Get readout from AdGroupCriterionService selector

[Stella]

Hi,  I am using 201809 version of adwords. trying to first get and then modify bidding at adgroup level. 

My CAMPAIGN_ID=1647087544 is one with tcpa set with biddingStrategySource=CAMPAIGN level. I believe in that way I can see the bidsCPA value. however, the ‘bids’ field is returned as empty. I get returns like this

Your doc, does not tell me how to access to “bids” field, can you tell me specificlly how based on below code?

https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/selectorfields#v201809 

Thank you

def main(client, campaign_id):

  # Initialize appropriate service.

  ad_group_service = client.GetService('AdGroupCriterionService', version='v201809')
  offset = 0
  # Construct selector and get all ad groups.
  selector = {
      'fields': [
          'AdGroupId','BaseCampaignId','QualityScore' 
          ,'BiddingStrategyId','BiddingStrategyName','BiddingStrategySource','BiddingStrategyType'
                 ],
      'predicates': [
          {
              'field': 'CampaignId',
              'operator': 'EQUALS',
              'values': [campaign_id]
          }
      ],
      'paging': {
          'startIndex': str(offset),
          'numberResults': str(PAGE_SIZE)
      }
  }

  more_pages = True
  while more_pages:
    page = ad_group_service.get(selector)

    # Display results.
    if 'entries' in page:
      for ad_group in page['entries']:
        print(ad_group)
    else:
      print ('No ad groups were found.')
    offset += PAGE_SIZE

    selector['paging']['startIndex'] = str(offset)
    more_pages = offset < int(page['totalNumEntries'])

if __name__ == '__main__':
  # Initialize client object.
  adwords_client = adwords.AdWordsClient.LoadFromStorage()
  main(adwords_client, CAMPAIGN_ID)

[Yang Yang]

Ops, I forget to attach how output looks like.

Also need to ask, this trial campaign is set with campaign tcpa why the biddingStrategyId and biddingStrategyName are both none?

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[Bharani Cherukuri (AdWords API Team)]

Hello, 

The bids can be set at the adgroup level or the adgroup criterion levels. If you're setting the bids at the AdGroup level, you may use the AdGroupService.mutate() operation by selecting the BiddingStrategyConfiguration to set the bid. Please check this code sample as a reference. If you're setting the bids at the AdGroup criterion level, you may use the AdGroupCriterionService.mutate() operation. The BiddingStrategyId and BiddingStrategyName are fields available for Shared bidding strategies. Since you're using Target CPA, you will not have values for these fields. Also, I was able to check the keywords in this campaign and see that there is no bid value set which explains why you're seeing no bid values. You may refer to this code sample as a reference. Code samples in other languages can be found here. You may also refer to this guide on how to override strategy settings.

Let me know if you have any further questions. 

Regards,

Bharani, AdWords API Team

[googleadsapi...@google.com]

Hello Yang, 

You will be able to get the Bid values using AdGroupCriterionService.get() and pull the CpcBid and CpmBid fields. For example, I was able to check the Keyword criteria in this account and see that there is no bid value set which explains why you're seeing no bid values. 

Let me know if you have any further questions. 

Regards,

Bharani, AdWords API Team

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[Yang Yang]

Thanks Bharani for checking the criteria. There is not yet setting at criteria level. This is the next step I am moving forward with, so want to make sure I am understanding the service ahead of time.  Can I actually set and query tcpa at adgroup criterion level?

[googleadsapi...@google.com]

Hello Yang, 

The Target CPA bidding strategy sets the bids and help you get maximum conversions at the target cost-per-acquisition (CPA) you set. Target CPA bidding automatically finds an optimal CPC bid for your ad each time it's eligible to appear. For example, if you choose a target CPA of $10, Google Ads will automatically set your CPC bids to try to get you as many conversions at $10 on average. This will be set as the highest max. CPC bid that you want Google Ads to set for any keywords, ad groups or campaigns using Target CPA bidding. You will need to use the CpcBid to set/get the bid values for the criteria. You may refer to this help center article as a reference.

Let me know if you have any other questions. 

Regards,

Bharani, AdWords API Team

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