Thanks Dorian, That clears it up for me - I'm looking for the wrong thing. I took the instructions to mean that I had to create the report first (in the web interface) then just use the API to download it using the id. I'll check the docs again and read up on the ad hoc service you mention. Thanks again, Neil
On Friday, 3 August 2012 12:30:26 UTC+1, Dorian Kind wrote: > > Hi, > > it's only possible to download reports created (previously, as it's > read-only now) via the API; so even if you found the report definition ID > in the web interface, you wouldn't be able to download it. The solution is > really just to use the Ad Hoc reporting service, I can't think of any > functionality that is covered by the ReportDefinitionService but not > possible with Ad Hoc reports. > > Hope this helps, cheers > Dorian > > On Thursday, August 2, 2012 3:02:47 PM UTC+2, TheAinz wrote: >> >> Apologies if this is covered anywhere, but I can't find anything on it >> despite searching for ages. >> >> I'm trying to use DownloadDefinedReport.php from v201206. If I understand >> right, you can only download reports now not define them. Line 40 and 41 >> of DownloadDefinedReport.php requests the id of a defined report: >> >> // Enter parameters required by the code example. >> $reportDefinitionId = 'INSERT_REPORT_DEFINITION_ID_HERE'; >> >> My question is where do you get the report definition id from? I can >> locate campaign id's from the url fragment when in the adwords interface in >> a browser, but there's nothing similar in the report interface that I can >> spot. >> >> I have tried to use GetDefinedReports.php to get a list of reports, but >> get this error despite using the most recent version of the php library >> (downloaded today): >> >> *Fatal error*: Class 'ReportDefinitionSelector' not found in.... >> >> Have run out of ideas now. Thanks for any help. >> > -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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
