this is very similar to the question i recently asked about duplicated
field names.  it is quite odd that one can specify PlacementUrl as a
valid field.

there is a very obvious disconnect betweeen the xml attribute name
(what matters), the field name (what we specify), and the "human
readable" description in the returned reports.

it seems like some carry-over from their internal data model where
some field names were repurposed in certain contexts.  here, it seems
that PlacementUrl is a surrogate for the keyword specification.  i've
noticed that this field differs from the KeywordText field in that
it's exactly what defines the keyword; it's most apparent when the
keyword is an exact match, and so the PlacementUrl field would be
[keyword] whereas the KeywordText field would be simply keyword.

hopefully this gets cleaned up/well documented soon.

On Dec 10, 3:53 pm, mm <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey Eric -
> That makes sense... perhaps getReportFields() could be updated so that
> it only returns valid fields or an exception could be thrown if there
> is an invalid field in your report definition? Or both?
>
> Thanks -
> mm
> On Dec 10, 5:38 pm, AdWords API Advisor <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
>
> > PlacementUrl won't be returned for a KEYWORDS report, since keywords
> > don't have placement URLs.
>
> > Best,
> > - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team
>
> > On Dec 10, 11:58 am, mm <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Sometime yesterday the 2 keyword fields quit being returned and I am
> > > now only seeing the 1 expected field.
>
> > > On Dec 9, 1:09 pm, mm <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > Hey guys -
> > > > I've got 2 questions about the data returned for a V201008
> > > > KeywordsPerformanceReport. First, I've got a report definition where I
> > > > am specifying PlacementUrl as one of the fields that I want returned.
> > > > However, when I run the report, that field is nowhere to be found, and
> > > > there is no error. Is that field incorrectly listed in the
> > > > availableFields api call?
>
> > > > Secondly, I'm also requesting KeywordText. In the report results I'm
> > > > getting both "Keyword text" and "Keyword". Will a request for
> > > > KeywordText always turn into those 2 fields being returned?
>
> > > > Thanks!
> > > > Margaret
>
>

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