I am seeing a similar issue where the adwords API doesn't match the information in the Adwords UI. In the UI the field "Bid-adj." the numbers are presented in a range of -100% to 900% whereas the Adwords API field "BidModifier" (display name of "Bid-adj." only reflects a range of 0%-100%
Thanks, On Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 1:44:31 PM UTC-6, Nadine Sundquist (AdWords API Team) wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > I can confirm that the fix has been pushed. Here's what it will look like: > > - All values will be in percentages in order to match with all the > other bid modifiers in the reports. > - If a value is not set in the service, then the value returned will > be '--'. We've been working on getting the '--' consistent across all the > reports when a value on the back-end is considered null rather than just > leaving an empty string. > > Nice job on catching that as soon as it was available! I had just finished > testing it out to make sure that everything looked good. > > Cheers, > Nadine, AdWords API Team > > On Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 6:54:56 AM UTC-4, suvodhoy sinha wrote: >> >> Hi Nadine, >> >> I see updated values(percentage values) in the reports for BidModifier. >> It seems the fix has gone live. Kindly confirm. >> >> On Saturday, 19 March 2016 03:38:37 UTC+5:30, Nadine Sundquist (AdWords >> API Team) wrote: >>> >>> Hi Brad, >>> >>> Thanks for confirming this. It always helps to have that '+1' shout-out. >>> We've now found the root cause, and we're working on a solution. I'm not >>> sure exactly when a fix will be available, but I will post here as soon as >>> it is available. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Nadine, AdWords APi Team >>> >>> On Friday, March 18, 2016 at 6:03:19 PM UTC-4, Brad Ruderman wrote: >>>> >>>> Any update on this? I can confirm this is an issue I am also seeing. >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> On Monday, March 7, 2016 at 6:18:31 AM UTC-8, Nadine Sundquist (AdWords >>>> API Team) wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> Thank you for the additional information. That confirms my theory. >>>>> We're looking into it, and I'll keep you updated on our progress. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Nadine, AdWords API Team >>>>> >>>>> On Monday, March 7, 2016 at 8:39:14 AM UTC-5, [email protected] >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Nadine >>>>>> >>>>>> Any update on this? I had sent you the details you had asked for. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Saturday, March 5, 2016 at 4:40:22 AM UTC+5:30, Nadine Sundquist >>>>>> (AdWords API Team) wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> One other thing would really help me out. Could you also click *Reply >>>>>>> privately to author* in the forum and send me your customer ID? >>>>>>> That would be a huge help. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Best, >>>>>>> Nadine, AdWords API Team >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Friday, March 4, 2016 at 6:07:53 PM UTC-5, Nadine Sundquist >>>>>>> (AdWords API Team) wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hello, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> So, it looks like this value related to >>>>>>>> AdGroupBidModifier.bidModifier >>>>>>>> <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/v201601/AdGroupBidModifierService.AdGroupBidModifier#bidmodifier>. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The only time I can possibly think of this being blank (--) would be >>>>>>>> if >>>>>>>> there was no AdGroupBidModifier set. Is that the case with some of >>>>>>>> your campaigns? We'll start looking into it in the meantime. I just >>>>>>>> want to >>>>>>>> verify that's the case here. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>>> Nadine, AdWords API Team >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Friday, March 4, 2016 at 3:51:04 PM UTC-5, suvodhoy sinha wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I see an inconsistency in the data in Ad Group Performance Report. >>>>>>>>> We have four variations of setting mobile bid modifier in the adwords >>>>>>>>> interface. For each of these I have mentioned the value which comes >>>>>>>>> in the >>>>>>>>> report under the column *mobileBidAdj* >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> 1. 0% : 1.0 >>>>>>>>> 2. 20% (this is an example value can be in -90% to 300%) : 1.2 >>>>>>>>> 3. leave blank (*--*) : 0.0 >>>>>>>>> 4. -100% : 0.0 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> As you will notice the value is same for the 3rd and 4th option >>>>>>>>> which makes it very difficult to distinguish. As per my >>>>>>>>> knowledge, if you are leaving the modifier blank ,ie, --, it means >>>>>>>>> you are >>>>>>>>> using the same bid for mobile. So 0% and -- both mean the same and >>>>>>>>> should >>>>>>>>> ideally return 1.0 for both if not 1.0 and -- respectively. Is >>>>>>>>> this behaviour expected or am I missing something? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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]. 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