GEO_PERFORMANCE_REPORT return different results than CAMPAIGN_PERFORMANCE_REPORT for Videos

[yu...@singular.net]

Hi, 

I'm using GEO_PEFORMANCE_REPORT adhoc report for video campaigns (AdNetworkType2 = "YouTube Videos").

For some reason the clicks / converted clicks stats return 0 all the time, while the CAMPAIGN_PERFORMANCE_REPORT return valid results.

Is there any known discrepancy / contradiction between video campaigns and location based reports (clicks and installs metrics)?

Thanks!

[Umesh Dengale]

Hello,

Could you provide me privately the report request for the GEO_PERFORMANCE_REPORT and clientCustomerId? Just click Reply privately to author in the forum when responding. 

Regards,

Umesh, AdWords API Team.

[Umesh Dengale]

Hello,

Thanks for providing the report request. The Clicks field does not correlate to videos. Typically you want to use the VideoViews field but this is currently unavailable to the GEO_PERFORMANCE_REPORT.

[yu...@singular.net]

Thanks! 

What about converted clicks? It's seems it doesn't work as well for video campaigns.

Moreover, are you planning on supporting county (geo) based video views anytime soon? 

[Umesh Dengale]

Hello,

The ConvertedClicks field does not correlate to videos. The field Interactions is an interaction the main user action associated with an ad format-clicks for text and shopping ads, views for video ads but this field is currently unavailable to the GEO_PERFORMANCE_REPORT.

For support of country (geo) based video views please watch our blog for any announcements.

[yu...@singular.net]

Hi Again,

It's a bit misleading. Your saying that clicks doesn't correlate to videos, but the VIDEO_PERFORMANCE_REPORT has the clicks field in it.

Are you sure about it? 

On Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 11:13:41 PM UTC+2, Umesh Dengale wrote:

[Josh Radcliff (AdWords API Team)]

Hi,

Clicks for video ads are still counted, but a Click does not necessarily translate into a VideoView or Interaction for those ads -- it merely means a user clicked on the ad. For example, the user may have not actually watched the video ad after clicking.

Regarding conversions, if I look at your video campaigns via the VIDEO_PERFORMANCE_REPORT, I see there are some campaigns with Clicks > 0 and VideoViews > 0, but all show Conversions = 0. 

I'm looking at a date range of THIS_MONTH -- do you expect to see video conversions for that date range? If I look at the Campaigns tab in the user interface and Segment by Network (with search partners) (which is AdNetworkType2), the subtotal for Video shows Conversions = 0 and Converted clicks = 0.

Thanks,

Josh, AdWords API Team