Many thanks for your comprehensive answer, Kevin! Just so that I understand this completely: There is currently no functionality in the API to get total performance statistics for a single account where values from video campaigns are included?
Thanks again and best regards, Dorian On Friday, June 22, 2012 5:57:10 PM UTC+2, Kevin Winter wrote: > > Hi Dorian, > This is a side-effect of how aggregation works in AdWords. In the MCC > view, you are looking at a list of all accounts. At this level, it's not > known whether these statistics include video campaigns or regular campaigns > (since we're looking at the account as a whole). The same thing applies > for an AdGroupPerformance report - you may be looking at > clicks/impressions/etc that are associated with DynamicSearchAds (which are > not currently exposed via the API), but because you're looking at a higher > level of aggregation their statistics are included. It is only when one > looks at statistics at the level of an entity (where said entity is not > normally available) that it becomes possible to filter these statistics. > > I know this is a pain point for many developers. We're always working > with the engineering teams to expose more objects in the API, but it's not > always feasible or desirable to expose certain features (in the case that > it is experimental or may change abruptly - stability of the API is > important). > > - Kevin Winter > AdWords API Team > > On Friday, June 22, 2012 4:50:24 AM UTC-4, Dorian Kind wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> If I may revive this thread: Interestingly, the video campaign statistics >> *are* available in the web interface on an MCC level. Meaning that if you >> look at the MCC which a specific account is linked to, you'll get a total >> line for that account which includes the impressions, clicks and cost from >> video campaigns. However, as soon as you drill into that account, the video >> statistics disappear from the total line. >> Unfortunately this is a bit confusing for some of our customers who like >> to take a look at their account from time to time. They see a total line >> with cost X in the totals for their account, but then notice that they got >> billed Y > X by Google. >> Are there any plans to remove this discrepancy? >> >> Thanks and best regards, >> Dorian >> >> On Monday, April 30, 2012 4:15:58 PM UTC+2, Kevin Winter wrote: >>> >>> Hi Anže, >>> Unfortunately, this is not currently supported via the API. We'll be >>> sure to post on our blog if this ever becomes possible. >>> >>> - Kevin Winter >>> AdWords API Team >>> >>> On Monday, April 23, 2012 9:08:21 AM UTC-4, AnzeOrehek wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> is there any way we can get video campaigns statistics with API? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> Best Regards, Anže >>>> >>> -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://adwordsapi.blogspot.com http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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
