"Its already been done right in the ad reports"
Its true, it even contains "keywordId" but oddly, does not contain the criterion text. We could use the ad reports to match back the summary figures with that of the adWords GUI, but then the results would be way too large while being not too useful. Having a single criterion report, as Stefan suggested would also solve the issue of making multiple calls to the API. In addition to what Stefan suggested, to overcome the issue of overlapping figures (keyword+managed+auto is greater than sum total), we could have a flag that would put the data in the right segment based on user preference IE either [keyword data would contain Search and Content metrics with the auto metrics containing only non-keyword related metrics] or [keyword data would contain exclusively Search metrics while the auto metrics would include Content related to keywords metrics]. Does that make sense. Having a single report really helps us to - provide drill down features, - double check if the figures are correct - help troubleshoot if there are any problems - reduce number of calls to the api (for multiple reports) ________________________________ From: adwords-api@googlegroups.com [mailto:adwords-api@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Stefan Podkowinski Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 10:59 AM To: adwords-api@googlegroups.com Subject: Aw: Re: Missing content network data for keyword reports The easiest way to deal with this would be to merge keywords, placements and other reports into a single criterion report. Then use the matchtype field to tell the type of criterion, e.g. "exact" for exact keyword, "vertical" for managed placement, "domain" for autom. placements, "user list" for remarketing or "video". The kw text, placement url or user list name would go to a single "criterion" field. Placeholders such as "Other Domains" or "Total Content" are fine as well, if it can't be avoided. As all numbers in the criterion report would now match up on ad group level, the ad group, campaign and account reports would be obsolete. Really simple. Its already been done right in the ad reports. You don't see this kind of segmentation there. So why no single report for criterions? -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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 -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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
