Setting a total budget at campaign level

[avel...@igenius.net]

Hello,

I have some doubts regarding campaign budgets. As far I understand it, the budget `amount` field is actually the daily budget amount for a given campaign (or multiple campaigns, if the budget is shared). It is possible to set a total budget limit for a single campaign, i.e. a limit spanning the entire campaign duration? I'm aware that I can set a `spendingLimit` at the account level using the BudgetOrderService, but I would like to know if I can do that also at campaign level.

I have also another question, which is related to the first one. If I'm only able to set a daily budget amount and if its `deliveryMethod` is set to STANDARD, which is exactly the time period considered by the AdWords budget server to perform throttling? A single day? The entire duration of the campaign (and in this case, which is the amount AdWords is allowed to spend)?

Thank you all for your help.

[Shwetha Vastrad (AdWords API Team)]

Hi, 

I'm afraid its not possible to set the spending limit at the campaign level. You can only set the daily budget at the campaign level. 

The standard delivery method aims to evenly distribute your budget across the entire day (12 a.m. – 11:59 p.m.). Please see this help center article for more details on ad delivery. For any general AdWords related questions, you could also post on the AdWords Community Forum as they are better equipped to help you out. 

Regards,
Shwetha, AdWords API Team.

[Juan Costamagna]

Hi, I was wondering if this is still not possible. I was to trying to create a Campaign (Search|Display) with a total budget amount, using Custom Period and I receive the error : "The period of the budget is not allowed". There is something missing from my side or it's just not possible to create it from the API ?

Thanks in advance!

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor]

Hi Juan,

Thank you for reaching out to us.

I could confirm that the article(https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/7188483?visit_id=638193798189273609-3307860&rd=1) provided by Shwetha may still apply. However, for our team to further check this first, could you please provide us with the complete API logs (request and response with request ID) generated on your end?

• request : https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/concepts/field-service#request
• response: https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/concepts/field-service#response
• request-id : https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/concepts/call-structure#request-id

Note that logs can be requested or provided to the developer handling the Google Ads API transactions when logging of the API requests has been enabled. You may check here and click your client library for the specific guideline to enable it.

• here: https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/best-practices/logging#client_library_logging 

For REST interface requests, you can enable logging via the curl command by using the -i flag. This will cause the tool to include the HTTP response headers in the output. 

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

Best regards,

Google Ads API Team

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