Metrics cannot be requested for a manager account.

[Jade Nguyen]

I created a google ads test manager account and tried to run  the following  example and got the following error . It seems that I need to add account and campaign under test MCC account, but couldn't do so.

Error:

Request made: ClientCustomerId: 7196751964, Host: googleads.googleapis.com, Method: /google.ads.googleads.v7.services.GoogleAdsService/SearchStream, RequestId: smIrTYBxZYRKZnJyUV9xsQ, IsFault: True, FaultMessage: Metrics cannot be requested for a manager account. To retrieve metrics, issue separate requests against each client account under the manager account.

API example: https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/reporting/example

[AdWords API and Google Ads API Forum]

Reposting the last inquiry (https://groups.google.com/g/adwords-api/c/Xh40zZPd0h8) from the forum as it wasn't routed to our support queue.

Cheers,

Peter Laurence Oliquino

Google Ads API Team

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor]

Hi,

Thank you for posting your concern.

Please note that report types of the Google Ads API reporting, especially with metrics, can only be requested against client account, not MCC. With this, I would suggest generating report using client account by indeed creating new one that under the said MCC account.

Also, could you provide more details on the issue that you encountered on creating client account and campaign to check and address it?

Regards,

Ernie John Blanca Tacata Google Ads API Team

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