Hi Mauro, There is no different in freshness between the two sources. Reporting and stats data is not real time, and it maybe take up to 3 hours for clicks and impressions to be included ( see https://adwords.google.com/support/aw/bin/answer.py?answer=14052 ).
Best, - Eric On Sep 16, 7:32 am, Mauro <[email protected]> wrote: > Alright, I think I'm figuring it out. > > I believe that in my particular case, I will choose daily (or few- > hourly) reports for every campaign, but for some specific cases the > information must be as fresh as possible. Would the data from the > Stats be fresher than the ReportsService one? > > BTW, how often is each updated? > > Cheers, > > Mauro. > > On Sep 15, 8:24 pm, AdWords API Advisor <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Hi Mauro, > > > The ReportService and object stats serve different needs and I think > > you should choose the one that is correct for your use case. The > > ReportService is great for aggregating data over a large number of > > objects, while the stats are useful for getting a little information > > about a given object. The freshness of the data should be comparable > > between the two methods, and I wouldn't use that as a factor in your > > decision making. > > > Best, > > - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team > > > On Sep 15, 2:11 pm, Mauro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Appart from the many additional columns that the ReportService is able > > > to handle, I'd like to know which are differences between scheduling a > > > report to the ReportService (v13) and iterating through all my > > > campaigns, adgroups, ads and keywords through each service in v2009. > > > > Specially, I'm interested in how up-to-date is the returned data. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Mauro. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
