Some of the requested ad clients do not support the requested combination of dimensions.

[DeConf]

I'm trying to retrieve some data from Adsense using Google Adsense Management API and I have this warning:

Some of the requested ad clients do not support the requested combination of dimensions.

Metrics and dimensions i use:

$optParams = array(

 'metric' => array(

'EARNINGS', 'COST_PER_CLICK', 'CLICKS', 'PAGE_VIEWS', 'PAGE_VIEWS_CTR',  'PAGE_VIEWS_RPM'

 ),

 'dimension' => 'AD_UNIT_NAME',

 'sort' => '-EARNINGS'

);

The funny thing is that the metrics for some units are reported fine and for some of them there is a huge difference between the real Page Views value and the Page Views retrieved.

Any ideas?

[Jose Alcérreca (AdSense API Team)]

Hi DeConf,

In V1.3 we included metadata calls to check how metrics and dimensions were compatible between each other.

You can use the APIs explorer to browse them: https://developers.google.com/adsense/management/v1.3/reference/metadata/dimensions/list

As you can see here, AD_UNIT_NAME is compatible with 

"compatibleMetrics": [

"AD_REQUESTS",

"AD_REQUESTS_COVERAGE",

"AD_REQUESTS_CTR",

"AD_REQUESTS_RPM",

"CLICKS",

"COST_PER_CLICK",

"EARNINGS",

"INDIVIDUAL_AD_IMPRESSIONS",

"INDIVIDUAL_AD_IMPRESSIONS_CTR",

"INDIVIDUAL_AD_IMPRESSIONS_RPM",

"MATCHED_AD_REQUESTS",

"MATCHED_AD_REQUESTS_CTR",

"MATCHED_AD_REQUESTS_RPM"

],

...so page views dimensions are not compatible with AD_UNIT_NAME. A page view is something related to an account or a URL... but can't be associated with an Ad Unit. You might want to try INDIVIDUAL_AD_IMPRESSIONS_* instead of PAGE_VIEWS_*.

Let me know if that works.

Cheers!

Jose

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