test account

[michele]

Hello,

 

I'm not sure I'm reading the documentation correctly: is it possible to create a test account under an existing, active, and healthy MCC?

We used to have one, but it looks like it's been deactivated, and it now seems impossible to create a new one..

Can we have a test account that will be accessed with the same credentials as all the other real ones?

 

Thanks

[Dannison Yao (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Michele,

You can create test accounts under a test manager account only. You could refer to this guide on how to create test accounts. 

For the credentials concern, if you are pertaining to OAuth2 Credentials, I am afraid that you cannot use the existing OAuth2 Credentials of your production account to your test account. You have to generate a new set of OAuth2 Credentials using the email of your test manager account. 

Regards,

Dannison

AdWords API Team

[michele]

Ok thanks.

I created a new Test Manager account and a new Adwords account, but this last one shows up as "canceled" in the interface and the search box.. What's up with that?

Also, there's no buttons whatsoever in the "Account status" section of the Settings area, so re-enabling it doesn't seem to be an option.

Anyway, if the Test Manager account was added to our main, company-wide MCC, would those credentials be able to access it?

Thanks,

Michele

[Luis Xander Talag (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Michele,

I'm a colleague of Dannison and allow me to assist you. Since you are just using a test account it doesn't serve an actual ads so you could just ignore the canceled warning message that you are seeing in the UI. You cannot add your test manager account to your production MCC account. However, as long as the OAuth2 credentials that you are using in your production account was generated using an email address that has also access to your test account, you should be able to access your test accounts.

Thanks and regards,

Luis

AdWords API Team

[michele]

Thank you, that is very helpful information!