Mines the search query report to find phrases that appear in the same searches as user specified text

Associated Search Analysis.js

/**
*
* Associated Search Analysis
*
* This script takes in a list of pieces of text, and finds the words and
* phrases that appear in the same search queries as that text. The found
* phrases and the performance of the queries they appear in are then reported
* in a Google Doc spreadsheet.
*
* Version: 1.0
* Google AdWords Script maintained on brainlabsdigital.com
*
**/

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Options

var startDate = "2017-08-01";
var endDate = "2017-08-31";
// 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 campaignNameDoesNotContain = [];
// Use this if you want to exclude some campaigns.
// For example ["Display"] would ignore any campaigns with 'Display' in the name,
// while ["Display","Shopping"] would ignore any campaigns with 'Display' or
// 'Shopping' in the name.
// Leave as [] to not exclude any campaigns.

var campaignNameContains = [];
// Use this if you only want to look at some campaigns.
// For example ["Brand"] would only look at campaigns with 'Brand' in the name,
// while ["Brand","Generic"] would only look at campaigns with 'Brand' or 'Generic'
// in the name.
// Leave as [] to include all campaigns.

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 reportAdGroupLevel = true;
// Set this to true to report on phrases used in individual ad groups.
// Data is always shown at campaign and account level.

var spreadsheetUrl = "https://docs.google.com/YOUR-SPREADSHEET-URL-HERE";
// The URL of the Google Doc the results will be put into.

var textOfInterest = ["example one", "example two"];
// This is the text you are interested in
// The report will show what phrases appear in searches containing this text.
// Text should be in double quotes and comma separated, eg ["yes", "no"]

var minNGramLength = 1;
var maxNGramLength = 2;
// The word length of the phrases that appear alongside the text of interest.
// 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;
// Set this to true to clear any data already in the spreadsheet when the
// script is run.
// If this is set to false, then the script will instead append information to
// the bottom of the sheets. Use this if you are running the script multiple
// times on different parts of the account or looking for different text


//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Thresholds

var queryCountThreshold = 0;
var impressionThreshold = 100;
var clickThreshold = 0;
var costThreshold = 0;
var conversionThreshold = 0;
// Words will be ignored if their statistics are lower than any of these thresholds


//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
function main() {
  
  // Check the spreadsheet has been entered, and that it works
  var spreadsheet = checkSpreadsheet(spreadsheetUrl, "the spreadsheet");
  
  // Get the IDs of the campaigns to look at
  var activeCampaignIds = getCampaignIds();
  
  var textOfInterestTreated = []
  for (var i=0; i<textOfInterest.length; i++) {
    textOfInterestTreated[i] = " " + textOfInterest[i].trim().toLowerCase() + " ";
  }
  
  //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  // 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%"];
  
  
  //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  // Initialise objects to hold the data
  var campaignNGrams = {};
  var adGroupNGrams = {};
  var totalNGrams = [];
  initialiseContainer(totalNGrams, minNGramLength, maxNGramLength, textOfInterest);
  
  //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  // Go through the search query report, remove searches already excluded by negatives
  // record the performance of each word in each remaining query
  
  var whereAdGroupStatus = "";
  if (ignorePausedAdGroups) {
    var whereAdGroupStatus = "AND AdGroupStatus = ENABLED ";
  } else {
    whereAdGroupStatus += "AND AdGroupStatus IN ['ENABLED','PAUSED'] ";
  }
  var dateRange = startDate.replace(/-/g, "") + "," + endDate.replace(/-/g, "");
  
  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 queryRows = queryReport.rows();
  while (queryRows.hasNext()) {
    var queryRow = queryRows.next();
    
    var query = " " + queryRow["Query"] + " ";
    var includedWords = [];
    var includedWordsSpaced = [];
    for (var i=0; i<textOfInterest.length; i++) {
      if (query.indexOf(textOfInterestTreated[i]) > -1) {
        includedWords.push(textOfInterest[i]);
        includedWordsSpaced.push(textOfInterestTreated[i]);
      }
    }
    
    if (includedWords.length == 0) {
      continue; 
    }
    
    var currentWords = queryRow["Query"].split(" ");
    
    if (campaignNGrams[queryRow["CampaignName"]] == undefined) {
      campaignNGrams[queryRow["CampaignName"]] = [];
      initialiseContainer(campaignNGrams[queryRow["CampaignName"]], minNGramLength, maxNGramLength, textOfInterest);
      adGroupNGrams[queryRow["CampaignName"]] = {};
    }
    
    if (reportAdGroupLevel && adGroupNGrams[queryRow["CampaignName"]][queryRow["AdGroupName"]] == undefined) {
      adGroupNGrams[queryRow["CampaignName"]][queryRow["AdGroupName"]] = [];
      initialiseContainer(adGroupNGrams[queryRow["CampaignName"]][queryRow["AdGroupName"]], minNGramLength, maxNGramLength, textOfInterest);
    }
    
    var stats = [];
    for (var i=0; i<statColumns.length; i++) {
      stats[i] = parseFloat(queryRow[statColumns[i]].replace(/,/g, ""));
    }
    
    // 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 currentNGramRaw = currentWords.slice(w,w+n).join(" ");
        var currentNGramSpaced = " " + currentNGramRaw + " ";
        var currentNGram = '="' + currentNGramRaw + '"';
        if (doneNGrams.indexOf(currentNGram) > -1) {
          continue;
        }
        doneNGrams.push(currentNGram);
        
        for (var q=0; q<includedWords.length; q++) {
          if (currentNGramSpaced == includedWordsSpaced[q] || includedWordsSpaced[q].indexOf(currentNGramSpaced) > -1) {
            continue;
          }
          
          if (campaignNGrams[queryRow["CampaignName"]][n][includedWords[q]][currentNGram] == undefined) {
            campaignNGrams[queryRow["CampaignName"]][n][includedWords[q]][currentNGram] = {};
            initialiseDataObject(campaignNGrams[queryRow["CampaignName"]][n][includedWords[q]][currentNGram], statColumns);
          }
          
          if (totalNGrams[n][includedWords[q]][currentNGram] == undefined) {
            totalNGrams[n][includedWords[q]][currentNGram] = {};
            initialiseDataObject(totalNGrams[n][includedWords[q]][currentNGram], statColumns);
          }
          
          campaignNGrams[queryRow["CampaignName"]][n][includedWords[q]][currentNGram]["Query Count"]++;
          totalNGrams[n][includedWords[q]][currentNGram]["Query Count"]++;
          
          for (var i=0; i<statColumns.length; i++) {
            campaignNGrams[queryRow["CampaignName"]][n][includedWords[q]][currentNGram][statColumns[i]] += stats[i];
            totalNGrams[n][includedWords[q]][currentNGram][statColumns[i]] += stats[i];
          }
          
          if (reportAdGroupLevel) {
            if (adGroupNGrams[queryRow["CampaignName"]][queryRow["AdGroupName"]][n][includedWords[q]][currentNGram] == undefined) {
              adGroupNGrams[queryRow["CampaignName"]][queryRow["AdGroupName"]][n][includedWords[q]][currentNGram] = {};
              initialiseDataObject(adGroupNGrams[queryRow["CampaignName"]][queryRow["AdGroupName"]][n][includedWords[q]][currentNGram], statColumns);
            }
            adGroupNGrams[queryRow["CampaignName"]][queryRow["AdGroupName"]][n][includedWords[q]][currentNGram]["Query Count"]++;
            for (var i=0; i<statColumns.length; i++) {
              adGroupNGrams[queryRow["CampaignName"]][queryRow["AdGroupName"]][n][includedWords[q]][currentNGram][statColumns[i]] += stats[i];
            }
          }
        }
        
      }
    }
  }
  
  Logger.log("Finished analysing queries.");
  
  
  //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  // Output the data into the spreadsheet
  
  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(["Word of Interest","Campaign","Phrase","Query Count"].concat(statNames));
    outputs[n]['total'].push(["Word of Interest","Phrase","Query Count"].concat(statNames));
  }
  
  // Organise the ad group level stats into an array for output
  if (reportAdGroupLevel) {
    var adGroupLineFormatting = [0,0,0,0].concat(formatting);
    for (var n=minNGramLength; n<maxNGramLength+1; n++) {
      outputs[n]['adgroup'].push(["Word of Interest", "Campaign","Ad Group","Phrase","Query Count"].concat(statNames));
      for (var campaign in adGroupNGrams) {
        for (var adGroup in adGroupNGrams[campaign]) {
          for (var wordOfInterest in adGroupNGrams[campaign][adGroup][n]) {
            for (var nGram in adGroupNGrams[campaign][adGroup][n][wordOfInterest]) {
              var dataObject = adGroupNGrams[campaign][adGroup][n][wordOfInterest][nGram];
              var printlineStart = [wordOfInterest, campaign, adGroup, nGram];
              addToOutput(dataObject, printlineStart, outputs[n]['adgroup'], formats[n]['adgroup'], adGroupLineFormatting, statColumns, calculatedStats);
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
  
  // Organise the campaign level stats into an array for output
  var campaignLineFormatting = [0,0,0].concat(formatting);
  for (var n=minNGramLength; n<maxNGramLength+1; n++) {
    for (var campaign in campaignNGrams) {
      for (var wordOfInterest in campaignNGrams[campaign][n]) {
        for (var nGram in campaignNGrams[campaign][n][wordOfInterest]) {
          var dataObject = campaignNGrams[campaign][n][wordOfInterest][nGram];
          var printlineStart = [wordOfInterest, campaign, nGram];
          addToOutput(dataObject, printlineStart, outputs[n]['campaign'], formats[n]['campaign'], campaignLineFormatting, statColumns, calculatedStats);
        }
      }
    }
  }
  
  // Organise the account level stats into an array for output
  var totalLineFormatting = [0,0].concat(formatting);
  for (var n=minNGramLength; n<maxNGramLength+1; n++) {
    for (var wordOfInterest in totalNGrams[n]) {
      for (var nGram in totalNGrams[n][wordOfInterest]) {
        var dataObject = totalNGrams[n][wordOfInterest][nGram];
        var printlineStart = [wordOfInterest, nGram];
        addToOutput(dataObject, printlineStart, outputs[n]['total'], formats[n]['total'], totalLineFormatting, statColumns, calculatedStats);
      }
    }
  }
  
  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]);
    }
    
    if (reportAdGroupLevel) {
      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]);
    }
  }
  
  // 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]['total'], formats[n]['total'], totalNGramSheet[n], nGramName, "Account", filterText, clearSpreadsheet);
    
    if (reportAdGroupLevel) {
      writeOutput(outputs[n]['adgroup'], formats[n]['adgroup'], adGroupNGramSheet[n], nGramName, "Ad Group", filterText, clearSpreadsheet);
    }
  }
  
  Logger.log("Finished writing to spreadsheet.");
} // end main function




// Check the spreadsheet URL has been entered, and that it works
function checkSpreadsheet(spreadsheetUrl, spreadsheetName) {
  if (spreadsheetUrl.replace(/[AEIOU]/g,"X") == "https://docs.google.com/YXXR-SPRXXDSHXXT-XRL-HXRX") {
    throw("Problem with " + spreadsheetName + " URL: make sure you've replaced the default with a valid spreadsheet URL.");
  }
  try {
    var spreadsheet = SpreadsheetApp.openByUrl(spreadsheetUrl);
    
    // Checks if you can edit the spreadsheet
    var sheet = spreadsheet.getSheets()[0];
    var sheetName = sheet.getName();
    sheet.setName(sheetName);
    
    return spreadsheet;
  } catch (e) {
    throw("Problem with " + spreadsheetName + " URL: '" + e + "'");
  }
}

// Get the IDs of campaigns which match the given options
function getCampaignIds() {
  var whereStatement = "WHERE ";
  var whereStatementsArray = [];
  var campaignIds = [];
  
  if (ignorePausedCampaigns) {
    whereStatement += "CampaignStatus = ENABLED ";
  } else {
    whereStatement += "CampaignStatus IN ['ENABLED','PAUSED'] ";
  }
  
  for (var i=0; i<campaignNameDoesNotContain.length; i++) {
    whereStatement += "AND CampaignName DOES_NOT_CONTAIN_IGNORE_CASE '" + campaignNameDoesNotContain[i].replace(/"/g,'\\\"') + "' ";
  }
  
  if (campaignNameContains.length == 0) {
    whereStatementsArray = [whereStatement];
  } else {
    for (var i=0; i<campaignNameContains.length; i++) {
      whereStatementsArray.push(whereStatement + 'AND CampaignName CONTAINS_IGNORE_CASE "' + campaignNameContains[i].replace(/"/g,'\\\"') + '" ');
    }
  }
  
  for (var i=0; i<whereStatementsArray.length; i++) {
    var campaignReport = AdWordsApp.report(
      "SELECT CampaignId " +
      "FROM   CAMPAIGN_PERFORMANCE_REPORT " +
      whereStatementsArray[i] +
      "DURING LAST_30_DAYS");
    
    var rows = campaignReport.rows();
    while (rows.hasNext()) {
      var row = rows.next();
      campaignIds.push(row['CampaignId']);
    }
  }
  
  if (campaignIds.length == 0) {
    throw("No campaigns found with the given settings.");
  }
  
  Logger.log(campaignIds.length + " campaigns found");
  return campaignIds;
}


function initialiseContainer(containerObject, minNGramLength, maxNGramLength, textOfInterest) {
  for (var n=minNGramLength; n<maxNGramLength+1; n++) {
    containerObject[n] = {};
    for (var i=0; i<textOfInterest.length; i++) {
      containerObject[n][textOfInterest[i]] = {};
    }
  }
}

function initialiseDataObject(dataObject, statColumns) {
  dataObject["Query Count"] = 0;
  for (var i=0; i<statColumns.length; i++) {
    dataObject[statColumns[i]] = 0;
  }
}

function addToOutput(dataObject, printlineStart, output, format, formatting, statColumns, calculatedStats) {
  // skips nGrams under the thresholds
  if (dataObject["Query Count"] < queryCountThreshold) {return;}
  if (dataObject["Impressions"] < impressionThreshold) {return;}
  if (dataObject["Clicks"] < clickThreshold) {return;}
  if (dataObject["Cost"] < costThreshold) {return;}
  if (dataObject["Conversions"] < conversionThreshold) {return;}
  
  var printline = printlineStart.slice();
  printline.push(dataObject["Query Count"]);
  
  for (var s=0; s<statColumns.length; s++) {
    printline.push(dataObject[statColumns[s]]);
  }
  
  for (var s=0; s<calculatedStats.length; s++) {
    var multiplier = calculatedStats[s][1];
    var divisor = calculatedStats[s][2];
    if (dataObject[divisor] > 0) {
      printline.push(dataObject[multiplier] / dataObject[divisor]);
    } else {
      printline.push("-");
    }
  }
  output.push(printline);
  format.push(formatting);
}

function writeOutput(outputArray, formatArray, sheet, nGramName, levelName, filterText, clearSpreadsheet) {
  for (var i=0;i<5;i++) {
    try {
      if (clearSpreadsheet) {
        sheet.clear();
      }
      
      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][1] == "Campaign") {
          sortByColumns.push({column: 2, ascending: true});
        }
        if (outputArray[0][2] == "Ad Group") {
          sortByColumns.push({column: 3, ascending: true});
        }
        sortByColumns.push({column: 1, 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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