Re: character encoding question (.net library issue?)

2012-09-17 Thread Crosby (StoneTempleConsulting)
;t ANSI, >> ASCII, Unicode, UTF-8, UTF-16 or anything of those 'new' sets. It's EBCDIC. >> It's a shame everybody diverges from that standard.) >> >> My suggestion: for any project, avoid CSV. It's not worth the trouble. >> >> >> O

Re: character encoding question (.net library issue?)

2012-09-15 Thread Crosby (StoneTempleConsulting)
bump. Anybody using .NET and CSV or TSV having trouble with unicode handling? (seems to work OK with XML, so I am thinking this is a library issue.) Maybe someone from the .NET team could weigh in? On Sunday, August 19, 2012 8:49:01 AM UTC-4, Crosby (StoneTempleConsulting) wrote

Re: character encoding question (.net library issue?)

2012-08-19 Thread Crosby (StoneTempleConsulting)
following up a bit... when I download with DownloadFormat as CSV or TSV, i get the same issue. But when I download as .XML, the characters seem to come down encoded correctly. ... this is looking more like a .net library issue? FWIW, I'm on v13.3.0 of the .net client library. Does anybody know i

character encoding question (.net library issue?)

2012-08-19 Thread Crosby (StoneTempleConsulting)
getting an odd error here and hope for some help tracking it down. SSIS is tripping up on characters being passed from the Adhoc Search Query Performance report. I'm using the .net library to download the file. in the adwords.com interface, it looks like this: When I manually download from the

reference implemenation for GetAdgroupCriterion?

2012-08-16 Thread Crosby (StoneTempleConsulting)
I'm looking through the .net examples and the GetAdgroupCriterion example, while helpful, is pretty limited. It only gets the text and status (not bid, qualityScore, etc.) http://code.google.com/p/google-api-adwords-dotnet/source/browse/trunk/examples/adwords/csharp/v201109/BasicOperations/GetKeyw

Re: Keywords_Performance_Report - how to download data for deleted keywords?

2012-08-14 Thread Crosby (StoneTempleConsulting)
(tried removing IsNegative, along with all sort of combos of other fields, to no avail...) > > -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://adwordsapi.blogspot.com http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=

Re: Keywords_Performance_Report - how to download data for deleted keywords?

2012-08-14 Thread Crosby (StoneTempleConsulting)
Thanks for responding. While I have a workaround, I didn't solve this the conventional way... (see below) I would very much appreciate anyone's assistance. What I am trying to do is use the reporting service to get a complete snapshot of my account's keywords, e.g.: all active, paused, deleted

Re: Max Field Length returned for "query" in SEARCH_QUERY_PERFORMANCE_REPORT

2012-08-14 Thread Crosby (StoneTempleConsulting)
FYI: Max length for query field in search_query_performance_report appears to be 128 (based on sampling) I'm setting it a tad higher to be safe. Cheers. ~Crosby -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://adwordsapi.blogspot.com http:

Re: Does the creativeID change when an ad is edited?

2012-08-14 Thread Crosby (StoneTempleConsulting)
nope. new. unique creativeID. -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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 su

Re: best way to get a report containing the fields : ad_id, ad_group, account_id, campaign_id

2012-08-14 Thread Crosby (StoneTempleConsulting)
I'd head over to the AdHoc reporting and dust off an "AD_PERFORMANCE_REPORT". https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/reports There is the spec. Basically, if you want just the "structure" data (with no metrics like impressions, clicks, etc.), then exclude the Day from your list,

Re: migrated version of Account_Structure Report

2012-08-14 Thread Crosby (StoneTempleConsulting)
thanks resolved / "bug" My workaround - I'll just fetch it with the campaign service. It's pretty light compared to the others anyways. Thanks, ~Crosby On Tuesday, August 14, 2012 9:54:56 AM UTC-4, Crosby (StoneTempleConsulting) wrote: > > Hi, > Anybody kno

migrated version of Account_Structure Report

2012-08-14 Thread Crosby (StoneTempleConsulting)
Hi, Anybody know what fields will trigger an AdHoc report to kick down the account Structure data (primarily, name and accountId). I found this, which may have been updated (it is old), and at any rate does not include a crib sheet for account_structure equivalent... http://adwordsapi.blogspot.co

Re: Does the creativeID change when an ad is edited?

2012-08-14 Thread Crosby (StoneTempleConsulting)
EDIT: marked as _deleted_ On Tuesday, August 14, 2012 8:46:20 AM UTC-4, Crosby (StoneTempleConsulting) wrote: > > (without verifying, and your mileage may vary...) > This is a long-standing "feature" of AdWords. > You can't actually "edit" an ad or a keywor

Re: Does the creativeID change when an ad is edited?

2012-08-14 Thread Crosby (StoneTempleConsulting)
(without verifying, and your mileage may vary...) This is a long-standing "feature" of AdWords. You can't actually "edit" an ad or a keyword, etc. Behind the scenes, they are getting marked as paused and a new one is being created. (Remember the notfication you opted out of long ago in the web UI

Max Field Length returned for "query" in SEARCH_QUERY_PERFORMANCE_REPORT

2012-08-14 Thread Crosby (StoneTempleConsulting)
anybody know? bonus: link to a reference with such limits? I found this, but it appears incomplete... (e.g.: no reference to "query" field in the SEARCH_QUERY_PERFORMANCE_REPORT) https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/limits FYI: v201109 awapi_dotnet_lib_v13.3.0 -- =~=~=~=~=~

Re: Keywords_Performance_Report - how to download data for deleted keywords?

2012-08-13 Thread Crosby (StoneTempleConsulting)
Possibly Resolved: Include the entire date range in order to get all inactive objects. Is this really the only way to get everything? Is there a better way to get status, Bid, and QualityScore for ALL Keywords, as of today? thanks kindly, ~Crosby -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=

Keywords_Performance_Report - how to download data for deleted keywords?

2012-08-13 Thread Crosby (StoneTempleConsulting)
I'm trying to get a full snapshot of all structure data, including deleted keywords. The following report spec appears to fail to return data for deleted keywords in some cases. Any help modifying my report spec, or explaining the proper use of AdHoc reports for my purpose would be great. adwor