{creative} param of tracking template gets replaced with ID not matching actual clicked Ad ID

[don....@gmail.com]

Hello we are seeing very strange but pretty consistent issue

ID that gets placed by google instead of {creative} in the url does not match actual Ad ID clicked and can't be found in Ad Performance Report at all.

Happens for Ads Account: 9618917096

campaignid: 11883213035

adgroupid: 119056434401

we get url like

https://www.<domain hidden>com/webinar-registration-444985461605218422852?gclid=Cj0KCQiAlsv_BRDtARIsAHMGVSZvlEyL36qIvP9MToKrwNCTYTU2KVO6uOnwPaoH_rRiHblLmOEXXFIaAl7LEALw_wcB&wickedid=442079934461&wickedkeyword=&wickedplacement=&wickedsource=google&wtm_campaign=11883213035&wtm_content=119056434401&wtm_term=

from the tracking template
{lpurl}?wickedsource=google&wickedid={creative}&wtm_term={ifsearch:{keyword}}{ifcontent:{placement}}&wtm_campaign={campaignid}&wtm_content={adgroupid}&wickedplacement={placement}&wickedkeyword={keyword}&gclid={gclid}

campaign id matches as well as adgroup id

but in wickedid={creative} we get 442079934461 which does not correspond any Ad ID


and if we double check it in Click Performance Report using gclid we find info that click happened on 2020-01-04
with gclid: Cj0KCQiAlsv_BRDtARIsAHMGVSZvlEyL36qIvP9MToKrwNCTYTU2KVO6uOnwPaoH_rRiHblLmOEXXFIaAl7LEALw_wcB
and creativeid: 489809209416

which is actual AdID number

please advise why could be a cause for the issue?

we see thousands clicks like this for mentioned account

Thank you!

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi,

Can you please share the full report definitions and results so I can take a closer look? Please do so using reply privately.

Regards,
Anthony

Anthony Google Ads API Team

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