Device targetting on the campaign level

[Roman Akhtariev]

Hi there!

Currently, I am trying to disable certain devices on the ad group level by using AdGroupBidModifier with the appropriate device type and setting `bid_modifier` to 0. Instead, I want to do the same on the Campaing level. However, it seems that CampaignBidModifier does not support devices. I also tried using CampaignCriterion to set bid_modifier to 0 but got the following error: `Error: This operator cannot be applied to a criterion of this type`.

My question is, how can I disable certain devices on the campaign level? Thank you!

Sources:

https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/campaigns/bidding/manage-bid-modifiers

https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/rpc/v6/CampaignBidModifierOperation

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Roman,

Thanks for posting your concern.

Could you confirm if my understanding is correct that you want to exclude specific device type at the campaign level? If yes, then I am afraid that it is not possible according to this document (DeviceInfo). However, you may set 0 to the bid_modifier of CampaignCriterion to opt out of a Device type.

But I can see that you already doing the above statement. With this, please provide the following details via Reply privately to author option to further investigate:

• complete request and response logs with request ID and where we can see the error.
• customer ID

Regards,

Ernie John Blanca Tacata Google Ads API Team

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[Roman Akhtariev]

Hi Ernie!

The customer id is '716-826-1846'. This is a test account.

Here's what I'm doing, I bolded the relevant parts: 

toMutate.push({

_resource: 'CampaignCriterion',

_operation: 'create',

ad_group: `customers/${customer.cid}/adGroups/${adGroupId}`,

campaign: `customers/${customer.cid}/campaigns/${adGroupId}`,

device: { type: enums.Device.MOBILE },

bid_modifier: 0,

});

Please let me know if you need anything else. Thanks!