Are Responsive Search Ads Mutable?

[Pete Lavetsky (AdWords API Guru)]

Hi All,

Basic question: are Responsive Search Ads mutable beyond status? 

Given the documentation here the answer appears to be yes: https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/guides/ad-features

Ad types that support mutability

Only the following ad types are mutable via AdService:

• ExpandedTextAd
• ResponsiveDisplayAd
• ResponsiveSearchAd
• ShowcaseAd
• MultiAssetResponsiveDisplayAd

But given the API Team member response here the answer appears to be no: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/adwords-api/mutate$20responsive%7Csort:date/adwords-api/4t4HWMshb2M/7WnXn-8fBwAJ

"The error you are getting is because we cannot modify attributes other than status of the ad."

For our own code, we're sending our ResponsiveSearchAd mutations down the same pipeline as ExpandedTextAd as we expect both to be mutable. 

On mutation attempt I receive this error: AdError.AD_TYPE_MISMATCH ... which doesn't even show up in any Google searches

For API Team members, my RequestId is 000587c1f0bde1540a37a7062d07e033 ... I can provide more details upon request

Thanks

Pete

[googleadsapi...@google.com]

Hi Pete, 

That's right. You will be able to update the Responsive Search Ads beyond status. Could you please share the request and response to investigate this further? You could share the details privately via Reply privately to author option.

Regards,

Bharani, Google Ads API Team

[googleadsapi...@google.com]

Hello Pete, 

Thank you for sharing the logs privately. It looks like you're trying to update the Responsive Search Ad. The AdId specified in the request is for an Expanded Text Ad. Could you please recheck the AdId used and let me know if you're having an issue?

[F B]

I am having a similar problem here. However, I am on the Google Ads API.

I am trying to update the headline_3 and description of an expanded text ad and am getting the following error:

 error_code {
    request_error: IMMUTABLE_FIELD
  }
  message: "Field \'ad.expanded_text_ad.description\' cannot be modified by \'UPDATE\' operation."
  location {
    field_path_elements {
      field_name: "operations"
      index {
      }
    }
    field_path_elements {
      field_name: "update"
    }
    field_path_elements {
      field_name: "ad"
    }
    field_path_elements {
      field_name: "expanded_text_ad"
    }
    field_path_elements {
      field_name: "description"
    }
  }
}
errors {
  error_code {
    request_error: IMMUTABLE_FIELD
  }
  message: "Field \'ad.expanded_text_ad.headline_part3\' cannot be modified by \'UPDATE\' operation."
  location {
    field_path_elements {
      field_name: "operations"
      index {
      }
    }
    field_path_elements {
      field_name: "update"
    }
    field_path_elements {
      field_name: "ad"
    }
    field_path_elements {
      field_name: "expanded_text_ad"
    }
    field_path_elements {
      field_name: "headline_part3"
    }
  }
}

Are Expanded Text Ads and Responsive Search Ads mutable beyond status?

Cheers

Fabian

[googleadsapi...@google.com]

Hello, 

@Pete: It is not possible to change the ad type in the UI. Please check this help center article as a reference. 

@Fabian: Yes, you should be able to update the Ad beyond status. Could you please share the request and response logs to take a closer look? You can share the details privately via Reply privately to author option.

Thanks,

Bharani, Google Ads API Team

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[F B]

Any news on this? I did send the required information a couple of hours ago.

Cheers

Fabian

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Hello,

I am looking into whether ads are mutable in the Google Ads Service yet, and if so how it should work. I will let you know as soon as I find out more.

Regards,

Mike, Google Ads API Team

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[F B]

Hi Mike,

cool, thank you. I am at a bit of a crossroad now in terms of implementation, as I have to decide to try to use

1. AdParameter (and set them on KeyWords), or
2. Mutate the Ads themselve

bths options lend themselves to quite different implementations. I'd prefer to do 2.) but if it doesn't work I will go with one. To not waste any development capacity though, I'd be good to know what is what :)

Cheers

Fabian

[F B]

Morning Mike,

are there any news on this yet?

Cheers

Fabian

On Friday, 3 May 2019 20:35:22 UTC+2, googleadsapi-forumadvisor wrote:

[googleadsapi...@google.com]

Hello,

Mutable ads are not yet supported in the Google Ads API, but we are working on it. I apologize for the error in documentation on that page; we're working now to correct it.

Regards,

Mike, Google Ads API Team

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[F B]

Hi Mike,

thank you for the feedback! Do you have an approximate timeline as to when this functionality will become available?

Cheers

Fabian

[googleadsapi...@google.com]

Hello,

We are hoping to have support for this feature by sometime in June, although we cannot commit firmly to any dates yet.

Regards,

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[Daniele Agosti]

Hi,

are there any news on this?

Regards,

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Daniele, 

Yes, the mutability of Ads is introduced in the latest version of the Google Ads API to mutate Ads created using the AdGroupAdService. Could you please give this a try by updating the client libraries and let us know if you encounter any issues?

Thanks,
Bharani, Google Ads API Team

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[Daniele Agosti]

Hi Bharani,

Thanks, but related to the lastest version I had the following error:

[Gax-1] WARN shaded.com.google.ads.googleads.lib.request.summary - FAILURE REQUEST SUMMARY. Method: google.ads.googleads.v2.services.CampaignBudgetService/MutateCampaignBudgets, Endpoint: googleads.googleapis.com:443, CustomerID: 2687763678, RequestID: null, ResponseCode: INTERNAL, Fault: Panic! This is a bug!.
[Gax-1] INFO shaded.com.google.ads.googleads.lib.request.detail - FAILURE REQUEST DETAIL.
Request
-------
MethodName: google.ads.googleads.v2.services.CampaignBudgetService/MutateCampaignBudgets
Endpoint: googleads.googleapis.com:443
Headers: {developer-token=REDACTED, login-customer-id=2687763678, x-goog-api-client=gl-java/1.8.0_201 gapic/ gax/ grpc/}
Body: customer_id: "**********"
operations {
  create {
    name {
      value: "Budget #Search ***************"
    }
    amount_micros {
      value: 5000000
    }
    delivery_method: STANDARD
  }
}


Response
--------
Headers: null
Body: null
Failure message: null
Status: Status{code=INTERNAL, description=Panic! This is a bug!, cause=java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not find policy 'pick_first'. Make sure its implementation is either registered to LoadBalancerRegistry or included in META-INF/services/io.grpc.LoadBalancerProvider from your jar files.
at io.grpc.internal.AutoConfiguredLoadBalancerFactory$AutoConfiguredLoadBalancer.<init>(AutoConfiguredLoadBalancerFactory.java:98)
at io.grpc.internal.AutoConfiguredLoadBalancerFactory.newLoadBalancer(AutoConfiguredLoadBalancerFactory.java:65)
at io.grpc.internal.ManagedChannelImpl.exitIdleMode(ManagedChannelImpl.java:373)
at io.grpc.internal.ManagedChannelImpl$ChannelTransportProvider$1ExitIdleModeForTransport.run(ManagedChannelImpl.java:467)
at io.grpc.SynchronizationContext.drain(SynchronizationContext.java:88)
at io.grpc.SynchronizationContext.execute(SynchronizationContext.java:120)
at io.grpc.internal.ManagedChannelImpl$ChannelTransportProvider.get(ManagedChannelImpl.java:471)
at io.grpc.internal.ClientCallImpl.startInternal(ClientCallImpl.java:255)
at io.grpc.internal.ClientCallImpl.start(ClientCallImpl.java:188)
at io.grpc.internal.CensusTracingModule$TracingClientInterceptor$1.start(CensusTracingModule.java:394)
at io.grpc.internal.CensusStatsModule$StatsClientInterceptor$1.start(CensusStatsModule.java:695)
at io.grpc.ForwardingClientCall.start(ForwardingClientCall.java:32)
at shaded.com.google.api.gax.grpc.GrpcHeaderInterceptor$1.start(GrpcHeaderInterceptor.java:94)
at io.grpc.ForwardingClientCall.start(ForwardingClientCall.java:32)
at shaded.com.google.ads.googleads.lib.logging.LoggingInterceptor$1.start(LoggingInterceptor.java:78)
at io.grpc.stub.ClientCalls.startCall(ClientCalls.java:310)
at io.grpc.stub.ClientCalls.asyncUnaryRequestCall(ClientCalls.java:282)
at io.grpc.stub.ClientCalls.futureUnaryCall(ClientCalls.java:191)
at shaded.com.google.api.gax.grpc.GrpcDirectCallable.futureCall(GrpcDirectCallable.java:58)
at shaded.com.google.api.gax.grpc.GrpcUnaryRequestParamCallable.futureCall(GrpcUnaryRequestParamCallable.java:65)
at shaded.com.google.api.gax.grpc.GrpcExceptionCallable.futureCall(GrpcExceptionCallable.java:64)
at shaded.com.google.api.gax.rpc.UnaryCallable$1.futureCall(UnaryCallable.java:126)
at shaded.com.google.ads.googleads.lib.ExceptionTransformingCallable.futureCall(ExceptionTransformingCallable.java:51)
at shaded.com.google.api.gax.rpc.UnaryCallable$1.futureCall(UnaryCallable.java:126)
at shaded.com.google.api.gax.rpc.UnaryCallable.futureCall(UnaryCallable.java:87)
at shaded.com.google.api.gax.rpc.UnaryCallable.call(UnaryCallable.java:112)
at shaded.com.google.ads.googleads.v2.services.CampaignBudgetServiceClient.mutateCampaignBudgets(CampaignBudgetServiceClient.java:350)
at shaded.com.google.ads.googleads.v2.services.CampaignBudgetServiceClient.mutateCampaignBudgets(CampaignBudgetServiceClient.java:324)
at com.onetag.frontend.handlers.pagecontent.demand.integration.search.Util.addCampaignBudget(Util.java:111)
at com.onetag.frontend.handlers.pagecontent.demand.integration.search.Util.createCampaign(Util.java:147)
at com.onetag.frontend.handlers.pagecontent.demand.integration.search.GoogleManagement.manageRemoteGoogle(GoogleManagement.java:781)
at com.onetag.frontend.handlers.pagecontent.demand.CampaignCreateHandler.lambda$handle$13(CampaignCreateHandler.java:1492)
at java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$AsyncRun.run(CompletableFuture.java:1626)
at java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$AsyncRun.exec(CompletableFuture.java:1618)
at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinTask.doExec(ForkJoinTask.java:289)
at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool$WorkQueue.runTask(ForkJoinPool.java:1056)
at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool.runWorker(ForkJoinPool.java:1692)
at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinWorkerThread.run(ForkJoinWorkerThread.java:157)
}.

Can you help me?

Regards,

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Daniele, 

It looks like you opened a new thread for this issue. Please continue the discussion on that thread for better tracking.