Campaign Perfomance Report - Problem with zero impressions

[Stefan S.]

Hello,

there is a problem with the CAMPAIGN_PERFOMANCE_REPORT, when you set includeZeroImpressions to true, you get a campaign multiple times. Better to say, same campaign (equal ID's) but different network types (AdNetworkType1) and that is, every network type included.

When includeZeroImpressions is false, then my application doesn't get all campaigns that are shown in Google Ads. (obviously, since zero impression campaigns are excluded).

How does Google Ads manage to show one correct campaign with it's type, when zero impressions are present, but the API doesn't manage?

As a bandage and partially fix, I execute 2 reports, one with zero impressions included and one with excluded, then I map the duplicates at my side, but I still have some (a lot though) campaigns that in the end are still wrongly mapped.

Example:
Campaign Name | Type
Campaign_XY | Display Network, Search Network, YouTube Search, Cross-network, YouTube Videos

Instead of: Campaign_XY | Cross-network

Any help would be appreciated and thanks in forward!

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Stefan,

Thank you for reaching out to us. When you query for AdNetworkType1, you will segment your data into a report with a row for each campaign and network combinations, along with the statistical values split between them. When you don’t have zeroImpressions included, you won’t obtain results that have no impressions, but when you include zeroImpressions, you obtain all combinations of campaign and network. You can read here for more details.

A workaround for this is to for you to specify in the “Where” clause what AdNetworkType1 you’re looking for using the predicate values specified here. If you’re still encountering issues, could you please send me your report query?

Thank you,
Bryan, Google Ads API Team

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