But it's not over yet...

Destination URL report appears to be missing:

Id Keyword ID
KeywordMatchType Match type

...or are those named something else? Anyone know?


On Friday, February 24, 2012 5:39:10 PM UTC-6, John Bliss wrote:
>
> UPDATE:
>
> Google:
>
> "At a quick glance it looks like all the fields you requested are present. 
>  From the docs: 
> http://code.google.com/apis/adwords/docs/appendix/reports.html#keywords
>
> The "Name" column in the docs is the value you requested in your selector, 
> the "Display Name" and "XML Attribute" are the values you see in the 
> response.  Is there a field being ignored that I'm missing?"
>
> Me:
>
> "I was expecting this:
>
> For KW's with KW-level destination URL's:
>
> <fields>DestinationUrl</fields>         = KW-level destination URL
> <fields>CriteriaDestinationUrl</fields> = KW-level destination URL
>
> For KW's without KW-level destination URL's:
>
> <fields>DestinationUrl</fields>         = Ad-level destination URL
> <fields>CriteriaDestinationUrl</fields> = NULL or "default URL"
>
> Is that incorrect?"
>
> Google:
>
> "I believe both fields names exist for legacy purposes - they should both 
> work like the CriteriaDestinationUrl case for your examples below.  If you 
> need the Effective DestinationUrl, you can use the Destination URL report.
>
> Otherwise, you can run an Ad Performance Report and a Keyword Performance 
> and use the value of Keyword Performance report (if not null) otherwise the 
> Ad Performance Report value."
>
> Me:
>
> "I think the Destination URL report might work for me. When I first looked 
> at it, I could not figure out why it appeared to be missing:
>
> KeywordMatchType
> KeywordText
>
> ...but it seems as though, for some reason, those have been named:
>
> CriteriaParameters
> CriteriaStatus
>
> Also, I don't see why Effective DestinationUrl wouldn't be available in 
> the Keyword Report.
>
> Confusing."
>
> On Friday, February 24, 2012 3:48:30 PM UTC-6, John Bliss wrote:
>>
>> I'm successfully retrieving adhoc reports with:
>>
>> <reportDefinition xmlns="
>> https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201109";>
>> <selector>
>> <fields>ExternalCustomerId</fields>
>> <fields>CustomerDescriptiveName</fields>
>> <fields>CampaignId</fields>
>> <fields>CampaignName</fields>
>> <fields>AdGroupId</fields>
>> <fields>AdGroupName</fields>
>> <fields>KeywordText</fields>
>> <fields>Id</fields>
>> <fields>KeywordMatchType</fields>
>> <fields>Status</fields>
>> <fields>DestinationUrl</fields>
>> <fields>MaxCpc</fields>
>> <fields>CriteriaDestinationUrl</fields>
>> <fields>CampaignStatus</fields>
>> <fields>Impressions</fields>
>> <fields>Clicks</fields>
>> <fields>Ctr</fields>
>> <fields>AverageCpc</fields>
>> <fields>AverageCpm</fields>
>> <fields>Cost</fields>
>> <fields>AveragePosition</fields>
>> </selector>
>> <reportName>myreport</reportName>
>> <reportType>KEYWORDS_PERFORMANCE_REPORT</reportType>
>> <dateRangeType>YESTERDAY</dateRangeType>
>> <downloadFormat>XML</downloadFormat>
>> </reportDefinition>
>>
>> The issue is that the fields above appear to be ignored because here are 
>> the resulting columns in the XML:
>>
>> <columns>
>> <column name='customerID' display='Customer ID'/>
>> <column name='clientName' display='Client name'/>
>> <column name='campaignID' display='Campaign ID'/>
>> <column name='campaign' display='Campaign'/>
>> <column name='adGroupID' display='Ad group ID'/>
>> <column name='adGroup' display='Ad group'/>
>> <column name='keyword' display='Keyword'/>
>> <column name='keywordID' display='Keyword ID'/>
>> <column name='matchType' display='Match type'/>
>> <column name='keywordState' display='Keyword state'/>
>> <column name='destinationURL' display='Destination URL'/>
>> <column name='maxCPC' display='Max. CPC'/>
>> <column name='campaignState' display='Campaign state'/>
>> <column name='impressions' display='Impressions'/>
>> <column name='clicks' display='Clicks'/>
>> <column name='ctr' display='CTR'/>
>> <column name='avgCPC' display='Avg. CPC'/>
>> <column name='avgCPM' display='Avg. CPM'/>
>> <column name='cost' display='Cost'/>
>> <column name='avgPosition' display='Avg. position'/>
>> </columns>
>>
>> Please advise.
>>
>

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