How much report hourly are still trusted?

[Florio]

Hi all,

I download many times the same per day the performance report (asking for TODAY) because I want to know in different moment of the day how the costs go.

I noticed that sometimes the account costs written into the API's reports have not the same value from the web panel.
Is it normal? is there a special reason?

I used this system for many months without problems but since 1-2 weeks ago they seem not to be trusted anymore. Of course not the same if I ask for YESTERDAY, but I need also the TODAY values.

Thank you in advance.
F.

[Danial Klimkin]

Hello Florio,

Report data is final 72 hours after the fact. While it is possible to estimate hourly data polling TODAY reports, this is not reliable as stat processing can be delayed and/or happen in chunks. So this approach is not supported.

Generally, we expect for report to always match UI. In your case it's possible different systems are not in sync for a very limited time.

-Danial, AdWords API Team.

[Florio]

Hello Danial,

yesterday and today I had different values almost all the time between API reports and web UI.
I need that reports are good as 1 month ago.

Do I need to do something new within the report?

Thank you.

[Danial Klimkin]

Hello Florio,

Please confirm the accounts in question have no shared ads. Shared ads are not supported and not returned via the API.

If still in doubt, please send us account CID, date range and exact report definition for which you see the discrepancy.

-Danial, AdWords API Team.

[Florio]

If you give me your email I send you private.
Thank you

[Danial Klimkin]

Please use "Reply privately to user" button on the right.

-Danial, AdWords API Team.