Missing locations in the Geo Targets API

[sean.bl...@wahanda.com]

Hi Adwords Team,

I have a query regarding Geo Locations.

We download our spend at a location level using the GEO_PERFORMANCE_REPORT. We also download a list of Geo Locations from your Geo Target API here https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/geotargeting

We have noticed that we get some criteria_ids from our GEO_PERFORMANCE_REPORT downloads that do not exist in your geo targets API.

One example criteria id is "2364"

Regards,

Sean

[Sreelakshmi Sasidharan (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Sean, 

The geotargeting table contains the criteria Ids of all locations that can be targeted using AdWords. Some countries/territories are not targetable in AdWords but may appear in reports based on the user's area of interest or physical location. Since "2364" is not available in the geotargeting table but present in your Geo Performance Report, it could be any of the countries/territories as specified here. 

Thanks,
Sreelakshmi, AdWords API Team

[Sreelakshmi Sasidharan (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Sean, 

You are right, we don't have the criterion Id - location name mapping documented for those locations that cannot be targeted using AdWords. The criterion id "2364" is associated with Iran. Unfortunately, there may not be a way to map the ids that are missing in the GeoTargets table to a location name. 

[jia Jimmy]

And what does these country_criteria_id represent for?

2192
2736
2760
2408

[TommyTek]

Hi,

  thank you for the link https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/geotargeting#non-targetable_locations

Can you tell us what are the country criteria IDs of such blocked countries?

thank you

[TommyTek]

I kindly need the country name / country codes of the country criteria id 2192, 2736, 2760, 2408

thank you

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Tommy,

Could you please let me know why you need these IDs? We do not publish the IDs that are not targetable, so knowing the use case would be very useful.

Cheers
Anash

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[Tommaso Trani]

Hi Anash,

  I've found such IDs in the geo performance reports of my campaigns and I would be able to show reports with their country names

Thank you very much

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Hello - 

Unfortunately we're not able to share the IDs for these non-targetable locations, so for your mapping I recommend just noting that they are all non-targetable.

I've submitted a feature request asking that we publish the IDs in our documentation for reference, however it will need to be reviewed before being published. Please keep an eye on our API Documentation for future changes.

Thank you,
Ben, Google Ads API Team

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