Hi, David (or other Google employee). Any update on this? :)
Thanks, Greg On Wednesday, September 19, 2012 10:42:54 AM UTC-5, GregT wrote: > > 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
