New AdWords UI: Can't Deep Link from External Tools

[Joel]

In the old AdWords UI we used to be able to deep-link into the Account
structure from our own tools. As long as we knew the Campaign and
AdGroup Id, we could directly navigate to the same AdGroup in AdWords
with a link like the following:

https://adwords.google.com/select/CampaignManagement?adgroupid=%{AdGroupId}&campaignid=%{CampaignId}

But now in the new UI I can't figure out to do the same. The new
AdWords links for an AdGroup look like the following:

https://adwords.google.com/cm/CampaignMgmt?__u=5486424706&__c=3210758016&stylePrefOverride=2#a.1277376144_36837174.key

The last part (#a.1277376144_36837174.key) are the AdGroup and
Campaign Ids, but what are the 1st 2 identifiers
(__u=5486424706&__c=3210758016)? If I remove them from the url, the
link no longer works.

Can anyone tell me how to recreate these deep links? If not, can you
please consider this a request to someone re-add this navigation
ability back into AdWords, it's extremely useful and a big
productivity enhancer for us.

Thank you!

[AdWords API Advisor]

Hi Joel,

This isn't an AdWords API question per se, but I can understand how
this would be useful when developing an application. I ran some quick
tests, and the links seem to work fine for me as long as I am already
logged in to AdWords:

https://adwords.google.com/cm/CampaignMgmt#a.XXXXXXXX_YYYYYYYY.key

Best,
- Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team

On Sep 25, 9:40 am, Joel <jpat...@tripadvisor.com> wrote:
> In the old AdWords UI we used to be able to deep-link into the Account
> structure from our own tools. As long as we knew the Campaign and
> AdGroup Id, we could directly navigate to the same AdGroup in AdWords
> with a link like the following:
>
> https://adwords.google.com/select/CampaignManagement?adgroupid=%{AdGroupId}&campaignid=%{CampaignId}
>
> But now in the new UI I can't figure out to do the same. The new
> AdWords links for an AdGroup look like the following:
>

> https://adwords.google.com/cm/CampaignMgmt?__u=5486424706&__c=3210758...

[joel]

Thanks Eric, sorry for posting in the API group - it's the only one I
read :)

That style link is still not working for me. Are you testing it logged
in with an MCC id with multiple accounts? When I enter a link with
that style it brings me back to the main MCC accounts list screen.
I'm trying a link like:
https://adwords.google.com/cm/CampaignMgmt#a.1337376144_26837074.key


On Sep 25, 10:39 am, AdWords API Advisor

[AdWords API Advisor]

Hi Joel,

No, I hadn't tried it logged in as an MCC account, but now I see the
same behavior. Looks like it has something to do with the way an MCC
selects a client account in the new UI. You may want to try this
question on the General AdWords forum to see if anyone else has found
a solution: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/AdWords?hl=en.

Best,
- Eric

[Ricardo Buitrago]

Hello, it's been 4 years since this thread was opened. I was wondering if you find a solution for this. Thanks!

[Anash P. Oommen (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Ricardo,

No, we don't support deep linking on AdWords UI, nor have plans for the same,

Cheers,
Anash P. Oommen,

AdWords API Advisor.