Reporting Service (v11) - Can we retrieve sandbox data using reporting service ?

[mandy]

Hi,

Is it possible to retrieve performance of sandbox account using
reporting service or else we need to always use LIVE account for
this ?

Thanks,
Mandy

[AdWords API Advisor]

Hello Mandy,

When you run a report via the Sandbox's Report Service the report
should come back populated with random data. If you need actual data,
you're going to have to go against the production environment.

See

http://www.google.com/apis/adwords/developer/adwords_api_sandbox.html#reportservice

for more info.

Cheers,
-Jeffrey Posnick, AdWords API Team

[Leif Matthiessen]

The help says: "All Sandbox report jobs contain generic, mock data,
unrelated to any live accounts."

However, my Sandbox reports are empty. I am using getTsvReport() from
Report.php.
They only contain the column names.

On Dec 19, 8:45 pm, AdWords API Advisor <adwordsapiadvi...@google.com>
wrote:

> Hello Mandy,
>
> When you run a report via the Sandbox's Report Service the report
> should come back populated with random data. If you need actual data,
> you're going to have to go against the production environment.
>
> See
>

> http://www.google.com/apis/adwords/developer/adwords_api_sandbox.html...

[Miha]

I also got empty reports from sandbox.

To Google API team: is there any chance that you fill reports with
data? It would be easier to understand report structure if we have
some date in it.

regards,
Miha

On Dec 20, 9:46 am, Leif Matthiessen <leif.matthies...@gbg-ag.com>
wrote:

[AdWords API Advisor]

Can you clarify whether you are running reports against Sandbox
accounts that have existing campaigns, ad groups, creatives, and
criteria already uploaded to them? Or are the reports run against
"fresh", empty Sandbox accounts?

Cheers,
-Jeff Posnick, AdWords API Team

[Kris]

Same problem.

getAllJobs returns an array of 4 job (not 8 as stated in documentation
- see http://www.google.com/apis/adwords/developer/adwords_api_sandbox.html#reportservice).

One of them is completed (report [33]) and returns
https://sandbox.google.com/sandboxreports/custom.xml as result URL.
This XML is without any specific data (just table header and summary
row).

I've created a report (in Java):
job.setName("Report_fixstatus=Completed");
job.setIncludeZeroImpression(true);
job.setSelectedReportType("Creative");
job.setAggregationTypes(new String[] { "Daily" });
job.setSelectedColumns(new String[] { "CampaignId", "AdGroupId",
"KeywordId", "CreativeId", "Impressions", "CPC",
"AveragePosition", "Clicks" });
and it returns URL https://sandbox.google.com/sandboxreports/defined.xml
But, the XML from this URL is exactly the same as the one for "report
[33]" - neither columns are changed, nor random data is inserted.

[Leif Matthiessen]

I created campaigns with ad groups, ads and keywords aka criteria.
In Sandbox mode the report takes 2 minutes, although it is empty.
In production environment, which contains more data, reporting is
about thrice as fast.

On Dec 27 2007, 5:45 pm, AdWords API Advisor

[GAD]

Same problem here!!! The only report that is completed (33) is empty =
https://sandbox.google.com/sandboxreports/custom.xml , which is really
bad. I can't find any way to get the "random, mock data" they're
talking about in the manual.

On Jan 10, 11:02 am, Leif Matthiessen <leif.matthies...@gbg-ag.com>
wrote:

[AdWords API Advisor]

I've asked the documentation team to update the V11+ docs to reflect
the fact that there are only four sample reports returned in the
Sandbox now, as opposed to eight in V10-. This should be reflected in
the next push.

As for the actual contents (or lack thereof...) of the sample reports,
I'll have to look into whether anything changed between V10 and V11.

Cheers,
-Jeff Posnick, AdWords API Team

On Jan 18, 6:02 am, GAD <gdy...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Same problem here!!! The only report that is completed (33) is empty =https://sandbox.google.com/sandboxreports/custom.xml, which is really

[findchris]

Any update on this? Have data (even mock data) is far more useful for
developers to test XML parsing than the empty reports currently
generated. I am using the ReportService to run a Keyword
DefinedReportJob, and the report at https://sandbox.google.com/sandboxreports/defined.xml
(it's always there) is always void of any data, making it far less
useful than it could be.

Thanks,
Chris

On Feb 4, 11:58 am, AdWords API Advisor <adwordsapiadvi...@google.com>

[fco.salazar]

I have the same error, i'm running the sample schedule report and i
receive an empty xml (only with header no fake data), could be great
for us if we can see some data in the sample reports
Thanks

On Mar 14, 3:37 pm, findchris <findch...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Any update on this? Have data (even mock data) is far more useful for
> developers to test XML parsing than the emptyreportscurrently
> generated. I am using the ReportService to run a Keyword

> DefinedReportJob, and the report athttps://sandbox.google.com/sandboxreports/defined.xml

> (it's always there) is always void of any data, making it far less
> useful than it could be.
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
>
> On Feb 4, 11:58 am, AdWords API Advisor <adwordsapiadvi...@google.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I've asked the documentation team to update the V11+ docs to reflect
> > the fact that there are only four samplereportsreturned in the

> >Sandboxnow, as opposed to eight in V10-. This should be reflected in

> > the next push.
>
> > As for the actual contents (or lack thereof...) of the samplereports,
> > I'll have to look into whether anything changed between V10 and V11.
>
> > Cheers,
> > -Jeff Posnick, AdWords API Team
>
> > On Jan 18, 6:02 am, GAD <gdy...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Same problem here!!! The only report that is completed (33) is empty =https://sandbox.google.com/sandboxreports/custom.xml, which is really
> > > bad. I can't find any way to get the "random, mock data" they're
> > > talking about in the manual.
>
> > > On Jan 10, 11:02 am, Leif Matthiessen <leif.matthies...@gbg-ag.com>
> > > wrote:
>
> > > > I created campaigns with ad groups, ads and keywords aka criteria.

> > > > InSandboxmode the report takes 2 minutes, although it is empty.

> > > > In production environment, which contains more data, reporting is
> > > > about thrice as fast.
>
> > > > On Dec 27 2007, 5:45 pm, AdWords API Advisor
>
> > > > <adwordsapiadvi...@google.com> wrote:
> > > > > Can you clarify whether you are runningreportsagainstSandbox
> > > > > accounts that have existing campaigns, ad groups, creatives, and

> > > > > criteria already uploaded to them? Or are thereportsrun against

[AdWords API Advisor]

I've let the folks responsible for the Sandbox environment know that
sample Sandbox reports populated with meaningful data would be
appreciated by the developer community.

Cheers,
-Jeff Posnick, AdWords API Team