Hi, David. Just wondering if you have found out anything about this?
Thanks, Greg On Friday, August 31, 2012 4:18:37 PM UTC-5, David Torres wrote: > > Hi Greg, > > Some of those blanks are also for verticals, I'm investigating with me > team to figure out why they are not been reported. > > Best, > > -David > > On Tuesday, August 28, 2012 4:09:01 PM UTC-4, GregT wrote: >> >> Hi, David. >> >> Here's the report definition XML: >> >> <reportDefinition><selector><fields>AdGroupId</fields><fields>AdGroupName</fields><fields>AverageCpc</fields><fields>CampaignId</fields><fields>CampaignName</fields><fields>Cost</fields><fields>Clicks</fields><fields>Impressions</fields><fields>Date</fields><fields>DayOfWeek</fields><fields>CriteriaParameters</fields><fields>Domain</fields><fields>Url</fields><fields>AdNetworkType1</fields><fields>Conversions</fields><fields>ConversionsManyPerClick</fields><fields>TotalConvValue</fields><dateRange><min>20120216</min><max>20120813</max></dateRange></selector><reportName>Sync >> >> for 20120216 to >> 20120813</reportName><reportType>URL_PERFORMANCE_REPORT</reportType><hasAttachment>false</hasAttachment><dateRangeType>CUSTOM_DATE</dateRangeType><downloadFormat>GZIPPED_CSV</downloadFormat></reportDefinition> >> >> CID is 590-210-8272. >> >> Since it's (gzipped) CSV, if you search for two commas in a row (i.e. >> ",,", no quotes) in the resultant download, you'll find the rows I'm >> talking about. >> >> Thanks for the help, >> Greg >> >> On Tuesday, August 28, 2012 1:46:35 PM UTC-5, David Torres wrote: >>> >>> Hi Greg, >>> >>> Can you please give me the account id and the report definition you are >>> running?. I'll be more than glad to investigate. >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> -David Torres - AdWords API Team >>> >>> On Wednesday, August 22, 2012 10:34:14 AM UTC-4, GregT wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, again. >>>> >>>> It's been a week - just wondering if anyone from google would be able >>>> to quickly answer the two questions? They were: >>>> >>>> - Is this a bug on google's side that no value is getting returned in >>>> the CriteriaParameters field? We've never seen it on any other client. >>>> - If it is not a bug, is it safe to assume that a blank >>>> CriteriaParameters field indicates that it is a URL that was displayed as >>>> a >>>> result of a topic / vertical? >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance, >>>> Greg >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, August 15, 2012 10:26:20 AM UTC-5, GregT wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> For a particular new client, running the URL Performance Report >>>>> results in many rows that have an empty value for the CriteriaParameters >>>>> field. We have never seen this before, and it's causing issues for us >>>>> because we don't know what generated the clicks, conversions, etc. to >>>>> occur >>>>> at the URL. From downloading the report to a file and looking through >>>>> it, >>>>> it appears that all of the rows that are like this are from topics (based >>>>> upon the fact that the campaign name for the row is a campaign that only >>>>> has topics in it -- no manual or automatic placements and no keywords). >>>>> >>>>> With other clients that are using topics [vertical placements], we see >>>>> something like "docvertical::##" [where "##" is just a number] for the >>>>> value of the CriteriaParameters field, and that is the case for this >>>>> client >>>>> as well for some of the rows, but there are hundreds of rows in the >>>>> report >>>>> that have a completely blank CriteriaParameters field. Spot checking >>>>> some >>>>> of the rows that do have something like "docvertical::##" for the >>>>> CriteriaParameters, I can see them in the AdWords UI listed under >>>>> Automatic >>>>> Placements [i.e. I see the domain of the URL on the Automatic Placements >>>>> tab, and if I select that row in the UI and select "See details", I see >>>>> the >>>>> specific URL with the same numbers I see in the report]. For those rows >>>>> in >>>>> the downloaded report that have a blank CriteriaParameters field, of the >>>>> 10 >>>>> or so I spot checked, those URLs don't show up in the AdWords UI at all >>>>> for >>>>> that day. >>>>> >>>>> So, my questions are: >>>>> - Is this a bug on google's side that no value is getting returned in >>>>> the CriteriaParameters field? We've never seen it on any other client. >>>>> - If it is not a bug, is it safe to assume that a blank >>>>> CriteriaParameters field indicates that it is a URL that was displayed as >>>>> a >>>>> result of a topic / vertical? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Greg >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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
