really really really (4!) b

Re: average position for clicks

2011-10-21 Thread timp
Awesome. Thanks! -tim On Oct 17, 5:15 pm, Eric Koleda wrote: > Hi Tim, > > Yes, the information he provided is correct.  Feel free to test it for > yourself! > > Best, > - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and discussion

quality score change triggers customer sync service change?

2011-10-21 Thread timp
Hey there, I posted this question before, somehow I can't find it. If the quality score of a criteria changes, will the customer sync service say there has been a change? Thanks, -tim -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://adw

Re: Quality Score History

2011-10-20 Thread timp
Hey there, Will changes in quality score trigger the "customer sync" service to signal that a criterion has changed? Or do I have to download a keyword report everyday? Thanks, -tim On Oct 20, 12:13 pm, Eric Koleda wrote: > Hi Peter, > > The quality score returned in the report is not histori

Re: What If Threads Hang - Java Example

2011-10-18 Thread timp
Or at least I've hit a rate limiter in which there is a seemingly perpetual ssl handshake going on. Which didn't timeout. Possibly I set the wrong timeout? -tim On Oct 18, 10:38 pm, timp wrote: > This is not necessarily true.  Depending on which rate limiter he is > hitting.

Re: What If Threads Hang - Java Example

2011-10-18 Thread timp
This is not necessarily true. Depending on which rate limiter he is hitting. -tim On Oct 18, 1:30 am, "Anash P. Oommen" wrote: > Hi Peter, > > You could set a timeout on your Http request object; if the server hangs or > takes too long to respond, the connection will abort and the thread shoul

Re: clicks/impressions in creative report not matching statistics for campaigns via api

2011-10-17 Thread timp
I thought I would finally reply, since I finally have data and the fix. Was diverted to other tasks for a while. There was an "clever optimization" which was done on our end, but it wasn't clever enough to work all of the time. Now it does. And now the impressions/clicks are lining up to the c

Re: average position for clicks

2011-10-04 Thread timp
Can I have verification from somebody within google that this is correct? This would obviously be a much nicer solution for me than handling the url stream. -tim -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://adwordsapi.blogspot.com h

average position for clicks

2011-10-04 Thread timp
Greetings, http://adwords.blogspot.com/2011/08/tracking-your-ad-position-with.html So, while I can, (and, I am informed, will) be processing the urls for this information, I'm wondering if you are going to add a field : average_position_for_clicks Or if there is a super secret way of gettin

Re: clicks/impressions in creative report not matching statistics for campaigns via api

2011-10-03 Thread timp
Cool. I will use the the date range of the just downloaded data. And see if the problem exists there as well. Will get back to you in the next couple days or so. -tim -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://adwordsapi.blogspot

clicks/impressions in creative report not matching statistics for campaigns via api

2011-09-28 Thread timp
Greetings, So in updating, one of the things I'm doing is creating a "corrector" which goes and finds the historical statistics that are off by 1 and updating them.. In order to create a perfect dataset. The way I'm doing this is implementing a binary search using the Campaign API to get stat

Re: Got Error - Report contents are invalid. - !!!1|||0|||rangeerro...@selector.reportdefinitionid.id while download data from the google api

2011-09-15 Thread timp
Also, just in case different parts of google talk to each other. The javascript with this new embedded forum is buggy. I can't press the button to get back to the forum where I was. Which is annoying. And your theme looks like a 5 year old drew a bunch of squares. Or it looks like you let your

Re: Got Error - Report contents are invalid. - !!!1|||0|||rangee...@selector.reportdefinitionid.id while download data from the google api

2011-09-15 Thread timp
I have seen this as well. But in our testing over the last month, only once of maybe 200 reports or something. And it occurred directly after creating the report. What were the circumstances where you saw the error? -tim -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on ou

Re: limits length keyword campaign etc length utf8 unicode

2011-09-14 Thread timp
bumpity bump -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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 G

limits length keyword campaign etc length utf8 unicode

2011-09-12 Thread timp
Greetings, On the: http://code.google.com/apis/adwords/docs/appendix/limits.html page. There is no specification for most fields whether the length limit is in terms of unicode characters or bytes. Could you change this? Also, until the change goes through, could you specify this here? 1. Ad.

Re: external data

2011-09-06 Thread timp
Yah, this is what we are doing. But it sort of annoys me. -tim -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://adwordsapi.blogspot.com http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ You recei

Re: ServicedAccountService v201101 does returns client ID -1

2011-09-06 Thread timp
Just for people searching. When you ask for ServicedAccountService of a non-mcc, you get -1 back. -tim -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://adwordsapi.blogspot.com http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=

impressions changes through out time

2011-09-01 Thread timp
Greetings, During our upgrade process, we have been comparing what is in our database against the google ui for impressions / clicks. We are seeing occasionally a different number of impressions in items. A negligible percentage, but a difference all the same. For instance in one set of keyword

Re: AdGroupAdService not retrieving all the ads

2011-08-17 Thread timp
Is there any list of "exceptions" on data not being returned? [Or incorrectly returned?] If there isn't, can google make an official compilation? Or just a list of known bugs. I will look for that now. The headache I went through coping with incorrect documentation, and the many exceptions

external data

2011-08-17 Thread timp
Hey there, The account managers in our company asked for something sort of interesting. I've looked for it, can't find it. Maybe I've overlooked it. They are looking to set external arbitrary text attributes for campaigns via the Adwords UI. So for instance, a manager would mark so and so ca

Re: axis fault - ssl - ...

2011-08-14 Thread timp
If anyone else experiences this: I have yet figured out to set a timeout on the ssl connection.. seems to be difficult. (until you get the right answer, which I don't have yet.) However, I did enable gzip (on both directions, but google doesn't seem to do downstream), and made sure that each requ

Re: Cost of using the AdWords API to manage ads and keywords

2011-08-12 Thread timp
You may also think about using the CustomerSyncService. Seems to work well. In the past there were all sorts of tangential problems to using the Reports for info retrieval (file size clipping (which there is was a hack around), long execution time, google sometimes would (occurred just a few day

ReportDefinitionError.INVALID_REPORT_DEFINITION_ID@selector.selector

2011-08-11 Thread timp
Greetings, I've been running tests of reporting. On only one run, I received a CSV for one account with ||| numbers ||| ReportDefinitionError.INVALID_REPORT_DEFINITION_ID@selector.selector as its only line. On subsequent and previous runs that account ran correctly. --- Is there any possib

axis fault - ssl - ...

2011-08-08 Thread timp
Greetings, So I've implemented a divide and conquer algorithm for the adwords sync items. I have this algorithm run via a queue with many consumer threads. This is in Java. So when I set the workers to 15, I experience AxisFaults mainly concerning SSL handshakes. I thought I would encounter: "

Re: v13 / sunset / mcc 20xx

2011-08-05 Thread timp
Also, one last question. Long ago, an adgroup id was unique only to its parent campaign id. (or at least this is what google said) Is this still the case? -tim On Aug 5, 10:25 am, timp wrote: > Actually now I have two questions: > > 1.  The "caveat" information for

Re: v13 / sunset / mcc 20xx

2011-08-05 Thread timp
roups/Ads/Criterion etc? (In other words, how do you determine when to fail? Time/size/item count?) Thanks, -tim On Aug 4, 7:30 pm, timp wrote: > Thanks! > > Do you have any "caveat" information for "CampaignChangeData" > > Are there any conditions where

Re: v13 / sunset / mcc 20xx

2011-08-04 Thread timp
Thanks! Do you have any "caveat" information for "CampaignChangeData" Are there any conditions where it will refuse to return results? (data set too large?) I guess if this happens I can revert to iterating over all items, but I thought I would ask. -tim On Aug 3, 4:24 pm, David Torres wrote:

v13 / sunset / mcc 20xx

2011-08-01 Thread timp
Hey there, I seem to be tasked with moving from v13 to 20xx. 1. When will cross client mcc be ready? 2. Do you intend to keep the report generation time to be the duration of a get request? 3. Will there be any arbitrary restrictions on this mcc cc report? (size / number of accounts / etc)