Hi Dorian, Yes, this is currently correct if you are looking for anything more fine-grained than an Account level performance report.
- Kevin Winter AdWords API Team On Monday, June 25, 2012 5:16:23 AM UTC-4, Dorian Kind wrote: > > 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
