Pausing an ad group

[sz...@mymail.mines.edu]

Hello,

Looking through the example code, I see and example to remove an ad group, however I don't see one that will pause an ad group. How would I go about doing that?

Thanks

[sz...@mymail.mines.edu]

Ideally, I am looking to pause an ad group when it breaks a certain cost threshold. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Sean

[Milind Sankeshware (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Sean,

You can use AdGroupService.mutate() service to pause the AdGroup. Please refer sample Java code here. Samples in other languages can be found here. Let me know if you have any further questions.

Thanks,
Milind, AdWords API Team.

[sz...@mymail.mines.edu]

Thank you! How would I go about using this in conjugate with a threshold? Would I be able to use a selector/predicate pairing?

[Milind Sankeshware (AdWords API Team)]

Hi,

You will be able to get the status of the AdGroup using the AdGroup Performance Report. which aggregates stats at AdGroup level. You will then be able to use the AdGroupId and status from the report to update the status of the AdGroup using the AdGroupService.mutate() operation when it exceeds the limit. For this specific use case, you could also consider using AdWords scripts where you will be able to schedule a script. You can set the frequency to run the script as per your requirement. Let me know if you have any further questions.