AWQL comparison dates?

[Chris Larkin]

Hi all -

Apologies for my clearly horrible Google search skills, as I cannot find anything about the ability to use a comparison date range in a query. 

I've been using the .report method in my Google Ads scripts with great satisfaction as it works around limitations in the scripting language regarding various other campaign types (beyond Search, Display, Video), but I have a use case that requires the comparison columns and I'm looking for a shortcut vs manually pulling these reports in Google Ads because those reports add columns for change and change %, where I only need both of those for one column and in other cases I use one or the other.

Thanks in advance for suggestions -

Christopher

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Chris, 

Thank you for explaining in detail about the use case. On this forum, we address concerns specific to AdWords API/Google Ads API implementation. If you’re looking for an AdWords API solution, it is currently not possible to compare metrics from different date ranges as in Scripts. However, you will be able to segment the reports by Date and compare the metrics for that day on your end. You may refer to this guide on how to set the date range through the API. Hope this helps.

Regards,
Bharani, Google Ads API Team

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