Does AD_PERFORMANCE_REPORT support template ad?

[Caihua Du]

Hi AdWords team,

I have a question regarding whether AD_PERFORMANCE_REPORT support Template Ad?

For example, in TemplateAd attributes list, we have following: templateId,adUnionId,templateElements, etc. But these attributes doesn't show up in the AD_PERFORMANCE_REPORT. Seems not supported as of now. Can you please confirm?

Thanks,

Caihua.







[Shwetha Vastrad (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Caihua,

Ad Performance Report doesn't provide all the elements for different Ad types. You need to use the AdGroupAdService to get the details for all Ad types. Please see this guide for a list of fields available for AdGroupAdService and the corresponding data they return. 

Regards,

Shwetha, AdWords API Team.

[Caihua Du]

Thanks Shwetha. We are actually trying to use report to avoid the Start Index High issue in the SOAP service which you also suggested here: "https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/adwords-api/dBEHE0rUyqg"

Since the report type doesn't contains all the fields, what would be the suggestions for this? Thank you very much.

Caihua.

[Shwetha Vastrad (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Caihua,

In this situation, since Ad Performance Report doesn't provide all the details, you need to continue using AdGroupAdService to retrieve all the ads in your account. You need to use predicates to filter for ads based on Campaigns and/or AdGroups so that the data fits in the response and doesn't encounter SelectorError.START_INDEX_IS_TOO_HIGH.