VIDEO_PERFORMANCE_REPORT - returns $0 cost?

[Christopher Taylor]

Glad we can finally download AdWords video cost data through the API. But for some reason the report returns $0 cost - even though there are definitely clicks and cost that we see directly through the AdWords UI. Any idea why this is?

Attaching the report that the API returns..

[Umesh Dengale]

Hello,

Could you provide the report request and clientCustomerId? Just click Reply privately to author in the forum when responding. Don't forget to remove the developer token in the output.

Thanks,

Umesh, AdWords API Team.

[Umesh Dengale]

Hello,

Thanks for providing the report request and clientCustomerId. Your VIDEO_PERFORMANCE_REPORT request contains the column ClickType which is of behaviour type Segment. When ClickType is included in the report, the fields with metric behavior (e.g. Impressions, Cost etc.) will have an impact as ads can serve with multiple click types displayed, impressions may be double counted and the totals may not be accurate. Due to field ClickType, the fields with metric behavior (e.g. Impressions, Cost) will return 0.