Hi Harris, That is correct. As I explained in the linked thread the v2009 Criterion objects contain all the fields that are part of the criterion. For example, Keyword object only contains the text and matchType fields: http://code.google.com/apis/adwords/v2009/docs/reference/AdGroupCriterionService.Keyword.html.
Best, - Eric On Nov 18, 5:43 pm, Harris <harri...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think the system only looks at the criterion->text and criterion->matchType. > > I just tested this out, and when you change the matchType, it saves > the criterion with a new id. > When you add just an destinationUrl, the criterion returns with the > same id. > I also found out that when you add an criterion with the same data, > the system returns just the criterion that is already in the system > with that data > > On 18 nov, 23:06, doug s <dstall...@raybeam.com> wrote: > > > > > Actually could you please provide clarify this statement in more > > detail: "If two criteria have the same information they will have the > > same ID." > > > Which fields are used to generate the id? text, match type, and what? > > Does the destination url factor in? Is text case sensitive? > > > I have downloaded many keywords that have different ids even though > > the text and matchtype is almost identical, except for case of the > > text, for example: > > > Mumbai hotels Phrase > > mumbai hotels Phrase > > > These two do have different destination URLs though... is that why > > they have different google ids? > > > The reason I ask is because in our application we need to prevent > > users from inserting duplicate keywords under the same adgroup. > > > On Nov 18, 11:16 am, AdWords API Advisor > > > <adwordsapiadvi...@google.com> wrote: > > > Hi Harris, > > > > Criterion IDs are globally unique in the system, which means they are > > > the same across ad groups, campaigns, etc. If two criteria have the > > > same information they will have the same ID. This is not a problem > > > however, since you can't add a criterion twice to the same ad group. > > > > Best, > > > - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team > > > > On Nov 18, 12:28 pm, Harris <harri...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > I was just inserting some keyword criterions in the sandbox > > > > environment. When i looked at the values that were returned to me i > > > > saw something strange. > > > > Ik get some criterions with the same ID. It only occurs when i insert > > > > keywords with the same values (also when i insert them in other > > > > groups) > > > > Is this normal? Does it also works like this in real environment? > > > > Because otherwise you can not easily identify an criterion, because > > > > you have multiple items with the same criterion id and adgroupid. So > > > > how to identify an criterion ?! > > > > > Regards, Harris -- 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=.
