Thanks Josh, this was very helpful. For now, doing a ton of cross-referencing between placements, ads, keywords, and various URL fields has given us what we need - it's a ton of work though.
On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 5:37 PM, Josh Radcliff (AdWords API Team) < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > It still is not possible to get ad-level information from either the > AdWords API placement reports or the AdWords user interface. > > Note that the *KeywordId* field in the AD_PERFORMANCE_REPORT > <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/reports/ad-performance-report> > will > contain the ID of whichever criterion triggered the ad, not just *Keyword*s. > Therefore, for impressions that the single attribution model > <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/guides/reporting-concepts#single> > attributed > to placements, you will get *Placement* criterion IDs in that field. > However, it's highly likely that this will not be the case for many > impressions for a given *Placement*. > > If capturing the ad -> placement association is critical for your use > case, you could include the *{creative}* and *{placement}* ValueTrack > parameters > <https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/2375447?hl=en#examples> in > your URLs, and then capture that information in your tracker. > > Cheers, > Josh, AdWords API Team > > > On Thursday, July 16, 2015 at 7:03:20 AM UTC-4, Scott Desgrosseilliers > wrote: >> >> Is this now possible 3 years later?? >> >> On Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 6:46:58 PM UTC-4, vinyl wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I'm trying to link the ad, keyword, and placement reports to better >>> analyze the performance of various keywords/ads. However, I'm having >>> trouble folding the placement results in, while keeping the basic >>> dimensions I'd like. >>> >>> I'm trying to use adID (Ad Performance Report, ID column), keyword, and >>> domain (Automatic Placements Report, domain column); with the Search >>> Network, I'll have something for adID and keyword, while for the Display >>> Network, I'm expecting to be able to group along the adID and placement. In >>> either case, I'm hoping to line up impressions, clicks, and cost data from >>> the API reports with our internally collected revenue numbers. >>> >>> For the keywords, I can join the Ad Performance and Keyword Performance >>> reports by keywordID and everything works well; however, adID does not >>> exist in the Placements report. Does this mean this combination of >>> dimensions is impossible to use for analyzing the Display Network? >>> >>> I have seen the thread at >>> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/adwords-api/-_6nYWMOgVs, >>> but while that doesn't seem to have been totally resolved, the only >>> suggested solution was to avoid using adID as a dimension (and instead go >>> with adGroupID). >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >> -- > -- > =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ > Also find us on our blog and Google+: > https://googleadsdeveloper.blogspot.com/ > https://plus.google.com/+GoogleAdsDevelopers/posts > =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ > > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/adwords-api/zZYWDlxc6dI/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/adwords-api/71a2a7e1-79bb-4626-bfc2-346256ed462f%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/adwords-api/71a2a7e1-79bb-4626-bfc2-346256ed462f%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Scott Desgrosseilliers <http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=56353462197> -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and Google+: https://googleadsdeveloper.blogspot.com/ https://plus.google.com/+GoogleAdsDevelopers/posts =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. 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