Issue retrieving AdWords metrics using dimension

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Name of affected component: Data Export API

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Issue summary:
If you try to retrieve AdWords related metrics, filtered by dimensions, you get 
error code 400 [Invalid Value]. If you don't filter by dimensions, everything 
works as expected.

You can test this phenomenon using Google APIs Explorer 
(https://code.google.com/apis/explorer/#_s=analytics&_v=v3&_m=data.ga.get)

Steps to reproduce issue:
1. try to retrieve one of the following AdWords metrics: 

    ga:impressions
    ga:adClicks
    ga:adCost
    ga:CPM
    ga:CPC
    ga:CTR
    ga:costPerTransaction
    ga:costPerGoalConversion
    ga:costPerConversion

2. filter by any dimension (tested: ga:customVarValue1 and ga:browser)

Expected output:
200 OK

Actual results:
400 Bad Request [Invalid Value]

Notes:
see 
https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topic/google-analytics-data-e
xport-api/aLL1TPH5kGQ

Original issue reported on code.google.com by 1.2.3.4....@gmail.com on 8 May 2012 at 7:46

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Hi

These combinations are not valid (read the text at the top to understand how to 
check cross dependencies)

see 
https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/reporting/core/dimsmets#cats=a
dwords,platform 

Original comment by analyt...@resoneo.net on 3 Oct 2012 at 9:21

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Original comment by pfrise...@google.com on 24 Jul 2013 at 2:55

• Changed state: WontFix