Ok, that makes sense - thanks! On Monday, March 19, 2012 11:05:42 AM UTC-7, David Torres wrote: > > Hi, > > Short answer, it is not possible to cross-link an automatic placement by > itself with and ad. > > Automatic placements are not meant to be linked with the ad performance > report but instead be analized and promoted to managed placements, then you > can fully cross-reference them with the ad performance report. > > Best, > > - David Torres - AdWords API Team > > On Friday, March 16, 2012 1:49:09 PM UTC-4, vinyl wrote: >> >> Bump. No ideas? Am I posting this in the wrong group?! >> >> On Wednesday, March 14, 2012 3:46:58 PM UTC-7, vinyl wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I'm trying to link the ad, keyword, and placement reports to better >>> analyze the performance of various keywords/ads. However, I'm having >>> trouble folding the placement results in, while keeping the basic >>> dimensions I'd like. >>> >>> I'm trying to use adID (Ad Performance Report, ID column), keyword, and >>> domain (Automatic Placements Report, domain column); with the Search >>> Network, I'll have something for adID and keyword, while for the Display >>> Network, I'm expecting to be able to group along the adID and placement. In >>> either case, I'm hoping to line up impressions, clicks, and cost data from >>> the API reports with our internally collected revenue numbers. >>> >>> For the keywords, I can join the Ad Performance and Keyword Performance >>> reports by keywordID and everything works well; however, adID does not >>> exist in the Placements report. Does this mean this combination of >>> dimensions is impossible to use for analyzing the Display Network? >>> >>> I have seen the thread at >>> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/adwords-api/-_6nYWMOgVs, >>> but while that doesn't seem to have been totally resolved, the only >>> suggested solution was to avoid using adID as a dimension (and instead go >>> with adGroupID). >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>
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