YouTube Campaigns Not Showing Up

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Mark Rogoyski

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Oct 21, 2015, 5:21:55 PM10/21/15

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Hi,

YouTube campaigns don't seem to show up except in VIDEO_PERFORMANCE_REPORTs. For example, using CampaignService to get a list of campaigns, the YouTube campaigns do not show up.

Do YouTube campaigns only work with certain services and reports? If so, is there a list of what those are? Or are there other current limitations with YouTube campaigns?

I'm using API v201509 and the AdWords account has been upgraded to include YouTube campaigns.

Thanks.

Mark

max lewis

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Oct 22, 2015, 9:42:43 AM10/22/15

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Hi Mark,

Recent changes to the API mean that there are now more options for videos than before. The most important of these changes for your question is that you can now add 'views' along with other video specific metrics. One thing we learnt was that if you include 'click type' you will not get any value other than 0 returned for views.If you pull a campaign report without including views, you will need get any youtube campaigns returned but if you include that metric, you will get video campaign data too- complete with campaign name, impressions, clicks, cost etc.