Update stardate/enddate of a campaign and Descr1, Descr2 of a Dynamic search Ad

[Roberto]

Hi,

how to 

-Update stardate/enddate of a campaign and 

-Descr1, Descr2 of a Dynamic search Ad in Java?

Google Examples are full of creation but a few for updating objects.

thanks for your help!

Roberto 

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Roberto,

Thank you for reaching out. If you're using AdWords API, you can update the start date and end date by using the CampaignService SET operation and assign the Campaign startDate and endDate. You can follow this example. To update the Ad, you can use the AdGroupAdService SET operation and set the description1 and description2. You can follow this example.

If you're using Google Ads API, you will follow a similar format but with the CampaignService and AdGroupAdService. You can follow this example to update the campaign and this example to update the ad.

Regards,
Mitchell
Google Ads API Team

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[Roberto]

Hi,

pause-ad is for a generic Ad,

description, description1 belongs to DynamicSearchAds, how can i change these two fields?

thanks!

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Roberto,

That is just an example for you to base your code off of. You should replace it with DynamicSearchAd ad type and set the Description1 and Description2 fields to your desired value.

[Roberto]

 Hello,

the code below gives this error:

Request failed due to ApiException. Underlying ApiErrors:

  Error 0: RequiredError{apiErrorType=RequiredError, errorString=RequiredError.REQUIRED, fieldPath=operations[0].operand.status, fieldPathElements=[FieldPathElement{field=operations, index=0}, FieldPathElement{field=operand}, FieldPathElement{field=status}], reason=REQUIRED, trigger=}

  Error 1: AdError{apiErrorType=AdError, errorString=AdError.CANNOT_USE_AD_SUBCLASS_FOR_OPERATOR, fieldPath=operations[0].operand.ad, fieldPathElements=[FieldPathElement{field=operations, index=0}, FieldPathElement{field=operand}, FieldPathElement{field=ad}], reason=CANNOT_USE_AD_SUBCLASS_FOR_OPERATOR, trigger=}

what is the problem?

thanks :)

public Boolean doUpdateAd(AdWordsServicesInterface adWordsServices, AdWordsSession session, 

  Long adGroupId, Long adId,

  String description1, String description2) throws ApiException, RemoteException {

AdGroupAdServiceInterface adGroupAdService = adWordsServices.get(session, AdGroupAdServiceInterface.class);

    // Create ad with updated status.

DynamicSearchAd  ad = new DynamicSearchAd();

    ad.setId(adId);

    ad.setDescription1(description1);

    ad.setDescription2(description1);

 

    AdGroupAd adGroupAd = new AdGroupAd();

    adGroupAd.setAdGroupId(adGroupId);

    adGroupAd.setAd(ad);

    //adGroupAd.setStatus(AdGroupAdStatus.PAUSED); 

   

    // Create operations.

    AdGroupAdOperation operation = new AdGroupAdOperation();

    operation.setOperand(adGroupAd);

    operation.setOperator(Operator.SET);

    AdGroupAdOperation[] operations = new AdGroupAdOperation[] {operation};

    // Update ad.

    AdGroupAdReturnValue result = adGroupAdService.mutate(operations);

    // Display ads.

    for (AdGroupAd adGroupAdResult : result.getValue()) {

      System.out.printf("Ad with ID %d, type '%s', and status '%s' was updated.%n",

          adGroupAdResult.getAd().getId(), adGroupAdResult.getAd().getAdType(), 

          adGroupAdResult.getStatus());

    }

   

    return true;

  }

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Roberto,

Please see here for more information on that error. If you would like to change anything other than the status of the Ad, you will have to re-create the ad and remove the old one. I apologize for the confusion.

[Roberto]

Hi,

but in doing so this will destroy ads stats?

thanks again for your help!

R.

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Roberto,

You can still pull the stats of removed ads using the Ad Performance Report but you will not be able to "transfer" those stats to your new ad.