Adgroup Bid Modifier

[Oliver]

Currently, adgroup bid modifiers are available only via AdGroupBidModifierService.

Are there any plans to include the bid modifier in the ADGROUP_PERFORMANCE_REPORT as well?

[Josh Radcliff (AdWords API Team)]

Hi,

I'm not aware of any plans to add this, but I can pass the request along. At the moment the only criteria type supported for ad group-level bid modifiers is Platform, but it's possible that others may become available in the future. Would you expect to see a separate field per supported criterion type in that case?

Thanks,

Josh, AdWords API Team

[Oliver]

Ideally yes.  

I know it's the API recommendation to try and get as much data as possible via reports instead of the service classes.  Currently, we can get all the adgroup's meta data via reports except for the platform's bid modifier.  Hence, having such data somehow in the reports will allow us to continue avoiding using the service API.