Account Status

[AdWords API User]

Hi,

Can you confirm whether there is a mechanism to query the status of a client account through the API?  We are specifically interested in whether an account has been suspended.

We are aware that it is possible to use the Campaign Performance report to return the status of individual campaigns, but there does not appear to be an equivalent status field on the Account Performance report.  We manage a large number of clients, and it would be helpful to use the API to identify fundamental problems with these accounts.

Thanks,

John

[Umesh Dengale]

Hi John,

The AdWords API services or reports (Account performance report) does not have a field to retrieve account status. 

Regards,

Umesh, AdWords API Team.

[Umesh Dengale]

Hi John,

You could use the BUDGET_PERFORMANCE_REPORT which gives statistics aggregated by default at the budget level, one row per budget. This report has fields Amount, AssociatedCampaignId, AssociatedCampaignName, Cost, AssociatedCampaignStatus etc. There is no field which gives the remaining budget. The workaround could be to calculate the difference between allocated budget and the TotalCost from CampaignPerformance report. Please check out BUDGET_PERFORMANCE_REPORT and CAMPAIGN_PERFORMANCE_REPORT for more details.

Thanks,

Umesh, AdWords API Team.

[Zweitze]

I recall suspended accounts give certain errors on operations, eg. you cannot create new campaigns. Unfortunately I cannot recall which error that was.
Anyway, if you know a suspended account right now try creating a new campaign in it with validateOnly set. Check whether you get errors and which error.

[AdWords API User]

Hi Umesh,

Thanks for looking into this for me.  I'll explore your suggestion when I get back to the issue next week.

John

[AdWords API User]

Zweitze,

Thanks for your suggestion.  I will look at this next week when I get back to the issue.

John