Criteria report now returns keywordPlacement='*' instead of keywordPlacement='All products'

[HK]

Hi,

 

On 7/14, the criteria report (using v201109) returned keywordPlacement='All products' for a product target, but on 7/15, it comes back as keywordPlacement='*'. This is breaking the reports for a large number of our customers. Is this a permanent change or a glitch? I hope it's a glitch as these types of changes are hopefully reserved for future versions.

 

More details:

 

<row adGroupID='12341234' keywordID='12341234' campaignID='12341234' keywordPlacement='*' criteriaType='Product' keywordPlacementState='enabled' maxCPC='1000000' maxCPM='--' firstPageCPC='0' qualityScore='5'/>

 

<row adGroupID='12341234' keywordID='12341234' campaignID='12341234' keywordPlacement='All products' criteriaType='Product' keywordPlacementState='enabled' maxCPC='1000000' maxCPM='--' firstPageCPC='0' qualityScore='5'/>

 

This is blocking a number of our customers, so a quick answer would be much appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Hans

[Kevin Winter]

Hi Hans,

  This was an unintentional change.  We are working on a fix and hope to have this resolved soon.  I apologize for the inconvenience.

- Kevin Winter

AdWords API Team

[HK]

Thanks for confirming this, Kevin. Any idea if we are talking hours or days before a fix is implemented?

Hans

[Kevin Winter]

Hi Hans,

  We're hoping to have a fix in place early next week, due to push cycles.

- Kevin Winter

AdWords API Team

[HK]

Thanks, Kevin. The sooner the better. We have around 50 accounts blocked by this since 7/12.

[HK]

Looks like this has now been resolved. Thanks.