Changing Network Settings in Draft

[Nick R.]

Hi - I'm working off one of the code examples (https://github.com/googleads/googleads-python-lib/blob/master/examples/adwords/v201710/campaign_management/add_draft.py ) and would like to modify the new draft by toggling search partners network off.  I noticed in documentation that Network isn't a possible criteria to target - is there a workaround to this? Thanks!

[Vincent Racaza (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Nick,

Could you confirm on why you were able to say that "Network isn't a possible criteria to target"? Network is not a criterion, therefore, you really could not update it in the CampaignCriterion object. You can only update the network setting of a draft campaign in the Campaign object. See sample SOAP request snippets below on creating a draft campaign (via DraftService.mutate()) and modifying its network setting (via CampaignService.mutate()):

<soapenv:Body>
    <mutate xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201710">
        <operations>
            <operator>ADD</operator>
            <operand>
                <baseCampaignId>XXXXXXXXXX</baseCampaignId>
                <draftName>Test Draft Sample</draftName>
            </operand>
        </operations>
    </mutate>
</soapenv:Body>

<soapenv:Body>
  <mutate xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201710">
    <operations>
        <operator>SET</operator>
        <operand>
            <id>XXXXXXXXXXXX</id> //This is the draft campaign ID
            <networkSetting>
                <targetGoogleSearch>true</targetGoogleSearch>
                <targetSearchNetwork>true</targetSearchNetwork>
            </networkSetting>
        </operand>
    </operations>
  </mutate>
</soapenv:Body>

You can emulate the SOAP requests above and let me know if this works on your end.

Thanks,

Vincent

AdWords API Team

[Nick R.]

Thanks Vincent - you're totally right. I misunderstood NetworkSetting for being a criterion rather than a field in Campaign objects.  Thanks for your response!