Criteria ID field deprecated from the click performance report in the API migration.

[Connor Kelly]

In order to have a view of the number of conversions and revenue generated on a keyword level, we currently associate clicks and the revenue they generate (which we are able to track via GCLID) with keywords by joining the keyword_performance_report and click_performance_report on the following fields:

• external_customer_id
• date
• keyword_performance_report.id = click_performance_report.criteria_id
• device
• ad_network_type_2
• ad_group_id
• campaign_id
• slot

However in the recent API migration, the criteria_id field in click_performance_report has been deprecated, and so from mid April, we have been unable to associate keywords to their corresponding clicks, and therefore to the conversions and revenue generated. In order to rectify this issue, we were wondering if there is a possible alternative to linking clicks to keywords in absence of the criteria_id field?

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor]

Hi Connor,

Thank you for raising this concern to the Google Ads API support team.

With regard to your concern, the click_performance_report migrated to click_view. However, for the alternative to linking clicks to keywords you can use the following resource fields below:

• click_view.keyword
• click_view.keyword_info.match_type
• click_view.keyword_info.text

Best regards,

Jinky Google Ads API Team

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