Why there are more Location criterion id available to set target in UI than available in Geotarget file

[Gopal Krishan Gupta]

It looks like using the web UI, I can set target for more locations than are available in geolocation file published here https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/geotargeting. 

For example using UI, I can choose a city 'Narnaul' in India with criterion id 9298109, but this is not available in list of all criterion id published here. 

Is there a way for us to retrieve list of all available criterion id which can be targeted ?

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi,

Unfortunately, the only list I'm aware of are the ones from the API that you referenced. You can reach out to the product team to see if there are any reference pages on their end.

Regards,
Anthony
Google Ads API Team

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[Gopal Krishan Gupta]

Thanks for your reply ? I thought google support monitor this forum as well and answer questions. Do you mean i need to call some support to get answer ?

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi,

Our forum is specifically for API related issues. Since you are looking for all the locations available in the UI, you should reach out to the product team. You can contact them by either sending an email or creating a post on their forum.

[Gopal Krishan Gupta]

My question is specifically about API. How can we retrieve the location criterion ids using API  which are available in Google ads UI ?

Can you please share the email id, and I would happy to send the email, and will share my learning back on this forum as well for the benefit of other API users.

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi,

The LocationCriterionService will return all of the locations and their IDs available using the API. This is the same list of locations found here. It will not include some of the IDs you mentioned such as 9298109. You contact the product team using this link using one of the options from "Need more help?" on the bottom of the page.