I don't see any benefit in having one monetary value returned in a different format than all the others, it's just illogical and makes it more difficult to code. I develop a reporting tool used by hundreds of companies around the world, I can't instruct them all to change their conversion scripts to use micros, it has to be done by Google.
On Sunday, 9 December 2012 14:09:51 UTC+2, Zweitze wrote: > > I hope that request will be rejected. As I understand totalConvValue is > just the sum of the *exact* values that were posted by the conversion > scripts. > If you want micros in totalConvValue then your conversion scripts should > set the values in micros instead of something else. > > BTW: > *It's quite problematic working with this field, because the number > formatting varies depending on the account currency and regional settings. > * > Can you elaborate on that? I work with many accounts from different > countries, but the number formatting appears to be the same (EN-US) > regardless the currency or region. Note that I retrieve all these numbers > solely in reports, downloaded in XML format. > > > Op dinsdag 27 november 2012 14:53:39 UTC+1 schreef Paul Matthews het > volgende: >> >> Hi MT, >> >> I've re-introduced this feature request. As soon as we have any >> information, we'll post it in this thread. >> >> Regards, >> >> Paul Matthews. >> >> On Tuesday, 27 November 2012 07:49:17 UTC, MT wrote: >>> >>> Two years and no change on this. It's quite problematic working with >>> this field, because the number formatting varies depending on the account >>> currency and regional settings. Will this be changed to micros at some >>> point? >>> >>> On Monday, 15 November 2010 21:36:17 UTC+2, AdWords API Advisor wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi David, >>>> >>>> Thank you for reporting this issue. I think the root of the problem >>>> is that getReportFields() returns the field TotalConvValue as the type >>>> Long. The returnMoneyInMicros header only affects Bid and Money >>>> fields, which is why TotalConvValue isn't affected currently. I'll >>>> work with the core engineering team to change this to a Money type, >>>> but I don't have an estimate as to when that change will be made. >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team >>>> >>>> On Nov 12, 4:00 am, DaveOz <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > Hi, >>>> > I've set returnMoneyInMicros: true in my http headers when requesting >>>> > report downloads (v201008 API) and modified my code to expect all >>>> > monetary values to be returned in micros from the >>>> > ReportDefinitionService. >>>> > Most fields like maxCPC & avgCPC are indeed now returned in micros. >>>> > >>>> > However, I still get sent totalConvValue in currency units (pounds in >>>> > my case). >>>> > >>>> > Is this working as designed? If so, is it documented somewhere which >>>> > monetary values will be switching to micros and which aren't? >>>> > >>>> > Thanks, >>>> > David >>> >>> -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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
