relationship between AdGroupAd , AdGroup and Ad

[Evgeniy Lepikov]

What is the relationship between AdGroupAd , AdGroup and Ad? I can't find any mention of AdGroupAd in the description of the structure https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/concepts/api-structure

But when I look at the Google Ads API code example https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/ads/create-ads I see that Ad is created for AdGroupAd and not for AdGroup (correct me if I'm wrong)

If I understood correctly, then in each AdGroup I still need to create an AdGroupAd, as shown in the example on the link above. 

What if I want to add a new ad (Video or Playable) to an existing group? What do I have to do for that? I can't find the example in the documentation. Can you please help me figure this out?

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor]

Hi Evgeniy,

 

I'm Kevin from the Google Ads API Team.

 

The AdGroupAd is the link between an Ad Group and an Ad. As you may already know, once you create an Ad, you will have to create an AdGroupAd in order to associate it with an Ad Group. The example you provided already shows how to add an Ad to an existing Ad Group which is through AdGroupAds. There's no need to update AdGroups to add ads into it.

 

I suggest that you also check the Entity Relationships in this link for further reference. Let me know if you have any further clarification.

 

Regards,

Kevin Gil Soriano Google Ads API Team

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[Evgeniy Lepikov]

Thank you for your answer!

So, do I understand correctly that every time I create an Ad, I also need to create an AdGroupAd? I.e. if I create 3 Ads in one AdGroup, the final structure will be

one AdGroup

three AdGropAd

three Ads

Is it correct?

среда, 10 ноября 2021 г. в 08:31:57 UTC, adsapi:

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor]

Hi Evgeniy,

I work with Kevin and will assist you. An ad can be used by multiple ad groups. In order for an ad group to serve a specific ad you need an ad Group ad to link the 2. Our Create Ads guide shows that the AdGroupAdSevice can create an ad and link it to an AdGroup. 

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Regards,
 

Aryeh Baker Google Ads API Team

 

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[Evgeniy Lepikov]

Hi Aryeh,

 Thank for help! I encountered an error while running the query and created a new question (https://groups.google.com/g/adwords-api/c/liJR11m4p-E), maybe you can help

среда, 10 ноября 2021 г. в 15:38:49 UTC, adsapi:

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor]

Hi Evgeniy,

Thank you for your follow up in this thread.

I have recently responded on the thread you provided. You may check my response in that thread instead, for the issue you encountered when creating your app ads.

Best regards,

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Peter Laurence Napa Oliquino Google Ads API Team

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