Hi,
In v201603 we got a change in reporting, string fields with NULL values are consistently reported as "--". I always wondered how to work with this, since "--" is a perfectly valid string value. Yes, you can create a campaign named "--", and a group too. (Google: just check campaign 688822988, and group 386353)
But maybe those fields can never be NULL, so my first question is: which fields are nullable and which fields are not? Ideally I would like to see the reporting documentation extended, telling for every field whether it is nullable or not.
Recently certain fields are reported as NULL which didn't happen before - especially Path1 and Path2 of extended text ads. And now it gets tricky, because "--" is actually a valid value for these fields... Check out the attached screenshot! (Google: you can find this ad in the group mentioned earlier).
But this particular ad gives me a problem, when I request an ad performance report, it both Path1 and Path2 report value "--". One of them should be interpreted as "--", the other as NULL. How can I do that?
So I have two questions:
1. Can the reporting documentation be updated, stating which fields can be NULL?
2. How does one distinguish NULL from the text "--"
Thanks in advance!
-- In v201603 we got a change in reporting, string fields with NULL values are consistently reported as "--". I always wondered how to work with this, since "--" is a perfectly valid string value. Yes, you can create a campaign named "--", and a group too. (Google: just check campaign 688822988, and group 386353)
But maybe those fields can never be NULL, so my first question is: which fields are nullable and which fields are not? Ideally I would like to see the reporting documentation extended, telling for every field whether it is nullable or not.
Recently certain fields are reported as NULL which didn't happen before - especially Path1 and Path2 of extended text ads. And now it gets tricky, because "--" is actually a valid value for these fields... Check out the attached screenshot! (Google: you can find this ad in the group mentioned earlier).
But this particular ad gives me a problem, when I request an ad performance report, it both Path1 and Path2 report value "--". One of them should be interpreted as "--", the other as NULL. How can I do that?
So I have two questions:
1. Can the reporting documentation be updated, stating which fields can be NULL?
2. How does one distinguish NULL from the text "--"
Thanks in advance!
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