Pause Campaign Criterion

[nitzanm...@adgorithms.com]

Hi all,

I was searchin the API documentation for a way to put campaign criterion into 'paused' status but couldn't find anyway to do so (ad group criterion can be put through the field 'userStatus')

I'm wondering if there's something I'm missing or if there is workaround to do so.

Thanx in advances,

Nitzan Margalit

 

[Joyce Lava]

Hi Nitzan,

Unfortunately, you cannot update a campaign criterion. You need to use the REMOVE operator to remove the criterion as a workaround. Please let me know if this helps.

Thanks and Regards,

Joyce, AdWords API Team

[nitzanm...@adgorithms.com]

Hi Joyce,

Thank you for your replay.

I know that you can use the Remove operator to alter campaing status, but it's not quite the same as pausing it. What I want to do is to put the campaign on hold for a limited time period and the reactivate it. By removing it I'm losing all the accumlated data the campaign already gained, and thus need to work with a newly created campaign without it.
I think maybe I'm missing something and not working properly with adwords API, because I figured it will be quite handy to have the ability to pause campaigns,

Thanks again,

Nitzan Margalit

[Joyce Lava]

Hi Nitzan,

I would like to clarify if my understanding is correct. What you need to do is to pause the Campaign status and not the CampaignCriterion status. My previous response refers to updating the CampaignCriterion. 

However, if you need to set the campaign status as PAUSED, then you can use the CampaignService.mutate operation to set the status as PAUSED. You may refer to UpdateCampaign.java (Java client library example). Other client library examples are available here. Please let me know if it clarifies the question above.

[nitzanm...@adgorithms.com]

My mistake...I meant pausing the campaign criterion and the campaign. I'm refering to a stituation when i want pause some criteria in a campaign but let other criteria keep running.

[Shwetha Vastrad (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Nitzan,

Unfortunately, CampaignCriterion does not have a PAUSED state. You would need to use a SET operation to remove a CampaignCriterion. You could consider using Campaign Drafts and Trials if you are looking to test the performance of different types of criteria. 

Regards,

Shwetha, AdWords API Team.

[nitzanm...@adgorithms.com]

I'll look into Campaign Drafts and trials.

Thanks for your kind help, much appreciate!

Nitzan