Hello, This change to return '--' under some circumstances is intentional. This value indicates that there is not enough information to calculate a value yet.
Regards, Mike, AdWords API Team On Monday, October 30, 2017 at 12:46:15 PM UTC-4, Michael Cloonan (AdWords API Team) wrote: > > Hello, > > I have reached out to our engineering team to take a look. Hopefully we > will be able to revert to the previous behavior so '--' is not returned. I > will update here when I have more information. > > Regards, > Mike, AdWords API Team > > On Monday, October 30, 2017 at 6:41:46 AM UTC-4, Zweitze wrote: >> >> Looking further into this, I noticed that it does not always happen (!) >> >> Sometimes the report does go through. A possible explanation is that only >> some API-servers have this new behavior, while others still have the old >> behavior. Unfortunately, the .NET library we are using does not expose the >> response headers of the reply, so I can't offer more information. >> >> Am I right to assume this is a problem that will be fixed on Google's >> end, and we don't have to update our software to anticipate on this new >> 'feature'? >> >> >> >> On Monday, October 30, 2017 at 12:33:56 AM UTC+1, Zweitze wrote: >>> >>> I can confirm we got the same problem, since Friday Oct 27 03:30 CEST. >>> This happens on about 40% of our accounts (we have hundreds). >>> >>> This is our report definition: >>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> >>> <reportDefinition> >>> <selector xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201702";> >>> <fields>CampaignId</fields> >>> <fields>Date</fields> >>> <fields>Device</fields> >>> <fields>AdNetworkType2</fields> >>> <fields>Conversions</fields> >>> <fields>ViewThroughConversions</fields> >>> <fields>ConversionValue</fields> >>> <fields>CrossDeviceConversions</fields> >>> <fields>AllConversions</fields> >>> <fields>AllConversionValue</fields> >>> <predicates> >>> <field>CampaignStatus</field> >>> <operator>IN</operator> >>> <values>ENABLED</values> >>> <values>PAUSED</values> >>> <values>REMOVED</values> >>> </predicates> >>> <dateRange> >>> <min>20170903</min> >>> <max>20171030</max> >>> </dateRange> >>> </selector> >>> <reportName >>> xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201702";>Campaign >>> conversions 03-09-2017...30-10-2017</reportName> >>> <reportType xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201702 >>> ">CAMPAIGN_PERFORMANCE_REPORT</reportType> >>> <dateRangeType xmlns=" >>> https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201702 >>> ">CUSTOM_DATE</dateRangeType> >>> <downloadFormat xmlns=" >>> https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201702 >>> ">GZIPPED_XML</downloadFormat> >>> </reportDefinition> >>> >>> That report gives about 70KB, starting with...: >>> <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' standalone='yes'?> >>> <report> >>> <table> >>> <columns><column name='campaignID' display='Campaign ID'/><column >>> name='day' display='Day'/><column name='device' display='Device'/><column >>> name='networkWithSearchPartners' display='Network (with search >>> partners)'/><column name='conversions' display='Conversions'/><column >>> name='viewThroughConv' display='View-through conv.'/><column >>> name='totalConvValue' display='Total conv. value'/><column >>> name='crossDeviceConv' display='Cross-device conv.'/><column name='allConv' >>> display='All conv.'/><column name='allConvValue' display='All conv. value'/> >>> </columns> >>> <row campaignID='293873187' day='2017-09-17' device='Computers' >>> networkWithSearchPartners='Google search' conversions='0.00' >>> viewThroughConv='0' totalConvValue='0.00' crossDeviceConv='--' >>> allConv='1.00' allConvValue='10.00'/> >>> <row campaignID='293873187' day='2017-09-26' device='Mobile devices with >>> full browsers' networkWithSearchPartners='Google search' conversions='0.00' >>> viewThroughConv='0' totalConvValue='0.00' crossDeviceConv='--' >>> allConv='2.00' allConvValue='20.00'/> >>> <row campaignID='293873187' day='2017-10-11' device='Computers' >>> networkWithSearchPartners='Google search' conversions='0.00' >>> viewThroughConv='0' totalConvValue='0.00' crossDeviceConv='--' >>> allConv='2.00' allConvValue='20.00'/> >>> <row campaignID='293873187' day='2017-10-12' device='Mobile devices with >>> full browsers' networkWithSearchPartners='Google search' conversions='0.00' >>> viewThroughConv='0' totalConvValue='0.00' crossDeviceConv='--' >>> allConv='4.00' allConvValue='40.00'/> >>> >>> >>> The Customer Id of the account for this particular output is 520-317-8822 >>> Thanks in advance! >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Friday, October 27, 2017 at 4:42:46 PM UTC+2, Shwetha Vastrad >>> (AdWords API Team) wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Alex, >>>> >>>> Could you provide the report definition being used along with the >>>> clientCustomerId of the accounts where you are getting >>>> CrossDeviceConversions as "--"? 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