PlacementURL Not Returned Properly in Keywords Performance Report

[Charlie Saunders]

Hello all,

I am having an issue with the Keywords Performance Report where I request the PlacementURL field and it seems to come back as the KeywordText field.

I made the following request:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>

<reportDefinition xmlns:ns2="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201502">

    <ns2:selector>

        <ns2:fields>KeywordText</ns2:fields>

        <ns2:fields>PlacementUrl</ns2:fields>

        <ns2:fields>Impressions</ns2:fields>

        <ns2:fields>Clicks</ns2:fields>

        <ns2:fields>Cost</ns2:fields>

        <ns2:dateRange>

            <ns2:min>20150515</ns2:min>

            <ns2:max>20150531</ns2:max>

        </ns2:dateRange>

    </ns2:selector>

    <ns2:reportName>KEYWORDS_PERFORMANCE_REPORT #1434552123212</ns2:reportName>

    <ns2:reportType>KEYWORDS_PERFORMANCE_REPORT</ns2:reportType>

    <ns2:dateRangeType>CUSTOM_DATE</ns2:dateRangeType>

    <ns2:downloadFormat>TSV</ns2:downloadFormat>

</reportDefinition>

And the columns in the returned file were:

Keyword, Keyword, Impressions, Clicks, Cost

Does this field not work in this context or is this a bug?

Thanks!

Charlie

[Anthony Madrigal]

Hi Charlie,

The PlacementUrl and KeywordText fields both contain the same information: a descriptive string for the criterion. Therefore, I'd recommend selecting one or the other. If you select both, you'll still only get back one field with the display name "Keyword".

We're aware that this is confusing and are looking into removing the duplicate fields in a future version of the API.

Regards,

Anthony

AdWords API Team