originAdId automatically populated when uploading HTML5 creatives

[Dorian Kind]

Hello,

we are currently experimenting with HTML5 template ads. It seems that when you upload two ads in different campaigns with the exact same MEDIA_BUNDLE contents, this situation is detected by the Adwords API and the returned TemplateAd objects contain the ID of the first creative that was created in their originAdId field.

Is my understanding of this scenario correct, and will this always happen when a TemplateAd with the same contents as an already existing one is uploaded? Moreover, does this also hold for other types of creatives, e.g. do ImageAds have their adToCopyImageFrom field populated upon creation when another ad with the exact same image has been uploaded before?

Thanks for any feedback and best regards,
Dorian

[Sreelakshmi Sasidharan (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Dorian, 

Could you please share sample SOAP logs (request/ and response) of both the operations ?

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Thanks,

Sreelakshmi, AdWords API Team

[Dorian Kind]

Hi Sreelakshmi,

please excuse my late answer. So far I unfortunately haven't been able to reproduce the behavior, but I'll follow up when I manage to gather some SOAP logs for you.

Thanks and best regards,
Dorian