Here's example request and response without the 2 fields resulting in 9 matches, with non-empty strings replaced with SNIP. If request included either of those 2 fields (ExpandedTextAdHeadlinePart3 and ExpandedTextAdDescription2), totalNumEntries = 0.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"; xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; xmlns:tns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201809"; xmlns:ns0="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201809"; xmlns:ns1="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/";> <SOAP-ENV:Header> <tns:RequestHeader> <tns:clientCustomerId>1272584368</tns:clientCustomerId> <tns:developerToken>REDACTED</tns:developerToken> <tns:userAgent>Balihoo_Fulfillment (AwApi-Python, googleads/14.1.0, Python/3.6.1, suds)</tns:userAgent> <tns:validateOnly>false</tns:validateOnly> <tns:partialFailure>false</tns:partialFailure> </tns:RequestHeader> </SOAP-ENV:Header> <ns1:Body> <ns0:get> <ns0:serviceSelector> <ns0:fields>Id</ns0:fields> <ns0:fields>Status</ns0:fields> <ns0:fields>HeadlinePart1</ns0:fields> <ns0:fields>HeadlinePart2</ns0:fields> <ns0:fields>ExpandedTextAdHeadlinePart3</ns0:fields> <ns0:fields>Description</ns0:fields> <ns0:fields>ExpandedTextAdDescription2</ns0:fields> <ns0:fields>Path1</ns0:fields> <ns0:fields>Path2</ns0:fields> <ns0:fields>CreativeFinalUrls</ns0:fields> <ns0:fields>CreativeFinalMobileUrls</ns0:fields> <ns0:fields>CreativeTrackingUrlTemplate</ns0:fields> <ns0:predicates> <ns0:field>AdGroupId</ns0:field> <ns0:operator>EQUALS</ns0:operator> <ns0:values>53379932101</ns0:values> </ns0:predicates> <ns0:predicates> <ns0:field>HeadlinePart1</ns0:field> <ns0:operator>EQUALS</ns0:operator> <ns0:values>SNIP</ns0:values> </ns0:predicates> <ns0:predicates> <ns0:field>HeadlinePart2</ns0:field> <ns0:operator>EQUALS</ns0:operator> <ns0:values>SNIP</ns0:values> </ns0:predicates> <ns0:predicates> <ns0:field>Description</ns0:field> <ns0:operator>EQUALS</ns0:operator> <ns0:values>SNIP</ns0:values> </ns0:predicates> <ns0:predicates> <ns0:field>CreativeFinalUrls</ns0:field> <ns0:operator>EQUALS</ns0:operator> <ns0:values>https://www......SNIP</ns0:values> </ns0:predicates> <ns0:predicates> <ns0:field>Status</ns0:field> <ns0:operator>NOT_EQUALS</ns0:operator> <ns0:values>DISABLED</ns0:values> </ns0:predicates> <ns0:paging> <ns0:startIndex>0</ns0:startIndex> <ns0:numberResults>100</ns0:numberResults> </ns0:paging> </ns0:serviceSelector> </ns0:get> </ns1:Body> </SOAP-ENV:Envelope> <soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/";> <soap:Header> <ResponseHeader xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201809";> <requestId>00057f994c607fd40a3794c22906c4e8</requestId> <serviceName>AdGroupAdService</serviceName> <methodName>get</methodName> <operations>1</operations> <responseTime>316</responseTime> </ResponseHeader> </soap:Header> <soap:Body> <getResponse xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201809";> <rval> <totalNumEntries>9</totalNumEntries> <Page.Type>AdGroupAdPage</Page.Type> <entries> <adGroupId>53379932101</adGroupId> <ad xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; xsi:type="ExpandedTextAd"> <id>313710273249</id> <finalUrls>https://www....SNIP</finalUrls> <type>EXPANDED_TEXT_AD</type> <Ad.Type>ExpandedTextAd</Ad.Type> <headlinePart1>SNIP</headlinePart1> <headlinePart2>SNIP</headlinePart2> <description>SNIP</description> </ad> <status>PAUSED</status> </entries> ...... <entries> <adGroupId>53379932101</adGroupId> <ad xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; xsi:type="ExpandedTextAd"> <id>325653255052</id> <finalUrls>https://www....SNIP</finalUrls> <type>EXPANDED_TEXT_AD</type> <Ad.Type>ExpandedTextAd</Ad.Type> <headlinePart1>SNIP</headlinePart1> <headlinePart2>SNIP</headlinePart2> <description>SNIP</description> </ad> <status>ENABLED</status> </entries> </rval> </getResponse> </soap:Body> </soap:Envelope> On Thursday, January 17, 2019 at 12:58:48 PM UTC-6, Chad Norwood wrote: > > (attempt 3 - my first 2 posts are not appearing, see if this works) > > Google API v201809 AdGroupAdService returns zero matches when > headlinePart3 and/or description2 (aka ExpandedTextAdHeadlinePart3 and > ExpandedTextAdDescription2) are included in the filters, but if those 2 > fields are not included then it returns at least 1 match. Those 2 fields > have empty values in the ads themselves and in the filter. More on those 2 > can be found in the API here: > > https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/v201809/AdGroupAdService.ExpandedTextAd#headlinepart3 > > The weird part is that we've been running the same v201809 code since Oct > 8, and just started seeing the problem Jan 8. Our code runs the same each > day - it first sees if there's an existing ad in an adgroup that matches > the filters, using it if so. If not, it creates a new ad. So before Jan 7 > the same ad would run each day, for one day. Since Jan 8, for there's > been a new ad in each adgroup. The filters have included headlinePart1, > headlinePart2, and headlinePart3 since Oct 8, and it always matched when > content did not change till Jan 8. Then it stopped matching. > > Question for AdWords API team - did something change on Jan 7 or 8? > > Anybody else see this behavior? > > -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog: https://googleadsdeveloper.blogspot.com/ =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API and Google Ads 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 the Google Groups "AdWords API and Google Ads API Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api. 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