CAMPAIGN_PERFORMANCE_REPORT shows mystery campaign!?

[Zweitze]

Hello,

When I submit this request for Customer 888-729-9188:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<reportDefinition>
  <selector xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201309">
    <fields>CampaignName</fields>
    <fields>CampaignId</fields>
    <fields>CampaignStatus</fields>
    <fields>Impressions</fields>
    <fields>Clicks</fields>
    <fields>Cost</fields>
  </selector>
  <reportName xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201309">(Test)</reportName>
  <reportType xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201309">CAMPAIGN_PERFORMANCE_REPORT</reportType>
  <dateRangeType xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201309">LAST_30_DAYS</dateRangeType>
  <downloadFormat xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201309">GZIPPED_XML</downloadFormat>
  <includeZeroImpressions xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201309">true</includeZeroImpressions>
</reportDefinition>

I get a report with 56 rows. One of them reads:
    <row campaign="AWX_003:81012005bc6a48e6_0000000000eecfcb" campaignID="175445942" campaignState="active" impressions="3129" clicks="48" cost="39450000" />

This information is nowhere found in the web interface!
What is going on here?
Note: the same campaign also shows up in ad group performance reports.

Thanks in advance!

[Oliver]

I believe this campaign is an Adwords Express campaign:  http://www.google.com/adwords/express/

I'm not too familiar with exactly how these function, but they are different from the standard campaigns as we know them.

Oliver

[Ray Tsang (AdWords API Team)]

Yup - these are AdWords Express campaigns.  The user may have used the same account for AWX.  At the moment, AWX campaigns are not available in the UI but is retrievable via the API.

Thanks,

Ray

[Chirag]

Hello ray,

Is there any way so that I can tell API not to include these campaigns in any of the reports for which we are fetching data?

Thanks

[Chirag]

Hello,

Can anyone help me in this regards?

Thanks,

[Hunter]

It looks like advertisingchannelsubtype can be filtered on. You can create a Predicate that pulls all Campaigns that are NOT_IN SEARCH_EXPRESS or DISPLAY_EXPRESS and pass that to the ReportDefinitionService. 

[Chirag]

Hello Hunter,

Thanks for reply.

Yes, I saw that at some of the post at forum.

But it is only supported by CAMPAIGN Report and not by all reports.

https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/reports/all-reports#advertisingchannelsubtype

Thanks,

[Yin Niu]

Hello, 

I know it's not straightforward, but you can use CampaignService to check advertisingchannelsubtype. As Hunter suggested, you could get a list of the campaign ids that are EXPRESS type and use a NOT_IN predicate in report query.  

Thanks,

Yin, AdWords API Team.