Hi, For a little background, I'm using the Adwords Api to automatically detect when a budget order has been exhausted.
Using BudgetOrderService, I can grab the spendingLimit of a budget order, and then run a ACCOUNT_PERFORMANCE_REPORT over the time period of the budget order to get the amount spent. When the amount spent is equal to the spending limit, I know the budget order is exhausted. This method works perfectly most of the time. I've been noticing some weird exceptions, though, as sometimes the amount spent is reported greater than the spendingLimit. I dug in a little, and I think this has to do with Overcharge Credits. *Here is an example of my problem:* I have a budget order starting on July 17 (no end date). Budget Amount: $120.00 (with $0.56 of credit). Where the amount spent is 100%, or $120.56 (120.56 / [120.00 + 0.56]) <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uEKHeuOhIE0/V_Uuv-EX0MI/AAAAAAAABR4/rSsgvUdeM5c-SkPyMhcx7dwMgFywXnJQwCLcB/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-10-05%2Bat%2B11.39.19%2BAM.png> BudgetOrderService reports a spendingLimit of 120.56 ACCOUNT_PERFORMANCE_REPORT reported a cost of $123.54 Looking at the transaction history in the mcc, I counted up invalid click credit, which totaled $0.56 (the number displayed in green under the budget amount). There was also one $3.00 Overdelivery credit (which is not part of the green number). So, from BudgetOrderService perspective, the spending limit is budget amount ($120) + invalid click credit ($0.56) = $120.56 But from ACCOUNT_PERFORMANCE_REPORT's perspective, the spending limit is budget amount ($120) + invalid click credit ($0.56) + Overdelivery credit ($3.00) = $123.56 Unless I'm total wrong in my assessment, it looks like *Overdelivery Credits are not reported in BudgetOrder spendingLimit*, which *creates an inconsistency between the budget order and cost reports.* This means, in the presence of an overdelivery credit, I will off by several dollars when I check to see if the amount spent is equal to the spending limit. Is there any way, through the API, to factor Overdelivery credits into the spending limit of a budget order? Thanks! -Evan -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and Google+: https://googleadsdeveloper.blogspot.com/ https://plus.google.com/+GoogleAdsDevelopers/posts =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to adwords-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/adwords-api/0069198f-2b3e-4ef6-aa1a-da6d55b9c5d2%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
