Missing User location data for one account via API

[Freda Cai]

We were using API calls to get user location report via API in bulk across our CIDs. We noticed that one of the account (684-301-6641) returns no data via API after 2019 April while we can still download the same data via Google Ads UI.

There is no error message with API calls and other accounts' data are fine.

{"dateRangeType":"CUSTOM_DATE","downloadFormat":"CSV","reportName":"geography","reportType":"GEO_PERFORMANCE_REPORT","selector":{"dateRange":{"max":"20190601","min":"20190601"},"fields":["CampaignId","AdGroupId","CountryCriteriaId","Clicks","Impressions","Cost","AveragePosition","ExternalCustomerId"],"ordering":[],"predicates":[]}}

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Freda,

Thank you for reaching out. It looks like for the specified date the locations are only targeting Universal App Campaigns in the account which do not support Geo Performance Report. Please refer to this documentation for additional information on Universal App Campaigns Reporting. Please let us know if you need any other information.  

Regards,
Nikisha Patel, Google Ads API Team

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[Freda Cai]

Hi Nikisha,

Thanks for your reply. Per my automation team, the report was available back in April. Was there any change to the UAC report via API? For the same date, I was able to download a 'User Location Report' from Google Ads UI though.

Thanks,

Freda

[Freda Cai]

Hi Nikisha 

To add a bit more info, the report in which we were getting user location data back in before April 2019 is https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/reports/geo-performance-report.

Thanks,

Freda

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Freda,

The Universal App Campaign reports can be downloaded from Google Ads UI but not supported via API. We are not aware of any changes made to the Universal App Campaign reporting via API. Could you please share more context on how they were downloading the reports in April so I can have a closer look?

Regards,
Nikisha Patel, Google Ads API Team

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[Freda Cai]

Hi Nikisha,

As mentioned in the previous post, we were getting the user location data for UAC (along with search/display campaigns) from this api report before April. https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/reports/geo-performance-report.

Thanks,

Freda

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Hello Freda,

We understand your concern. There are no recent changes made to the Universal App campaigns reporting. It has been like this for quite some time. The Geo Performance Report is not one of the supported report types for Universal App Campaigns. I generated a report with the below query:
SELECT CampaignId, AdGroupId, CountryCriteriaId, Clicks, Impressions, Cost, AveragePosition, ExternalCustomerId FROM GEO_PERFORMANCE_REPORT WHERE IsTargetingLocation IN [true, false] AND LocationType = "LOCATION_OF_PRESENCE" DURING 20190401,20190430
for User Locations and there is no data associated with Universal App Campaigns. If you could share the complete report definition that was used to generate the reports in April, it will help us troubleshoot this further on our end.

Regards,
Nikisha Patel, Google Ads API Team

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[Joao Martins]

Hi Nikisha,

Does this work for the Google Ads api? Geo Performance Report does not seem to be available for Google Ads (not AdWords)

What's the equivalent in Google Ads to get a performance breakdown per user country?

Regards

Joao

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Joao,

Unfortunately, Google Ads API do not support reporting for App Campaigns via Geo Performance Report. Please keep an eye on our blog for information related to the future releases. The equivalent of Geo Performance Report in Google Ads API is using the GeographicView. You may refer to the migration guide on how the fields can be mapped in the API.

Regards,
Nikisha Patel, Google Ads API Team

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