Python - Campaign Report - advertisingChannelType question

[Kevin Weitzner]

I've been trying a few different ways to setup the report definition such that I only get SEARCH campaigns.

report = {

      'reportName': 'Last 7 days CRITERIA_PERFORMANCE_REPORT',

      'dateRangeType': 'CUSTOM_DATE',

      'reportType': 'CRITERIA_PERFORMANCE_REPORT',

      'downloadFormat': 'CSV',

      'selector': {

          'fields': ['CampaignName','Status','Clicks','Impressions','Ctr','AverageCpc','AveragePosition','ConvertedClicks','ConversionValue','Cost','CampaignId'],

          'dateRange':{'min':'20160301','max':'20160425'},

          'advertisingChannelType':'SEARCH'

      }

  }

From what I've been able to find, the criterion should be called advertisingChannelType - however the python error is as such:

suds.TypeNotFound: Type not found: 'advertisingChannelType'

[Shwetha Vastrad (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Kevin,

To filter results associated with SEARCH campaigns, you would need to add a predicate to the selector in the report definition. The predicate should contain the field, operator and the value to filter on. 

For example, in Python, the selector for the report should look something like this:

selector = {

         'fields':[...],

         'dateRange':{'min':[startDate], 'max':[endDate]},

         'predicates': [

              {

                    'field': 'AdNetworkType1',

                    'operator': 'EQUALS',

                    'values': 'SEARCH'

              }

         ]

}

Also, Criteria Performance Report does not contain the field AdvertisingChannelType. You can use AdNetworkType1 and AdNetworkType2 instead. 

Regards,

Shwetha, AdWords API Team.

[Kevin Weitzner]

Thank you Shwetha - this solved it perfectly, now I understand the predicate functionality on the entire reporting system.