Thanks for your help. Oliver. Not the answer(s) I was hoping for, but I'm glad you know them and are willing to share. Eric
On Friday, August 17, 2012 11:04:56 AM UTC-4, Oliver wrote: > Structural data tends to have a value 'Attribute' under the 'Behavior' > column. > > Performance data tends to be the 'Metric' ones. > > Most of the data segments you see in the web interface can be retrieved > via the 'Segment' ones. > > > Oliver > > On Friday, August 17, 2012 2:54:34 PM UTC+1, road11 wrote: >> >> Do we at least know which fields in the Ad Performance Report are >> "structural data" (and, hence, cannot be relied upon to be accurate over >> time), and which ones aren't? >> >> On Friday, August 17, 2012 8:42:52 AM UTC-4, Oliver wrote: >> >>> The API team can correct me if I'm wrong, but the only way to track >>> changes to structural data is for you to do it yourself locally by >>> comparing, on a daily basis, the structural data you hold against newly >>> downloaded data. >>> >>> >>> On Friday, August 17, 2012 12:32:23 PM UTC+1, road11 wrote: >>>> >>>> Seriously? I can't track when my ads were enabled and when they >>>> weren't? I think I speak for everybody when I say that sucks in a big way. >>>> What can we do to get that very serious shortcoming fixed? >>>> >>>> Sorry, but that's such a ridiculous "feature" that we all thought it >>>> had to be a bug. Where do we need to go to put in a feature request to get >>>> this fixed? >>>> >>>> On Friday, August 17, 2012 7:19:55 AM UTC-4, Oliver wrote: >>>> >>>>> There are some fields in adwords that are not tracked over time. These >>>>> are mainly 'structural' data fields. AdState is one of them. You will >>>>> only >>>>> ever going to see the latest state when you download the performance >>>>> reports. Just like you can see only the latest value of 'campaign budget' >>>>> and not how it's been changing over time. >>>>> >>>>> Oliver >>>>> >>>>> On Thursday, August 16, 2012 3:37:00 PM UTC+1, road11 wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> In the Ad Performance Report, there is a column called AdState. It >>>>>> shows one of two values: enabled or disabled. We also know that whenever >>>>>> we >>>>>> make a change to an ad's headline or display url (and probably other >>>>>> critical fields as well), that ad receives a new AdId, essentially >>>>>> making >>>>>> it a "new ad." The old AdId will still appear in the Ad Performance >>>>>> report, >>>>>> but its AdState will show up as "disabled." >>>>>> >>>>>> We need to track ad performance from the previous week, so I modified >>>>>> the code to download the Ad Performance report to grab all the data from >>>>>> the last 5 days (definition.dateRangeType = >>>>>> ReportDefinitionDateRangeType.CUSTOM_DATE;) and set the date min and >>>>>> max values to the previous 5 days. So far, so good. >>>>>> >>>>>> Here's the problem... >>>>>> >>>>>> Yesterday, we changed the headline of one of our ads, which >>>>>> essentially gave it a new AdId, rendering the old AdId to an AdState of >>>>>> "disabled." But as I look at the AdState of our Ad Performance Report >>>>>> for >>>>>> that old AdId, it shows the AdState as "disabled" *for the entire >>>>>> week*. That's not right; we just changed the thing yesterday. Why is >>>>>> it showing the ad as disabled for the entire week? I can see why it >>>>>> would >>>>>> be disabled for today, but for all time up until yesterday, that ad >>>>>> should >>>>>> be shown as very much enabled. >>>>>> >>>>>> This is really going to goof up our ability to track our ad >>>>>> performance over time. Is this a bug? Or is this by design? >>>>>> >>>>>> Eric >>>>>> >>>>> -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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
