AdWords API Re: reports timing out

2009-12-04 Thread timprepscius
Hmm.. Why don't I use gets? I assume that you are meaning, why don't I traverse our entire account structure, getting campaigns/adgroups/ keywords.. synchronizing via get calls. Basically it comes down to counts. In our database we have 7151368 keywords. 662226 ads, 560203 adgroups. Not all act

AdWords API Re: reports timing out

2009-12-04 Thread AdWords API Advisor
Hi Tim, Thanks for feedback, always helpful to hear how people are using the API. I apologize if you've covered this one of my predecessors, but I'd be interested to hear about your reasons for using reports instead of get() calls to retrieve the campaign data? In what situations has it been hel

AdWords API Re: reports timing out

2009-12-03 Thread timprepscius
I haven't taken a look at the api really for quite a while. These issues may already be addressed. And at least the last two "crews" knew of my existence, so.. In a nutshell: I download all of our MCC's everyday. I record within our database everything. I keep track of all changes that have occ

AdWords API Re: reports timing out

2009-12-02 Thread AdWords API Advisor
Hi Tim, Out of curiosity, what is your use case that involves downloading the entire MCC? I can't guarantee that the v2009 API will address your concerns, but at the very least I could pass your feedback to the core engineering team. Best, - Eric On Dec 2, 3:26 pm, timprepscius wrote: > I supp

AdWords API Re: reports timing out

2009-12-02 Thread timprepscius
I suppose so... [just wanted to add some non-essentials :-) ] I hope this 2009 service update is going to include an easy way to download an entire MCC. In a report that doesn't take hours to generate. Maybe it already does. Have to look again. -tim On Dec 2, 2:32 pm, AdWords API Advisor

AdWords API Re: reports timing out

2009-12-02 Thread AdWords API Advisor
Hi Tim, I am not aware in any changes to the way reports are processed. From your description it sounds like this report has been on the cusp to "too large" for some time. Is there any way you can scale back the size of the report? Perhaps split it into multiple reports? Best, - Eric Koleda, A