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Fields from the above resources may be selected along with this
resource in your SELECT and WHERE clauses. These fieldswill not segmentmetrics in yourSELECTclause.
Fields/Segments/Metrics
This page shows all metrics and segments that can be put in the same SELECT clause as the fields ofbidding_strategy.
However, when you specifybidding_strategyin the FROM clause, some metrics and segments
cannot be used.
Use the following filter to show only the fields that can be used whenbidding_strategyis specified in the FROM clause.
Isbidding_strategyspecified in the FROM clause of your query?
The number of campaigns attached to this bidding strategy. This field is read-only.
Category
ATTRIBUTE
Data Type
INT64
Type URL
N/A
Filterable
True
Selectable
True
Sortable
True
Repeated
False
bidding_strategy.currency_code
Field description
The currency used by the bidding strategy (ISO 4217 three-letter code). For bidding strategies in manager customers, this currency can be set on creation and defaults to the manager customer's currency. For serving customers, this field cannot be set; all strategies in a serving customer implicitly use the serving customer's currency. In all cases the effective_currency_code field returns the currency used by the strategy.
Category
ATTRIBUTE
Data Type
STRING
Type URL
N/A
Filterable
True
Selectable
True
Sortable
True
Repeated
False
bidding_strategy.effective_currency_code
Field description
The currency used by the bidding strategy (ISO 4217 three-letter code). For bidding strategies in manager customers, this is the currency set by the advertiser when creating the strategy. For serving customers, this is the customer's currency_code. Bidding strategy metrics are reported in this currency. This field is read-only.
Category
ATTRIBUTE
Data Type
STRING
Type URL
N/A
Filterable
True
Selectable
True
Sortable
True
Repeated
False
bidding_strategy.enhanced_cpc
Field description
A bidding strategy that raises bids for clicks that seem more likely to lead to a conversion and lowers them for clicks where they seem less likely.
Maximum bid limit that can be set by the bid strategy. The limit applies to all keywords managed by the strategy. Mutable for portfolio bidding strategies only.
Minimum bid limit that can be set by the bid strategy. The limit applies to all keywords managed by the strategy. Mutable for portfolio bidding strategies only.
The target return on ad spend (ROAS) option. If set, the bid strategy will maximize revenue while averaging the target return on ad spend. If the target ROAS is high, the bid strategy may not be able to spend the full budget. If the target ROAS is not set, the bid strategy will aim to achieve the highest possible ROAS for the budget.
Maximum bid limit that can be set by the bid strategy. The limit applies to all keywords managed by the strategy. Mutable for portfolio bidding strategies only.
Minimum bid limit that can be set by the bid strategy. The limit applies to all keywords managed by the strategy. Mutable for portfolio bidding strategies only.
The target cost per acquisition (CPA) option. This is the average amount that you would like to spend per acquisition.
Category
ATTRIBUTE
Data Type
INT64
Type URL
N/A
Filterable
True
Selectable
True
Sortable
True
Repeated
False
bidding_strategy.name
Field description
The name of the bidding strategy. All bidding strategies within an account must be named distinctly. The length of this string should be between 1 and 255, inclusive, in UTF-8 bytes, (trimmed).
Category
ATTRIBUTE
Data Type
STRING
Type URL
N/A
Filterable
True
Selectable
True
Sortable
True
Repeated
False
bidding_strategy.non_removed_campaign_count
Field description
The number of non-removed campaigns attached to this bidding strategy. This field is read-only.
Category
ATTRIBUTE
Data Type
INT64
Type URL
N/A
Filterable
True
Selectable
True
Sortable
True
Repeated
False
bidding_strategy.resource_name
Field description
The resource name of the bidding strategy. Bidding strategy resource names have the form:customers/{customer_id}/biddingStrategies/{bidding_strategy_id}
Category
ATTRIBUTE
Data Type
RESOURCE_NAME
Type URL
N/A
Filterable
True
Selectable
True
Sortable
False
Repeated
False
bidding_strategy.status
Field description
The status of the bidding strategy. This field is read-only.
Maximum bid limit that can be set by the bid strategy. The limit applies to all keywords managed by the strategy. This should only be set for portfolio bid strategies.
Category
ATTRIBUTE
Data Type
INT64
Type URL
N/A
Filterable
True
Selectable
True
Sortable
True
Repeated
False
bidding_strategy.target_cpa.cpc_bid_floor_micros
Field description
Minimum bid limit that can be set by the bid strategy. The limit applies to all keywords managed by the strategy. This should only be set for portfolio bid strategies.
Category
ATTRIBUTE
Data Type
INT64
Type URL
N/A
Filterable
True
Selectable
True
Sortable
True
Repeated
False
bidding_strategy.target_cpa.target_cpa_micros
Field description
Average CPA target. This target should be greater than or equal to minimum billable unit based on the currency for the account.
The highest CPC bid the automated bidding system is permitted to specify. This is a required field entered by the advertiser that sets the ceiling and specified in local micros.
Maximum bid limit that can be set by the bid strategy. The limit applies to all keywords managed by the strategy. This should only be set for portfolio bid strategies.
Category
ATTRIBUTE
Data Type
INT64
Type URL
N/A
Filterable
True
Selectable
True
Sortable
True
Repeated
False
bidding_strategy.target_roas.cpc_bid_floor_micros
Field description
Minimum bid limit that can be set by the bid strategy. The limit applies to all keywords managed by the strategy. This should only be set for portfolio bid strategies.
Category
ATTRIBUTE
Data Type
INT64
Type URL
N/A
Filterable
True
Selectable
True
Sortable
True
Repeated
False
bidding_strategy.target_roas.target_roas
Field description
The chosen revenue (based on conversion data) per unit of spend.
Maximum bid limit that can be set by the bid strategy. The limit applies to all keywords managed by the strategy.
Category
ATTRIBUTE
Data Type
INT64
Type URL
N/A
Filterable
True
Selectable
True
Sortable
True
Repeated
False
bidding_strategy.target_spend.target_spend_micros
Field description
The spend target under which to maximize clicks. A TargetSpend bidder will attempt to spend the smaller of this value or the natural throttling spend amount. If not specified, the budget is used as the spend target. This field is deprecated and should no longer be used. Seehttps://ads-developers.googleblog.com/2020/05/reminder-about-sunset-creation-of.htmlfor details.
Category
ATTRIBUTE
Data Type
INT64
Type URL
N/A
Filterable
True
Selectable
True
Sortable
True
Repeated
False
bidding_strategy.type
Field description
The type of the bidding strategy. Create a bidding strategy by setting the bidding scheme. This field is read-only.
Hour of day as a number between 0 and 23, inclusive.
Category
SEGMENT
Data Type
INT32
Type URL
N/A
Filterable
True
Selectable
True
Sortable
True
Repeated
False
segments.month
Field description
Month as represented by the date of the first day of a month. Formatted as yyyy-MM-dd.
Category
SEGMENT
Data Type
DATE
Type URL
N/A
Filterable
True
Selectable
True
Sortable
True
Repeated
False
segments.quarter
Field description
Quarter as represented by the date of the first day of a quarter. Uses the calendar year for quarters, for example, the second quarter of 2018 starts on 2018-04-01. Formatted as yyyy-MM-dd.
Category
SEGMENT
Data Type
DATE
Type URL
N/A
Filterable
True
Selectable
True
Sortable
True
Repeated
False
segments.week
Field description
Week as defined as Monday through Sunday, and represented by the date of Monday. Formatted as yyyy-MM-dd.
Category
SEGMENT
Data Type
DATE
Type URL
N/A
Filterable
True
Selectable
True
Sortable
True
Repeated
False
segments.year
Field description
Year, formatted as yyyy.
Category
SEGMENT
Data Type
INT32
Type URL
N/A
Filterable
True
Selectable
True
Sortable
True
Repeated
False
metrics.all_conversions
Field description
The total number of conversions. This includes all conversions regardless of the value of include_in_conversions_metric.
Category
METRIC
Data Type
DOUBLE
Type URL
N/A
Filterable
True
Selectable
True
Sortable
True
Repeated
False
metrics.all_conversions_by_conversion_date
Field description
The total number of conversions. This includes all conversions regardless of the value of include_in_conversions_metric. When this column is selected with date, the values in date column means the conversion date. Details for the by_conversion_date columns are available athttps://support.google.com/sa360/answer/9250611.
Category
METRIC
Data Type
DOUBLE
Type URL
N/A
Filterable
True
Selectable
True
Sortable
True
Repeated
False
metrics.all_conversions_from_interactions_rate
Field description
All conversions from interactions (as oppose to view through conversions) divided by the number of ad interactions.
The value of all conversions from interactions divided by the total number of interactions.
Category
METRIC
Data Type
DOUBLE
Type URL
N/A
Filterable
True
Selectable
True
Sortable
True
Repeated
False
metrics.all_conversions_value
Field description
The value of all conversions.
Category
METRIC
Data Type
DOUBLE
Type URL
N/A
Filterable
True
Selectable
True
Sortable
True
Repeated
False
metrics.all_conversions_value_by_conversion_date
Field description
The value of all conversions. When this column is selected with date, the values in date column means the conversion date. Details for the by_conversion_date columns are available athttps://support.google.com/sa360/answer/9250611.
Category
METRIC
Data Type
DOUBLE
Type URL
N/A
Filterable
True
Selectable
True
Sortable
True
Repeated
False
metrics.all_conversions_value_per_cost
Field description
The value of all conversions divided by the total cost of ad interactions (such as clicks for text ads or views for video ads).
Category
METRIC
Data Type
DOUBLE
Type URL
N/A
Filterable
True
Selectable
True
Sortable
True
Repeated
False
metrics.average_cost
Field description
The average amount you pay per interaction. This amount is the total cost of your ads divided by the total number of interactions.
The number of client account conversions. This only includes conversion actions which include_in_client_account_conversions_metric attribute is set to true. If you use conversion-based bidding, your bid strategies will optimize for these conversions.
Category
METRIC
Data Type
DOUBLE
Type URL
N/A
Filterable
True
Selectable
True
Sortable
True
Repeated
False
metrics.client_account_conversions_value
Field description
The value of client account conversions. This only includes conversion actions which include_in_client_account_conversions_metric attribute is set to true. If you use conversion-based bidding, your bid strategies will optimize for these conversions.
Category
METRIC
Data Type
DOUBLE
Type URL
N/A
Filterable
True
Selectable
True
Sortable
True
Repeated
False
metrics.client_account_view_through_conversions
Field description
The total number of view-through conversions. These happen when a customer sees an image or rich media ad, then later completes a conversion on your site without interacting with (for example, clicking on) another ad.
Category
METRIC
Data Type
INT64
Type URL
N/A
Filterable
True
Selectable
True
Sortable
True
Repeated
False
metrics.conversions
Field description
The number of conversions. This only includes conversion actions which include_in_conversions_metric attribute is set to true. If you use conversion-based bidding, your bid strategies will optimize for these conversions.
Category
METRIC
Data Type
DOUBLE
Type URL
N/A
Filterable
True
Selectable
True
Sortable
True
Repeated
False
metrics.conversions_from_interactions_rate
Field description
Average biddable conversions (from interaction) per conversion eligible interaction. Shows how often, on average, an ad interaction leads to a biddable conversion.
The value of conversions from interactions divided by the number of ad interactions. This only includes conversion actions which include_in_conversions_metric attribute is set to true. If you use conversion-based bidding, your bid strategies will optimize for these conversions.
Category
METRIC
Data Type
DOUBLE
Type URL
N/A
Filterable
True
Selectable
True
Sortable
True
Repeated
False
metrics.conversions_value
Field description
The sum of conversion values for the conversions included in the "conversions" field. This metric is useful only if you entered a value for your conversion actions.
Category
METRIC
Data Type
DOUBLE
Type URL
N/A
Filterable
True
Selectable
True
Sortable
True
Repeated
False
metrics.conversions_value_per_cost
Field description
The value of biddable conversion divided by the total cost of conversion eligible interactions.
The cost of ad interactions divided by all conversions.
Category
METRIC
Data Type
DOUBLE
Type URL
N/A
Filterable
True
Selectable
True
Sortable
True
Repeated
False
metrics.cost_per_conversion
Field description
Average conversion eligible cost per biddable conversion.
Category
METRIC
Data Type
DOUBLE
Type URL
N/A
Filterable
True
Selectable
True
Sortable
True
Repeated
False
metrics.cross_device_conversions
Field description
Conversions from when a customer clicks on an ad on one device, then converts on a different device or browser. Cross-device conversions are already included in all_conversions.
How often people interact with your ad after it is shown to them. This is the number of interactions divided by the number of times your ad is shown.
Category
METRIC
Data Type
DOUBLE
Type URL
N/A
Filterable
True
Selectable
True
Sortable
True
Repeated
False
metrics.interactions
Field description
The number of interactions. An interaction is the main user action associated with an ad format-clicks for text and shopping ads, views for video ads, and so on.
Category
METRIC
Data Type
INT64
Type URL
N/A
Filterable
True
Selectable
True
Sortable
True
Repeated
False
metrics.value_per_all_conversions
Field description
The value of all conversions divided by the number of all conversions.
Category
METRIC
Data Type
DOUBLE
Type URL
N/A
Filterable
True
Selectable
True
Sortable
True
Repeated
False
metrics.value_per_conversion
Field description
The value of biddable conversion divided by the number of biddable conversions. Shows how much, on average, each of the biddable conversions is worth.
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