I am trying to filter adsets insights by adset status, but when I add a status filter, I get an empty dataset back:
curl "https://graph.facebook.com/v2.7/act_<redacted>/insights?fields=clicks,impressions,cpc,ctr,account_id&time_range%5Bsince%5D=2016-01-12&time_range%5Buntil%5D=2016-09-12&access_token=<redacted>&format=json&filtering=%5B%7B%22field%22:%22status%22,%22operator%22:%22EQUAL%22,%22value%22:%22ACTIVE%22%7D%5D&level=adset"
here is what filtering param looks like before it gets url-encoded:
[{"field":"status","operator":"EQUAL","value":"ACTIVE"}]
I have tried all valid values for status ACTIVE, PAUSED, DELETED, ARCHIVED to no avail.
When I remove filtering param - I see my data.
The question is: Does anyone know if it is possible to filter by status, and if it is, what I am doing wrong?
It is possible. Using latest version as of March 2018.
You need to actually request all the ads that are ACTIVE and then provide insights as a 'nested' list of fields.
Replace 123456 with your ad account (but leave the 'act_' which is needed)
act_123456/ads?fields=effective_status,name,insights{total_action_value,total_actions,actions},adset_id,campaign_id&filtering=[{'field':'effective_status','operator':'IN','value':['ACTIVE']}]
This also works for /campaigns and /adsets
You can also do this (be sure to include &level=ad):
act_123456/insights?fields=ad_id,adset_id,campaign_name,action_values,campaign_id,total_action_value&level=ad&filtering=[{"field":"campaign.delivery_info","operator":"IN","value":["active"]}]