Upcoming changes to ad network type columns in AdWords API and Scripts reports
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
On March 19, 2018, we are updating how AdNetworkType1 and AdNetworkType2 columns report zero impression rows related to video networks.
Currently, if you request
This change makes the behavior of
If you have any questions about these changes, post them in our developer forum.
Currently, if you request
AdNetworkType1
or AdNetworkType2
columns and request zero impression rows by setting the includeZeroImpressions flag to true, you get back zero impression rows for YOUTUBE_SEARCH
and YOUTUBE_WATCH
values only if you target these networks in your Advertiser account. After this change, we will always return zero rows corresponding to these network types irrespective of whether you advertise on these networks. Other network types are not affected by this change.This change makes the behavior of
YOUTUBE_SEARCH
and YOUTUBE_WATCH
network types consistent with the behavior of other network types. Once this change goes live, you may start seeing a higher number of zero impression rows than what you see today when requesting AdNetworkType1
or AdNetworkType2
columns along with zero impression rows.If you have any questions about these changes, post them in our developer forum.