Indeed.
The goal is reporting.
We do want to report as much detail as possible, but when we cannot
distinguish the app-ids, we will combine their results.
On Thursday, August 9, 2012 3:21:12 PM UTC+2, David Torres wrote:
> It really depends on how do you want to represent this border case in your
> application. Is it important to differentiate the counts because you know
> they are coming from different mobile app-id? or don't care about putting
> them into a single "unknown" app-id bucket?
>
> On Thursday, August 9, 2012 4:13:32 AM UTC-4, Zweitze wrote:
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> To answer my second question (how should I handle this situation?): I sum
>> all result fields (impressions, clicks, conversions, costs etc.)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Zweitze
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, August 8, 2012 3:25:36 PM UTC+2, David Torres wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I found the answer, it is actually a very rare occurrence but not a bug.
>>> The domain for mobile web impressions is reported in the form of {app-id}.
>>> adsenseformobileapps.com (e.g.
>>> com.rovio.angrybirds.adsenseformobileapps.com) but in rare occasions
>>> and due to technicalities we don't have the app-id available in which case
>>> we only report adsenseformobileapps.com as domain. In your case you
>>> happened to get impressions from two different mobile apps which we
>>> couldn't identify with its app-id therefore the repetition.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> -David Torres - AdWords API Team
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, August 7, 2012 12:16:20 PM UTC-4, David Torres wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I'm investigating the issue with team, please bear with me for a bit
>>>> more.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>>
>>>> -David Torres - AdWords API Team
>>>>
>>>> On Wednesday, August 1, 2012 11:50:15 AM UTC-4, Zweitze wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I was under the impression, that if you request an
>>>>> AUTOMATIC_PLACEMENTS_PERFORMANCE_REPORT with fields
>>>>> CampaignId, AdGroupId, Domain, Date, AdNetworkType2
>>>>> that you would get a report with results aggregated to these fields
>>>>> (saying in a different way: with just one record for every combination of
>>>>> those fields).
>>>>>
>>>>> This appears to be true, but recently it went wrong. Using account
>>>>> 264-055-1929, and this request:
>>>>>
>>>>> <?xml version="1.0"?>
>>>>> <reportDefinition>
>>>>> <selector xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201109";>
>>>>>
>>>>> <fields>CampaignId</fields>
>>>>> <fields>AdGroupId</fields>
>>>>> <fields>Domain</fields>
>>>>> <fields>Date</fields>
>>>>> <fields>AdNetworkType2</fields>
>>>>> <fields>Clicks</fields>
>>>>> <fields>Cost</fields>
>>>>> <fields>Impressions</fields>
>>>>> <fields>Conversions</fields>
>>>>> <fields>ConversionsManyPerClick</fields>
>>>>> <fields>ViewThroughConversions</fields>
>>>>> <fields>ConversionValue</fields>
>>>>> <dateRange>
>>>>> <min>20120616</min>
>>>>> <max>20120801</max>
>>>>> </dateRange>
>>>>> </selector>
>>>>> <reportName xmlns="
>>>>> https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201109";>AutomaticPlacementResult_20120616_20120801</reportName>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> <reportType xmlns="
>>>>> https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201109";>AUTOMATIC_PLACEMENTS_PERFORMANCE_REPORT</reportType>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> <dateRangeType xmlns="
>>>>> https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201109";>CUSTOM_DATE</dateRangeType>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> <downloadFormat xmlns="
>>>>> https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201109";>GZIPPED_XML</downloadFormat>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> <includeZeroImpressions xmlns="
>>>>> https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201109";>false</includeZeroImpressions>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> </reportDefinition>
>>>>>
>>>>> I got 5172 records. In the XML, row 417 reads:
>>>>>
>>>>> <row campaignID='50297647' adGroupID='1913118547' domain='
>>>>> adsenseformobileapps.com' day='2012-07-30'
>>>>> networkWithSearchPartners='Display Network' clicks='1' cost='50000'
>>>>> impressions='1' conv1PerClick='0' convManyPerClick='0'
>>>>> viewThroughConv='0'
>>>>> totalConvValue='0.0'/>
>>>>>
>>>>> Further we find row 494 with:
>>>>>
>>>>> <row campaignID='50297647' adGroupID='1913118547' domain='
>>>>> adsenseformobileapps.com' day='2012-07-30'
>>>>> networkWithSearchPartners='Display Network' clicks='1' cost='50000'
>>>>> impressions='2' conv1PerClick='0' convManyPerClick='0'
>>>>> viewThroughConv='0'
>>>>> totalConvValue='0.0'/>
>>>>>
>>>>> So, we have two records with results of adsenseformobileapps.com on
>>>>> July 30 on the Display Network, in the same group and campaign. The
>>>>> records
>>>>> have a difference in impressions.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is this an error in the report? And how should I deal with this
>>>>> situation?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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