Re: Negative conversions in CAMPAIGN_LOCATION_TARGET_REPORT?!

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Greetings Zweitze,

It's me Nadine! This got sent over to me; as soon as I saw your name, I smiled. Nice to virtually see you again. I see you've been keeping us busy. First of all, thank you for being helpful (as always). I just got word that those negative conversions should be fixed now. Would you mind taking a look to see if everything looks fine now?

Thanks,
Nadine Wang, Google Ads API Team

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[Zweitze]

Hi Nadine, nice to hear from you again!

I'm afraid the issue is not fixed. On Monday 28 sept. I issued this request:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<reportDefinition>
   <selector xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201809">
       <fields>CampaignId</fields>
       <fields>MostSpecificCriteriaId</fields>
       <fields>CountryCriteriaId</fields>
       <fields>CityCriteriaId</fields>
       <fields>Date</fields>
       <fields>Device</fields>
       <fields>AdNetworkType2</fields>
       <fields>ConversionTrackerId</fields>
       <fields>Conversions</fields>
       <fields>ViewThroughConversions</fields>
       <fields>ConversionValue</fields>
       <predicates>
           <field>CampaignStatus</field>
           <operator>IN</operator>
           <values>ENABLED</values>
           <values>PAUSED</values>
           <values>REMOVED</values>
       </predicates>
       <predicates>
           <field>LocationType</field>
           <operator>EQUALS</operator>
           <values>LOCATION_OF_PRESENCE</values>
       </predicates>
       <dateRange>
           <min>20190101</min>
           <max>20200928</max>
       </dateRange>
   </selector>
   <reportName xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201809">PhysicalLocationConversion 01-01-2019...28-09-2020</reportName>
   <reportType xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201809">GEO_PERFORMANCE_REPORT</reportType>
   <dateRangeType xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201809">CUSTOM_DATE</dateRangeType>
   <downloadFormat xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201809">GZIPPED_XML</downloadFormat>
</reportDefinition>

which gave 3.4 MB (compressed) result with lines like:

<row campaignID='124688797' mostSpecificLocation='9065067' countryTerritory='2528' city='9063489' day='2019-11-09' device='Mobile devices with full browsers' networkWithSearchPartners='Google search' conversionTrackerId='277966306' conversions='-1.00' viewThroughConv='0' totalConvValue='0.00'/>

<row campaignID='124688797' mostSpecificLocation='1010601' countryTerritory='2528' city='1010601' day='2019-09-03' device='Mobile devices with full browsers' networkWithSearchPartners='Google search' conversionTrackerId='277966306' conversions='-1.00' viewThroughConv='0' totalConvValue='0.00'/>

<row campaignID='404507797' mostSpecificLocation='1010752' countryTerritory='2528' city='1010752' day='2019-05-29' device='Mobile devices with full browsers' networkWithSearchPartners='Google search' conversionTrackerId='277966306' conversions='-1.00' viewThroughConv='0' totalConvValue='0.00'/>

<row campaignID='124688797' mostSpecificLocation='1010749' countryTerritory='2528' city='1010749' day='2019-11-22' device='Computers' networkWithSearchPartners='Google search' conversionTrackerId='277966306' conversions='-1.00' viewThroughConv='0' totalConvValue='0.00'/>

etc.

The result contains over 25 rows where attribute conversions has a negative value.

Maybe it was fixed for the future, in other words existing negative results will still be returned as such?

Thanks!

Zweitze de Vries.