What is the DetailPlacementView

[Troy Ioannou]

Hi,
I was wondering what data the DetailPlacementView in google ads is supposed to represent.  I looked at the following page: https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/fields/v13/detail_placement_view

Based on this, my understanding is this view can be used to find the exact video or website where an ad was shown.  Is this correct?  Are there cases where ads can be placed but not have a record in this view?  If so, what are some examples of this?

Thanks!

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor]

Hi Troy,

Thanks for reaching out to the Google Ads API Forum.

The detail_placement_view report in the Google Ads API pulls data about the performance of your ads on specific websites or YouTube videos. A view with metrics aggregated by ad group and URL or YouTube video. 

You can use the DetailPlacementView report to see how your ads are performing on specific websites or YouTube videos. You may use the detail_placement_view.placement_type field as it would indicate the type of the placement, for example, Website, YouTube Video, and Mobile Application. Let us know if you have any questions. 

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Thanks,
 

Google Ads API Team