Estimated bids not showing in interface when created via api

[abzt...@gmail.com]

Hi All, 

We are happily using adword api, but having a issue which is:

when a user start working on a adgroup's keyword he/she uses the estimated bid columns (Est. first page bid, Est. top page bid, Est. first position bid) to start with, it help them to get idea about criteria worth.

when they add keywords through adword interface those column shows data (from google criteria history i guess), but when they create keywords form API those column are not available (not showing any data) in interface..
So,

the point to ask is is there any configuration needed from code to enable these columns when a user create keyword from API, and also which service return data for these column 

Thanks,

[Bharani Cherukuri (AdWords API Team)]

Hello, 

You're right. These attributes are estimates based on historical stats. These are read only fields and will be ignored when sent to the API. To verify this, could you try creating the same keyword from the API and the UI to see if you see any difference with the Estimated stats? If yes, please share the screenshots along with API SOAP logs for the mutate operation so I can take a look. You can share the details privately via Reply privately to author option. 

Thanks,

Bharani, AdWords API Team