Thanks for the clarification. Hopefully the practice doesn't change soon. I'll use keyword text and matchtype to search for keyword in my app.
Kelvin. On Jan 4, 3:36 pm, AdWords API Advisor <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Kelvin, > > There is no guarantee that the same keyword text and match type will > lead to identical keyword ID's, but that is how the system currently > responds. It doesn't appear to be possible to include keyword ID in a > report scheduled through the AdWords web interface. > > Best, > - Eric > > On Jan 4, 2:32 pm, Kelvin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Thanks for posting. > > > Still, I want to ensure the fact that keyword matching type and > > keyword text could identically indentify one keywordId, right? And > > keywordId and adgroupId could identically indentify one keyword, > > right? > > > By the way, is there any way to include keywordId in the report > > template? I couldn't find the keywordId column in the building > > template page. > > > Thanks. > > > Kelvin. > > > On Jan 4, 9:16 am, AdWords API Advisor <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > Hi Kelvin, > > > > As I explained in the other thread, although it isn't guaranteed under > > > the current implementation identical keywords should share the same > > > ID. Are you sure the match type is the same on these two keywords? > > > > It is also possible for the same keyword to appear twice in a report, > > > if the bid changed for that keyword over the duration of the report. > > > That way you can measure the performance under the original bid and > > > under the modified bid. > > > > Best, > > > - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team > > > > On Jan 4, 12:07 pm, Kelvin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Any thought on that? > > > > > On Jan 3, 12:27 am, Kelvin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > HI,Ewan. > > > > > > Thanks for your explanation. I checked your post just now and you're > > > > > right on the issue of uniqueness of keywordId. I have to redesign the > > > > > primary key in the table of my local database... > > > > > However, I still have to get the keywordId from the report because the > > > > > problem is: under the same adgroup, there're two identical keywords > > > > > with only differences in keywordId and bid. So When I try to reconcile > > > > > the data from the report, I need to identify the keywords by their ids > > > > > and adgroupIds. In another word, without keywordId, I still couldn't > > > > > tell which keyword is the one I want. > > > > > > By the way, what do you mean by using account structure report? Is it > > > > > the one that is scheduled by defining and executing reportjob in local > > > > > application? If so, that takes time and api everyday, which sounds not > > > > > ideal at all. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Kelvin. > > > > > > On Jan 2, 1:44 pm, ewan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Kelvin, > > > > > > > I just posted a similar question on this forum about the keyword > > > > > > id's > > > > > > uniqueness. You'll find that it's not actually unique anyway so you > > > > > > also need the adgroup id to identify a keyword using the id that > > > > > > comes > > > > > > from the API. I think you also need the campaign id to uniquely > > > > > > identify the adgroup. I usually just create my own unique key based > > > > > > on the campaign name, adgroup name, keyword text and match type. > > > > > > If I > > > > > > need the ids for making calls back to the API, I usually just use > > > > > > the > > > > > > account structure report. I think this is only available via the > > > > > > API > > > > > > but one call to this at the keyword level will give you all the ids > > > > > > you need. The report only needs to be run periodically to keep the > > > > > > database up to date so doesn't consume too many API units. > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > Ewan- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
