How can I fetch Budget status "Limited by budget"

[Emma Karlsson]

Hi, 

Looking for a way to get a trigger if any of my budgets get limited. In the documentation I can see Budget status, but not the option "Limited by budget" anywhere. 

(SearchBudgetLostImpressionShare can't be used due to the data delay) 

Anyone knows what this attribute is called and/or if it even exists? 

Cheers! 

[Mat]

Hi Emma,

I don't think, you'll find this feature anywhere in the Google Ads API. On the other hand: the status "Limited by budget" you'll see on the website is flawed in itself (it seems to last for 7 days, no matter how the actual ad spend is on the following days).
What we do is to check the cost against the budget amount. However, that's pretty tricky too, because you'll have to check for budget changes (amount and allocations), associated campaigns, days in the month, paused and/or reactivated campaigns, ad schedules etc. - and you'll have to guess or test how Google calculates with these parameters (e.g. if the campaigns only run 5 days a week or only two hours on the weekend etc).

Regards

Mat

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Emma,

Mat is correct. This field is currently not available through the API. Please let me know if you have any other issues or questions.

Regards,
Anthony
Google Ads API Team

Anthony Madrigal Google Ads API Team

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[Emma Karlsson]

Thank you! 

Ok, then I don't need to look around anymore for that at least. 
(Some clarification: I only need the notification as a warning to not limit the bid strategies, so it's rather the change in Ads cost/demand I need to fetch if maybe that can be grabbed some other way. (I like the way you think, Mat!)