No ExternalCustomerID in LABEL_REPORT?

[Oliver]

I noticed the new LABEL_REPORT does not have the ExternalCustomerID field (it has only the AccountDescriptiveName field).

Since entities are identified by IDs, and names can change, was there any reason why the account ID not included in this report?

Oliver

[Josh Radcliff (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Oliver,

I'll check with the reporting team, but note that there are several other reports that do not have ExternalCustomerId. Since reports can only be run for one AdWords account at a time, we don't necessarily consider this to be a critical field.

As a work-around, you could detect the customer ID from the clientCustomerId of your AdWords user/session (the value that winds up in the clientCustomerId header).

Thanks,

Josh, AdWords API Team

[Oliver]

Sure, the clientCustomerId can be deduced but it's puzzling why then the AccountDescriptiveName field is included?

In every other report that has AccountDescriptiveName, the corresponding ExternalCustomerId is also present.  

It just makes life much easier if we can parse the reports in the same way.

Oliver

[Anthony Madrigal]

Hi Oliver,

In case you were wondering, the ExternalCustomerId is currently available in the Label Report.

Cheers,

Anthony

AdWords API Team