Hello Ken, Yes, the reports you run via the AdWords API go against the same data source as reports you run from the web interface. The numbers are not going to be as accurate as a full-day report that you request the following day.
Cheers, -Jeff Posnick, AdWords API Team On Dec 17, 6:30 pm, API User from Z <jojo.roque+...@zazzle.com> wrote: > Hi Jeff, > > I see what you saying about validateReportJob(). About the intra-day > reports, I thought the data I get from the API are the same quality as > those I get from the Clients Reports web app. Are the numbers I've > been getting on the intra-day reports from the web app. also not > dependable? Yikes! > > -Ken > > On Dec 17, 3:22 pm, AdWords API Advisor <adwordsapiadvi...@google.com> > wrote: > > > Hello Ken, > > > validateReportJob() is a server-side call, and it's agnostic to the > > client code being used. It just sees the SOAP you send to it. Without > > setting crossClientSpecified to true, there is no crossClient SOAP > > element in the request you're sending, and that's what > > validateReportJob() sees. And it happens that a DefinedReportJob > > without the crossClient element is still considered valid. > > > Up-to-date data throughout the day is really not available. I can't > > quantify how much trust you should trust intra-day report data from a > > few hours back, other than "not that much". It's not a matter of > > setting a different aggregationType and there isn't a different API > > that can provide real time data. It's a constraint due to the amount > > of time it takes to post-process the impressions and click data > > generated by AdWords. > > > Cheers, > > -Jeff Posnick, AdWords API Team --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
