change status vs. change history

[Asaf Zinger]

Hi,

I'm using GoogleAds API change_status to get my campaign change history with this query:

SELECT 
                        change_status.ad_group,
                        change_status.last_change_date_time,
                        change_status.ad_group_ad,
                        change_status.resource_status, 
                        change_status.resource_type, 
                        change_status.campaign,
                        change_status.ad_group_criterion, 
                        change_status.campaign_criterion,
                        campaign.resource_name
                        
                     FROM 
                         change_status
                     
                     WHERE 
                         change_status.last_change_date_time DURING LAST_7_DAYS and
                         campaign.resource_name = '{google_campaign_id}' and
                         change_status.resource_type in ('CAMPAIGN', 'AD_GROUP', 'AD_GROUP_AD')
                     
                     ORDER BY change_status.last_change_date_time    

The API result is different than the Ads Manager UI result. 

for example, when searching for the changes in the last 7 days, the API returns 5 results (AD_GROUP_AD changes)  but the UI change history view shows 0 results.

What can be the problem? Am I using it wrongly or is this the wrong API to get the change history?

Thanks,

Asaf.

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Asaf,

Thank you for reaching out. Please share your client customer ID and downloaded report via reply privately to author so that I can further investigate the issue.

Regards,
Mitchell
Google Ads API Team

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[Asaf Zinger]

I understand that the change_status service call does not directly map to the change history in the UI and the response I received is because of small process changes made by google.

Is there a way to query only human-related changes without internal changes? 

I need to find out when was the last change that the campaign owner did so if there is another way to find it, it will be great.

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Asaf,

Unfortunately, that feature isn't available right now. I have submitted a feature request on your behalf so please keep an eye on our Developer Blog for information on future releases.