Pinging again to see if there's any news as to why criteriaParameters is blank for some of the verticals. :)
Thanks, Greg On Tuesday, September 11, 2012 4:44:57 PM UTC-5, GregT wrote: > > 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
