Is setting the ad rotation at campaign level still supported?

[markus...@s24.com]

Hello,

the release note for the 201710 AdWords API says:

> Simplified and improved ad rotation settings are now available at the ad group level via the adGroupRotationMode field. Campaign-level rotation settings in the adServingOptimizationStatus field are now read-only.

Due to this we moved our ad rotation settings from campaign to ad group level. But the UI still supports setting it at campaign level. Now our customers ask us, why we did this, because there is much more effort to apply changes to the ad rotation manually.

So is setting the ad rotation still supported at campaign level by the API or not? If not will it be removed from the UI too? When? Will the API documentation be updated to reflect this?

Thanks,

Markus

[Dannison Yao (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Markus,

As of v201806, the ad rotation feature is supported at the ad group level but not at the campaign level as stated in the provided link. Normally, features in the AdWords API are just mirrored from the AdWords UI, so, the campaign level ad rotation may no longer be available from the UI as well. 

However, If you wish to confirm this, you could open your concern to the AdWords Community Forum.

Let me know if you have further clarifications.

Regards,

Dannison

AdWords API Team

[markus...@s24.com]

Hi Dannison,

thanks for clarifying this. I was just a bit confused since the API documentation (https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/v201806/CampaignService.Campaign#adservingoptimizationstatus) does not mention the fact, that the adServingOptimizationStatus is read-only.

Thanks,

Markus

[markus...@s24.com]

Hi Dannison,

I am a bit confused, because one of our customers got this answer from their Google AdWords support:

> "Ad rotation setting is made available for Adgroups as well along with campaigns from the v201710 version of AdWords API. They could use the adServingOptimizationStatus field of the CampaignService to change the Ad rotation setting. To access the Ad rotation setting at AdGroup level, they could use the adGroupRotationMode field of the AdGroupService. Please let me know if they have any further questions."

This is contrary to what you told me... Am I misunderstanding something here or is the communication from Google AdWords team inconsistent?

Regards,

Markus

[Dannison Yao (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Markus,

According to the release notes of v201710, campaign-level rotation settings in the adServingOptimizationStatus field are now read-only starting from v201710.