api data for ads that haven't run yet

[Frank Harvey McManus]

Hi we are using the google ads api to track ad metrics. Can we obtain info for an ad that hasn't run yet? 

For example our ads are entered into the google ads UI in a 'paused' state before they run. Can we get info on that ad in from the api before it's live?

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor]

Hi Frank,

Thank you for reaching out. Yes, you could query against the ad that hasn't run yet. It’s just that you the metrics would be zeros because it hasn’t started running yet.

Thanks and regards,
Xiaoming, Google Ads API Team
 

Xiaoming Google Ads API Team

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[INI GlobalOps]

Hi Xiaoming, thanks for the response - we attempted this with 0 results.

We confirmed campaign and ads exist in UI - campaign is paused - but when we try to get that same data we get 0 results

Can you please provide any additional guidance you can? Thank you.

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor]

Hi,

Thank you for following up on this thread.

So our team can take a closer look, could you share the complete request and response logs, with the request-id, generated when you tried to extract the records? If you haven't yet, logging can be enabled by navigating to the Client libraries > Your client library (ex. Java) > Logging documentation, which you can access from this link.

You may then send the requested information via the Reply privately to author option. If this option is not available, you may send the details directly to our googleadsa...@google.com alias instead.

In addition, you may also note that if you are using segments fields, your zero impressions records would be excluded. For more information on zero impressions, you may refer to this guide.

Best regards,

Peter Laurence Napa Oliquino Google Ads API Team

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