Problem with API campaign bid landscape

[Arnaud Fouchet]

Hello,

When I request the campaign bid landscape, by the API DataService, I get numbers (a) very different from the bid simulation in the Adwords website and (b) that looks utterly wrong.

Here is an example :

for campaign_id: "827830943"

I use the "DataService".getCampaignCriterionBidLandscape

I get, for a bid modifier of 1.0 (+0%) totalLocalClick of 16 900

whereas, in the past week, I received 15 700 clicks (and, in the website simulation, I get  15 700 for a bid modifier of 1.0)

Can you explain to me how do I get the same numbers as the website simulation ?

P.S. : Here is the "selector" that I use in the DataService.getCampaignCriterionBidLandscape

"""

selector = {

     'fields': ['CampaignId', 'StartDate', 'EndDate',

                'BidModifier', 'LocalClicks', 'LocalCost', 'LocalImpressions',

                'TotalLocalClicks', 'TotalLocalCost', 'TotalLocalImpressions',

                'RequiredBudget'],

      'predicates': [{

         'field': 'CampaignId', 'operator': 'EQUALS', 'values': "827830943"

     }]

}

"""

Hello,

When I request the campaign bid landscape, by the campaign service, I get numbers (a) very different from the bid simulation in the Adwords website and (b) that looks utterly wrong.

Here is an example :

For customer_id: "3883450080"

and campaign_id: "827830943"

I use the "DataService".getCampaignCriterionBidLandscape

I get, for a bid modifier of 1.0 (+0%) totalLocalClick of 16 900

whereas, in the past week, I received 15 700 clicks (and, in the website simulation, I get  15 700 for a bid modifier of 1.0)

Can you explain to me how do I get the same numbers as the website simulation ?

P.S. : Here is the "selector" that I use in the DataService.getCampaignCriterionBidLandscape

"""

selector = {

     'fields': ['CampaignId', 'StartDate', 'EndDate',

                'BidModifier', 'LocalClicks', 'LocalCost', 'LocalImpressions',

                'TotalLocalClicks', 'TotalLocalCost', 'TotalLocalImpressions',

                'RequiredBudget'],

      'predicates': [{

         'field': 'CampaignId', 'operator': 'EQUALS', 'values': "827830943"

     }]

}

"""

[Peter Oliquino]

Hi Arnaud,

My apologies, however, although the bid landscapes feature mimics that of the bid simulator of the AdWords UI, you would not be able to retrieve the exact same results using the AdWords API. 

Best regards,

Peter

AdWords API Team