Video Performance Report - missing field data?

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Dana Gray

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Oct 20, 2015, 3:58:06 PM10/20/15
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I have successfully pulled video performance reports but in comparing with the google adwords web UI it appears that some fields are not populating with data. I get data for 100,75,50,25 quartile fields but views, view rate, conversions, cost/conv, etc are showing '0' as the value where the web UI will show values I would expect. I checked a specific day and the clicks value was an exact match. Below is the report definition I am using (python with pythonmarketo library)
'video': {
        'reportName': 'video_performance_rpt',
        'dateRangeType': 'CUSTOM_DATE',
        'reportType': 'VIDEO_PERFORMANCE_REPORT',
        'downloadFormat': 'TSV',
        'selector': {
            'dateRange': {
                'min': 'yyyymmdd',
                'max': 'yyyymmdd'
            },
            #'dateRange' : {'min': '20150101', 'max': '20151001'},
            'fields': [
                'Date', 'CampaignId', 'AdGroupId', 'AverageCpv', 'AdNetworkType2', 'Device',
                'EngagementRate', 'Engagements', 'Clicks', 'ClickType',
                'CostPerConversion', 'ConversionRate', 'Conversions', 'ConversionValue', 'CreativeId', 'VideoDuration',
                'VideoQuartile100Rate', 'VideoQuartile75Rate','VideoQuartile50Rate','VideoQuartile25Rate',
                'VideoTitle', 'VideoViewRate', 'VideoViews'
            ]
        },
        'includeZeroImpressions': 'false'
    }
Thanks for your help!

Umesh Dengale

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Oct 20, 2015, 5:59:49 PM10/20/15
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Hello,

Could you provide the clientCustomerId? Just click Reply privately to author in the forum when responding.

Thanks,
Umesh, AdWords API Team.

Umesh Dengale

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Oct 21, 2015, 11:36:22 AM10/21/15
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Hello,

The ClickType documentation mentions that: -
The Impressions field will reflect how often the ad was served with that click type available. Since ads can serve with multiple click types displayed, impressions may be double counted and the totals may not be accurate.

When the report contains ClickType filed then the fields of type metrics behavior (e.g.  ConversionsVideoViewVideoViewRateCostConversionConversionValue etc.) will not calculate correctly and will return as 0.

Umesh Dengale

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Oct 21, 2015, 4:23:52 PM10/21/15
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Hello,

The Engagements and EngagementRate fields are of type metric behavior. These fields will not calculate correctly when we include ClickType in the selector and will return as 0. 

Mark Rogoyski

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Oct 21, 2015, 4:34:01 PM10/21/15
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Regarding the Video Performance Report, is there a reason why it lacks certain fields that other reports have, such as CampaignName and AdGroupName, for instance? Are there future plans to include these fields?

Thanks.

Umesh Dengale

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Oct 21, 2015, 4:49:20 PM10/21/15
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Hello,

We can't comment on the future releases of the AdWords API. Please refer to the AdWords API blog for any updates or announcements.

Regards,
Umesh, AdWords API Team.
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