Thanks, I will add my thoughts on the other thread.
I am not sure what you mean by " The reference document for each object state if a field can be null or not (AdGroup.name for example)". This is not about API objects, this is about report fields. Most report fields do not have a counterpart in API objects. Just think of ClickType or Conversions. Can they be null? I can imagine Conversions being NULL in accounts where no conversions are defined. But it's hard to test, you have to create a new account with credit card info etc., then direct traffic to it. It's quite an effort.
What makes this issue worse is that reporting is updated more often than the regular AdWords API, and the time given to us developers is much smaller. (For instance, this breaking change gives developers just 40 days to develop the necessary changes. In those 40 days the development efforts cannot be fully tested since the announced change cannot be tested in advance. So we have to depend on all available information.)
Summary: I want nullable documentation for every report field. Just like "Type", "Display Name", "Behavior" etc., another attribute "Can be NULL" which just says True or False - and maybe some information in which circumstances this field will be NULL.
Can you pass this request?
On Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at 6:30:46 PM UTC+2, Shwetha Vastrad (AdWords API Team) wrote:
-- I am not sure what you mean by " The reference document for each object state if a field can be null or not (AdGroup.name for example)". This is not about API objects, this is about report fields. Most report fields do not have a counterpart in API objects. Just think of ClickType or Conversions. Can they be null? I can imagine Conversions being NULL in accounts where no conversions are defined. But it's hard to test, you have to create a new account with credit card info etc., then direct traffic to it. It's quite an effort.
What makes this issue worse is that reporting is updated more often than the regular AdWords API, and the time given to us developers is much smaller. (For instance, this breaking change gives developers just 40 days to develop the necessary changes. In those 40 days the development efforts cannot be fully tested since the announced change cannot be tested in advance. So we have to depend on all available information.)
Summary: I want nullable documentation for every report field. Just like "Type", "Display Name", "Behavior" etc., another attribute "Can be NULL" which just says True or False - and maybe some information in which circumstances this field will be NULL.
Can you pass this request?
On Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at 6:30:46 PM UTC+2, Shwetha Vastrad (AdWords API Team) wrote:
Hi Zweitze,
We are working on making the reporting of null values for String fields more consistent. The reference document for each object state if a field can be null or not (AdGroup.name for example). The Path1 and Path2 fields for an Expanded Text ads are optional at the moment. So, null values for these fields would be returned as "--" in reports which would be difficult to distinguish from Path fields with "--" as the text. There is another thread on the forum where a similar discussion is going on. You could provide your inputs on that thread as well. I'll pass this along to the team and keep you updated.Regards,Shwetha, AdWords API Team.
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