Brainlab’s Search Query Mining for N-gram Analysis (Updated) for new script environment

Back in 2015, the guys at Brainlabs created a very popular script that allows you to analyze n-grams in your search term data.

An n-gram is a phrase made of n words: a 1-gram is a single word, a 2-gram is a phrase made of two words, and so on. For example, “this four word phrase” contains three 2-grams (“this four,” “four word,” “word phrase”) and two 3-grams (“this four-word” and “four word phrase”).

The script adds up the clicks, impressions, cost, converted clicks and conversion value of each query containing the n-grams — and calculates the click-through rate, cost per click, conversion rate, CPA and value/cost — so you can see their impact.

If the performance is good, you might want to make new ad groups around the n-gram; if the performance is bad, you might want to exclude the n-gram as a negative phrase-match keyword.

If you’re using the Google Ads n-gram script (aka ‘Search Query Mining Tool’) you may have noticed it’s not working in the new Google Ads scripts experience.

It throws an error like:

InputError: shared_criterion.keyword.text || shared_criterion.placement.url || etc.

The issue is caused by an AWQL query that is not compatible with the new script environment.

To fix the issue I’ve updated the script so that it now uses GAQL to retrieve the data.

For instructions on how to use the script, please visit the original post at SearchEngineLand .

Here’s the updated code:

 


/**
*
* Search Query Mining Tool
*
* This script calculates the contribution of each word or phrase found in the 
* search query report and outputs a report into a Google Doc spreadsheet.
*
* Changed by Nils Rooijmans: 
* Updated 2022-08-22: replaced AWQL query that throws error in new script environment with a compatible GAQL alternative 
*
* Version: 2.2
* Updated 2015-09-17: replacing 'KeywordText' with 'Criteria'
* Updated 2016-10-11: replacing 'ConvertedClicks' with 'Conversions'
* Google AdWords Script maintained on brainlabsdigital.com
*
**/

function main() {
  //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  // Options
  
  var startDate = "2022-01-01";
  var endDate = "2022-08-21";
  // The start and end date of the date range for your search query data
  // Format is yyyy-mm-dd
  
  var currencySymbol = "€";
  // The currency symbol used for formatting. For example "£", "$" or "€".
  
  var campaignNameContains = "";
  // Use this if you only want to look at some campaigns
  // such as campaigns with names containing 'Brand' or 'Shopping'.
  // Leave as "" if not wanted.
  
  var campaignNameDoesNotContain = "";
  // Use this if you want to exclude some campaigns
  // such as campaigns with names containing 'Brand' or 'Shopping'.
  // Leave as "" if not wanted.
  
  var ignorePausedCampaigns = true;
  // Set this to true to only look at currently active campaigns.
  // Set to false to include campaigns that had impressions but are currently paused.
  
  var ignorePausedAdGroups = true;
  // Set this to true to only look at currently active ad groups.
  // Set to false to include ad groups that had impressions but are currently paused.
  
  var checkNegatives = true;
  // Set this to true to remove queries that would be excluded by your negative keywords.
  
  var spreadsheetUrl = "https://docs.google.com/YOUR-SPREADSHEET-URL-HERE";
  // The URL of the Google Doc the results will be put into.
  
  var minNGramLength = 1;
  var maxNGramLength = 2;
  // The word length of phrases to be checked.
  // For example if minNGramLength is 1 and maxNGramLength is 3, 
  // phrases made of 1, 2 and 3 words will be checked.
  // Change both min and max to 1 to just look at single words.
  
  var clearSpreadsheet = true;
  
  
  //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  // Thresholds
  
  var queryCountThreshold = 0;
  var impressionThreshold = 10;
  var clickThreshold = 0;
  var costThreshold = 0;
  var conversionThreshold = 0;
  // Words will be ignored if their statistics are lower than any of these thresholds
  
  
  //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  // Check the spreadsheet has been entered, and that it works
  if (spreadsheetUrl.replace(/[AEIOU]/g,"X") == "https://docs.google.com/YXXR-SPRXXDSHXXT-XRL-HXRX") {
    Logger.log("Problem with the spreadsheet URL: make sure you've replaces the default with a valid spreadsheet URL.");
    return;
  }
  try {
    var spreadsheet = SpreadsheetApp.openByUrl(spreadsheetUrl);
  } catch (e) {
    Logger.log("Problem with the spreadsheet URL: '" + e + "'");
    return;
  }
  
  // Get the IDs of the campaigns to look at
  var dateRange = startDate.replace(/-/g, "") + "," + endDate.replace(/-/g, "");
  var activeCampaignIds = [];
  var whereStatements = "";
  
  if (campaignNameDoesNotContain != "") {
    whereStatements += "AND CampaignName DOES_NOT_CONTAIN_IGNORE_CASE '" + campaignNameDoesNotContain + "' ";
  }
  if (ignorePausedCampaigns) {
    whereStatements += "AND CampaignStatus = ENABLED ";
  } else {
    whereStatements += "AND CampaignStatus IN ['ENABLED','PAUSED'] ";
  }
  
  var campaignReport = AdWordsApp.report(
    "SELECT CampaignName, CampaignId " +
    "FROM   CAMPAIGN_PERFORMANCE_REPORT " +
    "WHERE CampaignName CONTAINS_IGNORE_CASE '" + campaignNameContains + "' " +
    "AND Impressions > 0 " + whereStatements +
    "DURING " + dateRange
  );
  var campaignRows = campaignReport.rows();
  while (campaignRows.hasNext()) {
    var campaignRow = campaignRows.next();
    activeCampaignIds.push(campaignRow["CampaignId"]);
  }//end while
  
  if (activeCampaignIds.length == 0) {
    Logger.log("Could not find any campaigns with impressions and the specified options.");
    return;
  }
  
  var whereAdGroupStatus = "";
  if (ignorePausedAdGroups) {
    var whereAdGroupStatus = "AND AdGroupStatus = ENABLED ";
  } else {
    whereAdGroupStatus += "AND AdGroupStatus IN ['ENABLED','PAUSED'] ";
  }
  
  
  //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  // Find the negative keywords
  var negativesByGroup = [];
  var negativesByCampaign = [];
  var sharedSetData = [];
  var sharedSetNames = [];
  var sharedSetCampaigns = [];
  
  if (checkNegatives) {
    // Gather ad group level negative keywords
    var keywordReport = AdWordsApp.report(
      "SELECT CampaignId, AdGroupId, Criteria, KeywordMatchType " +
      "FROM   KEYWORDS_PERFORMANCE_REPORT " +
      "WHERE Status = ENABLED AND IsNegative = TRUE " + whereAdGroupStatus +
      "AND CampaignId IN [" + activeCampaignIds.join(",") + "] " +
      "DURING " + dateRange
      );
    
    var keywordRows = keywordReport.rows();
    while (keywordRows.hasNext()) {
      var keywordRow = keywordRows.next();
      
      if (negativesByGroup[keywordRow["AdGroupId"]] == undefined) {
        negativesByGroup[keywordRow["AdGroupId"]] = 
          [[keywordRow["Criteria"].toLowerCase(),keywordRow["KeywordMatchType"].toLowerCase()]];
      } else {
        negativesByGroup[keywordRow["AdGroupId"]].push([keywordRow["Criteria"].toLowerCase(),keywordRow["KeywordMatchType"].toLowerCase()]);
      }
    }
    
    // Gather campaign level negative keywords
    var campaignNegReport = AdWordsApp.report(
      "SELECT CampaignId, Criteria, KeywordMatchType " +
      "FROM   CAMPAIGN_NEGATIVE_KEYWORDS_PERFORMANCE_REPORT " +
      "WHERE  IsNegative = TRUE " +
      "AND CampaignId IN [" + activeCampaignIds.join(",") + "]"
    );
    var campaignNegativeRows = campaignNegReport.rows();
    while (campaignNegativeRows.hasNext()) {
      var campaignNegativeRow = campaignNegativeRows.next();
      if (negativesByCampaign[campaignNegativeRow["CampaignId"]] == undefined) {
        negativesByCampaign[campaignNegativeRow["CampaignId"]] = [[campaignNegativeRow["Criteria"].toLowerCase(),campaignNegativeRow["KeywordMatchType"].toLowerCase()]];
      } else {
        negativesByCampaign[campaignNegativeRow["CampaignId"]].push([campaignNegativeRow["Criteria"].toLowerCase(),campaignNegativeRow["KeywordMatchType"].toLowerCase()]);
      }
    }
    
    // Find which campaigns use shared negative keyword sets
    var campaignSharedReport = AdWordsApp.report(
      "SELECT CampaignName, CampaignId, SharedSetName, SharedSetType, Status " +
      "FROM   CAMPAIGN_SHARED_SET_REPORT " +
      "WHERE SharedSetType = NEGATIVE_KEYWORDS " +
      "AND CampaignId IN [" + activeCampaignIds.join(",") + "]");
    var campaignSharedRows = campaignSharedReport.rows();
    while (campaignSharedRows.hasNext()) {
      var campaignSharedRow = campaignSharedRows.next();
      if (sharedSetCampaigns[campaignSharedRow["SharedSetName"]] == undefined) {
        sharedSetCampaigns[campaignSharedRow["SharedSetName"]] = [campaignSharedRow["CampaignId"]];
      } else {
        sharedSetCampaigns[campaignSharedRow["SharedSetName"]].push(campaignSharedRow["CampaignId"]);
      }
    }
    
    // Map the shared sets' IDs (used in the criteria report below)
    // to their names (used in the campaign report above)
    var sharedSetReport = AdWordsApp.report(
      "SELECT Name, SharedSetId, MemberCount, ReferenceCount, Type " +
      "FROM   SHARED_SET_REPORT " +
      "WHERE ReferenceCount > 0 AND Type = NEGATIVE_KEYWORDS ");
    var sharedSetRows = sharedSetReport.rows();
    while (sharedSetRows.hasNext()) {
      var sharedSetRow = sharedSetRows.next();
      sharedSetNames[sharedSetRow["SharedSetId"]] = sharedSetRow["Name"];
    }
    
    // Collect the negative keyword text from the sets,
    // and record it as a campaign level negative in the campaigns that use the set
    
    /* DEPERECATED CODE     
    var sharedSetReport = AdWordsApp.report(
      "SELECT SharedSetId, KeywordMatchType, Criteria " +
      "FROM   SHARED_SET_CRITERIA_REPORT ");
    var sharedSetRows = sharedSetReport.rows();
    while (sharedSetRows.hasNext()) {
      var sharedSetRow = sharedSetRows.next();
      var setName = sharedSetNames[sharedSetRow["SharedSetId"]];
      if (sharedSetCampaigns[setName] !== undefined) {
        for (var i=0; i<sharedSetCampaigns[setName].length; i++) {
          var campaignId = sharedSetCampaigns[setName][i];
          if (negativesByCampaign[campaignId] == undefined) {
            negativesByCampaign[campaignId] = 
              [[sharedSetRow["Criteria"].toLowerCase(),sharedSetRow["KeywordMatchType"].toLowerCase()]];
          } else {
            negativesByCampaign[campaignId].push([sharedSetRow["Criteria"].toLowerCase(),sharedSetRow["KeywordMatchType"].toLowerCase()]);
          }
        }
      }
    }
    */ 
    
    // UPDATED CODE TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH NEW SCRIPT ENVIRONMENT
    // Collect the negative keyword text from the sets,
    // and record it as a campaign level negative in the campaigns that use the set
    var GAQLquery = "SELECT shared_set.id, shared_criterion.keyword.match_type, shared_criterion.keyword.text FROM shared_criterion";
    
    var sharedSetRows = AdsApp.search(GAQLquery);
    while (sharedSetRows.hasNext()) {
      var sharedSetRow = sharedSetRows.next();
      var setName = sharedSetNames[sharedSetRow.sharedSet.id];
      if (sharedSetCampaigns[setName] !== undefined) {
        for (var i=0; i<sharedSetCampaigns[setName].length; i++) {
          var campaignId = sharedSetCampaigns[setName][i];
          if (negativesByCampaign[campaignId] == undefined) {
            negativesByCampaign[campaignId] = 
              [[sharedSetRow.sharedCriterion.keyword.text.toLowerCase(),sharedSetRow.sharedCriterion.keyword.matchType.toLowerCase()]];
          } else {
            negativesByCampaign[campaignId].push([sharedSetRow.sharedCriterion.keyword.text.toLowerCase(),sharedSetRow.sharedCriterion.keyword.matchType.toLowerCase()]);
          }
        }
      }
    } 
    
        
    
    Logger.log("Finished finding negative keywords");
  }// end if
  
  
  //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  // Define the statistics to download or calculate, and their formatting
  
  var statColumns = ["Clicks", "Impressions", "Cost", "Conversions", "ConversionValue"];
  var calculatedStats = [["CTR","Clicks","Impressions"],
                         ["CPC","Cost","Clicks"],
                         ["Conv. Rate","Conversions","Clicks"],
                         ["Cost / conv.","Cost","Conversions"],
                         ["Conv. value/cost","ConversionValue","Cost"]]
  var currencyFormat = currencySymbol + "#,##0.00";
  var formatting = ["#,##0", "#,##0", "#,##0", currencyFormat, "#,##0", currencyFormat,"0.00%",currencyFormat,"0.00%",currencyFormat,"0.00%"];
  
  
  //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  // Go through the search query report, remove searches already excluded by negatives
  // record the performance of each word in each remaining query
  
  var queryReport = AdWordsApp.report(
    "SELECT CampaignName, CampaignId, AdGroupId, AdGroupName, Query, " + statColumns.join(", ") + " " +
    "FROM SEARCH_QUERY_PERFORMANCE_REPORT " +
      "WHERE CampaignId IN [" + activeCampaignIds.join(",") + "] " + whereAdGroupStatus +
        "DURING " + dateRange);
  
  var numberOfWords = [];
  var campaignNGrams = {};
  var adGroupNGrams = {};
  var totalNGrams = [];
  
  for (var n=minNGramLength; n<maxNGramLength+1; n++) {
    totalNGrams[n] = {};
  }
  
  var queryRows = queryReport.rows();
  while (queryRows.hasNext()) {
    var queryRow = queryRows.next();
    
    if (checkNegatives) {
      var searchIsExcluded = false;
      
      // Checks if the query is excluded by an ad group level negative
      if (negativesByGroup[queryRow["AdGroupId"]] !== undefined) {
        for (var i=0; i<negativesByGroup[queryRow["AdGroupId"]].length; i++) {
          if ( (negativesByGroup[queryRow["AdGroupId"]][i][1] == "exact" &&
                queryRow["Query"] == negativesByGroup[queryRow["AdGroupId"]][i][0]) ||
              (negativesByGroup[queryRow["AdGroupId"]][i][1] != "exact" &&
              (" "+queryRow["Query"]+" ").indexOf(" "+negativesByGroup[queryRow["AdGroupId"]][i][0]+" ") > -1 )){
            searchIsExcluded = true;
            break;
          }
        }
      }
      
      // Checks if the query is excluded by a campaign level negative
      if (!searchIsExcluded && negativesByCampaign[queryRow["CampaignId"]] !== undefined) {
        for (var i=0; i<negativesByCampaign[queryRow["CampaignId"]].length; i++) {
          if ( (negativesByCampaign[queryRow["CampaignId"]][i][1] == "exact" &&
                queryRow["Query"] == negativesByCampaign[queryRow["CampaignId"]][i][0]) ||
              (negativesByCampaign[queryRow["CampaignId"]][i][1]!= "exact" &&
              (" "+queryRow["Query"]+" ").indexOf(" "+negativesByCampaign[queryRow["CampaignId"]][i][0]+" ") > -1 )){
            searchIsExcluded = true;
            break;
          }
        }
      }
      
      if (searchIsExcluded) {continue;}
    }
    
    var currentWords = queryRow["Query"].split(" ");
    
    if (campaignNGrams[queryRow["CampaignName"]] == undefined) {
      campaignNGrams[queryRow["CampaignName"]] = [];
      adGroupNGrams[queryRow["CampaignName"]] = {};
      
      for (var n=minNGramLength; n<maxNGramLength+1; n++) {
        campaignNGrams[queryRow["CampaignName"]][n] = {};
      }
    }
    
    if (adGroupNGrams[queryRow["CampaignName"]][queryRow["AdGroupName"]] == undefined) {
      adGroupNGrams[queryRow["CampaignName"]][queryRow["AdGroupName"]] = [];
      for (var n=minNGramLength; n<maxNGramLength+1; n++) {
        adGroupNGrams[queryRow["CampaignName"]][queryRow["AdGroupName"]][n] = {};
      }
    }
    
    var stats = [];
    for (var i=0; i<statColumns.length; i++) {
      stats[i] = parseFloat(queryRow[statColumns[i]].replace(/,/g, ""));
    }
    
    var wordLength = currentWords.length;
    if (wordLength > 6) {
      wordLength = "7+";
    }
    if (numberOfWords[wordLength] == undefined) {
      numberOfWords[wordLength] = [];
    }
    for (var i=0; i<statColumns.length; i++) {
      if (numberOfWords[wordLength][statColumns[i]] > 0) {
        numberOfWords[wordLength][statColumns[i]] += stats[i];
      } else {
        numberOfWords[wordLength][statColumns[i]] = stats[i];
      }
    }
    
    // Splits the query into n-grams and records the stats for each
    for (var n=minNGramLength; n<maxNGramLength+1; n++) {
      if (n > currentWords.length) {
        break;
      }
      
      var doneNGrams = [];
      
      for (var w=0; w < currentWords.length - n + 1; w++) {
        var currentNGram = '="' + currentWords.slice(w,w+n).join(" ") + '"';
        
        if (doneNGrams.indexOf(currentNGram) < 0) {
          
          if (campaignNGrams[queryRow["CampaignName"]][n][currentNGram] == undefined) {
            campaignNGrams[queryRow["CampaignName"]][n][currentNGram] = {};
            campaignNGrams[queryRow["CampaignName"]][n][currentNGram]["Query Count"] = 0;
          }
          if (adGroupNGrams[queryRow["CampaignName"]][queryRow["AdGroupName"]][n][currentNGram] == undefined) {
            adGroupNGrams[queryRow["CampaignName"]][queryRow["AdGroupName"]][n][currentNGram] = {};
            adGroupNGrams[queryRow["CampaignName"]][queryRow["AdGroupName"]][n][currentNGram]["Query Count"] = 0;
          }
          if (totalNGrams[n][currentNGram] == undefined) {
            totalNGrams[n][currentNGram] = {};
            totalNGrams[n][currentNGram]["Query Count"] = 0;
          }
          
          campaignNGrams[queryRow["CampaignName"]][n][currentNGram]["Query Count"]++;
          adGroupNGrams[queryRow["CampaignName"]][queryRow["AdGroupName"]][n][currentNGram]["Query Count"]++;
          totalNGrams[n][currentNGram]["Query Count"]++;
          
          for (var i=0; i<statColumns.length; i++) {
            if (campaignNGrams[queryRow["CampaignName"]][n][currentNGram][statColumns[i]] > 0) {
              campaignNGrams[queryRow["CampaignName"]][n][currentNGram][statColumns[i]] += stats[i];
            } else {
              campaignNGrams[queryRow["CampaignName"]][n][currentNGram][statColumns[i]] = stats[i];
            }
            
            if (adGroupNGrams[queryRow["CampaignName"]][queryRow["AdGroupName"]][n][currentNGram][statColumns[i]] > 0) {
              adGroupNGrams[queryRow["CampaignName"]][queryRow["AdGroupName"]][n][currentNGram][statColumns[i]] += stats[i];
            } else {
              adGroupNGrams[queryRow["CampaignName"]][queryRow["AdGroupName"]][n][currentNGram][statColumns[i]] = stats[i];
            }
            
            if (totalNGrams[n][currentNGram][statColumns[i]] > 0) {
              totalNGrams[n][currentNGram][statColumns[i]] += stats[i];
            } else {
              totalNGrams[n][currentNGram][statColumns[i]] = stats[i];
            }
          }
          
          doneNGrams.push(currentNGram);
        }
      }
    }
  }
  
  Logger.log("Finished analysing queries.");
  
  
  //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  // Output the data into the spreadsheet
  
  var wordLengthOutput = [];
  var wordLengthFormat = [];
  var outputs = [];
  var formats = [];
  
  for (var n=minNGramLength; n<maxNGramLength+1; n++) {
    outputs[n] = {};
    outputs[n]['campaign'] = [];
    outputs[n]['adgroup'] = [];
    outputs[n]['total'] = [];
    formats[n] = {};
    formats[n]['campaign'] = [];
    formats[n]['adgroup'] = [];
    formats[n]['total'] = [];
  }
  
  // Create headers
  var calcStatNames = [];
  for (var s=0; s<calculatedStats.length; s++) {
    calcStatNames.push(calculatedStats[s][0]);
  }
  var statNames = statColumns.concat(calcStatNames);
  for (var n=minNGramLength; n<maxNGramLength+1; n++) {
    outputs[n]['campaign'].push(["Campaign","Phrase","Query Count"].concat(statNames));
    outputs[n]['adgroup'].push(["Campaign","Ad Group","Phrase","Query Count"].concat(statNames));
    outputs[n]['total'].push(["Phrase","Query Count"].concat(statNames));
  }
  wordLengthOutput.push(["Word count"].concat(statNames));
  
  // Organise the ad group level stats into an array for output
  for (var n=minNGramLength; n<maxNGramLength+1; n++) {
    for (var campaign in adGroupNGrams) {
      for (var adGroup in adGroupNGrams[campaign]) {
        for (var nGram in adGroupNGrams[campaign][adGroup][n]) {
          
          // skips nGrams under the thresholds
          if (adGroupNGrams[campaign][adGroup][n][nGram]["Query Count"] < queryCountThreshold) {continue;}
          if (adGroupNGrams[campaign][adGroup][n][nGram]["Impressions"] < impressionThreshold) {continue;}
          if (adGroupNGrams[campaign][adGroup][n][nGram]["Clicks"] < clickThreshold) {continue;}
          if (adGroupNGrams[campaign][adGroup][n][nGram]["Cost"] < costThreshold) {continue;}
          if (adGroupNGrams[campaign][adGroup][n][nGram]["Conversions"] < conversionThreshold) {continue;}
          
          var printline = [campaign, adGroup, nGram, adGroupNGrams[campaign][adGroup][n][nGram]["Query Count"]];
          
          for (var s=0; s<statColumns.length; s++) {
            printline.push(adGroupNGrams[campaign][adGroup][n][nGram][statColumns[s]]);
          }
          
          for (var s=0; s<calculatedStats.length; s++) {
            var multiplier = calculatedStats[s][1];
            var divisor = calculatedStats[s][2];
            if (adGroupNGrams[campaign][adGroup][n][nGram][divisor] > 0) {
              printline.push(adGroupNGrams[campaign][adGroup][n][nGram][multiplier] / adGroupNGrams[campaign][adGroup][n][nGram][divisor]);
            } else {
              printline.push("-");
            }
          }
          outputs[n]['adgroup'].push(printline);
          formats[n]['adgroup'].push(["0","0","0"].concat(formatting));
        }
      }
    }
  }
  
  // Organise the campaign level stats into an array for output
  for (var n=minNGramLength; n<maxNGramLength+1; n++) {
    for (var campaign in campaignNGrams) {
      for (var nGram in campaignNGrams[campaign][n]) {
        
        // skips nGrams under the thresholds
        if (campaignNGrams[campaign][n][nGram]["Query Count"] < queryCountThreshold) {continue;}
        if (campaignNGrams[campaign][n][nGram]["Impressions"] < impressionThreshold) {continue;}
        if (campaignNGrams[campaign][n][nGram]["Clicks"] < clickThreshold) {continue;}
        if (campaignNGrams[campaign][n][nGram]["Cost"] < costThreshold) {continue;}
        if (campaignNGrams[campaign][n][nGram]["Conversions"] < conversionThreshold) {continue;}
        
        var printline = [campaign, nGram, campaignNGrams[campaign][n][nGram]["Query Count"]];
        
        for (var s=0; s<statColumns.length; s++) {
          printline.push(campaignNGrams[campaign][n][nGram][statColumns[s]]);
        }
        
        for (var s=0; s<calculatedStats.length; s++) {
          var multiplier = calculatedStats[s][1];
          var divisor = calculatedStats[s][2];
          if (campaignNGrams[campaign][n][nGram][divisor] > 0) {
            printline.push(campaignNGrams[campaign][n][nGram][multiplier] / campaignNGrams[campaign][n][nGram][divisor]);
          } else {
            printline.push("-");
          }
        }
        outputs[n]['campaign'].push(printline);
        formats[n]['campaign'].push(["0","0"].concat(formatting));
      }
    }
  }
  
  // Organise the account level stats into an array for output
  for (var n=minNGramLength; n<maxNGramLength+1; n++) {
    for (var nGram in totalNGrams[n]) {
      
      // skips n-grams under the thresholds
      if (totalNGrams[n][nGram]["Query Count"] < queryCountThreshold) {continue;}
      if (totalNGrams[n][nGram]["Impressions"] < impressionThreshold) {continue;}
      if (totalNGrams[n][nGram]["Clicks"] < clickThreshold) {continue;}
      if (totalNGrams[n][nGram]["Cost"] < costThreshold) {continue;}
      if (totalNGrams[n][nGram]["Conversions"] < conversionThreshold) {continue;}
      
      var printline = [nGram, totalNGrams[n][nGram]["Query Count"]];
      
      for (var s=0; s<statColumns.length; s++) {
        printline.push(totalNGrams[n][nGram][statColumns[s]]);
      }
      
      for (var s=0; s<calculatedStats.length; s++) {
        var multiplier = calculatedStats[s][1];
        var divisor = calculatedStats[s][2];
        if (totalNGrams[n][nGram][divisor] > 0) {
          printline.push(totalNGrams[n][nGram][multiplier] / totalNGrams[n][nGram][divisor]);
        } else {
          printline.push("-");
        }
      }
      outputs[n]['total'].push(printline);
      formats[n]['total'].push(["0"].concat(formatting));
    }
  }
  
  // Organise the word count analysis into an array for output
  for (var i = 1; i<8; i++) {
    if (i < 7) {
      var wordLength = i;
    } else {
      var wordLength = "7+";
    }
    
    var printline = [wordLength];
    
    if (numberOfWords[wordLength] == undefined) {
      printline.push([0,0,0,0,"-","-","-","-"]);
    } else {
      for (var s=0; s<statColumns.length; s++) {
        printline.push(numberOfWords[wordLength][statColumns[s]]);
      }
      
      for (var s=0; s<calculatedStats.length; s++) {
        var multiplier = calculatedStats[s][1];
        var divisor = calculatedStats[s][2];
        if (numberOfWords[wordLength][divisor] > 0) {
          printline.push(numberOfWords[wordLength][multiplier] / numberOfWords[wordLength][divisor]);
        } else {
          printline.push("-");
        }
      }
    }
    wordLengthOutput.push(printline);
    wordLengthFormat.push(formatting);
  }
  
  var filterText = "";
  if (ignorePausedAdGroups) {
    filterText = "Active ad groups";
  } else {
    filterText = "All ad groups";
  }
  
  if (ignorePausedCampaigns) {
    filterText += " in active campaigns";
  } else {
    filterText += " in all campaigns";
  }
  
  if (campaignNameContains != "") {
    filterText += " containing '" + campaignNameContains + "'";
    if (campaignNameDoesNotContain != "") {
      filterText += " and not containing '" + campaignNameDoesNotContain + "'";
    }
  } else if (campaignNameDoesNotContain != "") {
    filterText += " not containing '" + campaignNameDoesNotContain + "'";
  }
  
  // Find or create the required sheets
  var spreadsheet = SpreadsheetApp.openByUrl(spreadsheetUrl);
  var campaignNGramName = [];
  var adGroupNGramName = [];
  var totalNGramName = [];
  var campaignNGramSheet = [];
  var adGroupNGramSheet = [];
  var totalNGramSheet = [];
  
  for (var n=minNGramLength; n<maxNGramLength+1; n++) {
    if (n==1) {
      campaignNGramName[n] = "Campaign Word Analysis";
      adGroupNGramName[n] = "Ad Group Word Analysis";
      totalNGramName[n] = "Account Word Analysis";	  
    } else {
      campaignNGramName[n] = "Campaign " + n + "-Gram Analysis";
      adGroupNGramName[n] = "Ad Group " + n + "-Gram Analysis";
      totalNGramName[n] = "Account " + n + "-Gram Analysis";
    }
    
    campaignNGramSheet[n] = spreadsheet.getSheetByName(campaignNGramName[n]);
    if (campaignNGramSheet[n] == null) {
      campaignNGramSheet[n] = spreadsheet.insertSheet(campaignNGramName[n]);
    }
    
    adGroupNGramSheet[n] = spreadsheet.getSheetByName(adGroupNGramName[n]);
    if (adGroupNGramSheet[n] == null) {
      adGroupNGramSheet[n] = spreadsheet.insertSheet(adGroupNGramName[n]);
    }
    
    totalNGramSheet[n] = spreadsheet.getSheetByName(totalNGramName[n]);
    if (totalNGramSheet[n] == null) {
      totalNGramSheet[n] = spreadsheet.insertSheet(totalNGramName[n]);
    }
  }
  
  var wordCountSheet = spreadsheet.getSheetByName("Word Count Analysis");
  if (wordCountSheet == null) {
    wordCountSheet = spreadsheet.insertSheet("Word Count Analysis");
  }
  
  // Write the output arrays to the spreadsheet
  for (var n=minNGramLength; n<maxNGramLength+1; n++) {
    var nGramName = n + "-Grams";
    if (n == 1) {
      nGramName = "Words";
    }
    
    writeOutput(outputs[n]['campaign'], formats[n]['campaign'], campaignNGramSheet[n], nGramName, "Campaign", filterText, clearSpreadsheet);
    writeOutput(outputs[n]['adgroup'], formats[n]['adgroup'], adGroupNGramSheet[n], nGramName, "Ad Group", filterText, clearSpreadsheet);
    writeOutput(outputs[n]['total'], formats[n]['total'], totalNGramSheet[n], nGramName, "Account", filterText, clearSpreadsheet);
  }
  
  writeOutput(wordLengthOutput, wordLengthFormat, wordCountSheet, "Word Count", "Account", filterText, clearSpreadsheet);
  
  Logger.log("Finished writing to spreadsheet.");
} // end main function


function writeOutput(outputArray, formatArray, sheet, nGramName, levelName, filterText, clearSpreadsheet) {
  for (var i=0;i<5;i++) {
    try {
      if (clearSpreadsheet) {
        sheet.clear();
      }
      
      if (nGramName == "Word Count") {
        sheet.getRange("R1C1").setValue("Analysis of Search Query Performance by Word Count");
      } else {
        sheet.getRange("R1C1").setValue("Analysis of " + nGramName + " in Search Query Report, By " + levelName);
      }
      
      sheet.getRange("R" + (sheet.getLastRow() + 2) + "C1").setValue(filterText);
      
      var lastRow = sheet.getLastRow();
      
      if (formatArray.length == 0) {
        sheet.getRange("R" + (lastRow + 1) + "C1").setValue("No " + nGramName.toLowerCase() + " found within the thresholds.");
      } else {
        sheet.getRange("R" + (lastRow + 1) + "C1:R" + (lastRow+outputArray.length) + "C" + outputArray[0].length).setValues(outputArray);
        sheet.getRange("R" + (lastRow + 2) + "C1:R" + (lastRow+outputArray.length) + "C" + formatArray[0].length).setNumberFormats(formatArray);
        
        var sortByColumns = [];
        if (outputArray[0][0] == "Campaign" || outputArray[0][0] == "Word count") {
          sortByColumns.push({column: 1, ascending: true});
        }
        if (outputArray[0][1] == "Ad Group") {
          sortByColumns.push({column: 2, ascending: true});
        }
        sortByColumns.push({column: outputArray[0].indexOf("Cost") + 1, ascending: false});
        sortByColumns.push({column: outputArray[0].indexOf("Impressions") + 1, ascending: false});
        sheet.getRange("R" + (lastRow + 2) + "C1:R" + (lastRow+outputArray.length) + "C" + outputArray[0].length).sort(sortByColumns);
      }
      
      break;
      
    } catch (e) {
      if (e == "Exception: This action would increase the number of cells in the worksheet above the limit of 2000000 cells.") {
        Logger.log("Could not output " + levelName + " level " + nGramName.toLowerCase() + ": '" + e + "'");
        try {
          sheet.getRange("R" + (sheet.getLastRow() + 2) + "C1").setValue("Not enough space to write the data - try again in an empty spreadsheet");
        } catch (e2) {
          Logger.log("Error writing 'not enough space' message: " + e2);
        }
        break;
      }
      
      if (i == 4) {
        Logger.log("Could not output " + levelName + " level " + nGramName.toLowerCase() + ": '" + e + "'");
      }
    }
  }
}

 

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2022-08-29T07:32:38+00:00

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