function getDayofWeek(){

[OneStop Marketing]

Ik heb volgende functie:

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function getDayofWeek(){

  var today = new Date();  

  //Returns a number 0-6. Sunday is 0, Monday is 1, etc.

  var dayOfWeek = today.getDay();  

  var maxBid = 0;

  var time = today;

  

  //Checks if it is a weekend

   if(dayOfWeek == 6 || dayOfWeek == 0){

     maxBid = 0.03;

   }

   else

     maxBid = 1.00;

  return maxBid;

}

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En wil graag door de week maximaal €1,00 bieden en in het weekend maximaal €0,03 bieden. Is bovenstaande functie goed geschreven?

Alvast bedankt voor jullie input :)

Met vriendelijke groet,

Thijs

[Tyler Sidell (AdWords Scripts Team)]

Hi Thijs,

Thank you for reaching out. We can only respond in English but please feel free to respond if you have any further questions. I took a look at your script and it is very well written. The only thing that I would suggest modifying is to add an entity selector depending on which entity you want to modify (for example: ad group/campaign).  You would also need to call a method that sets maxBid to the entity.  For instance, you can use either setCpa(), setCpc(), or setCpm() based on your particular needs.  

I've provided a sample of some of the aforementioned modifications.  Please let me know if you have any issues while running the script.

function getDayofWeek() {
    var today = new Date();
    //Returns a number 0-6. Sunday is 0, Monday is 1, etc.
    var dayOfWeek = today.getDay();
    var maxBid = 0;
    var time = today;

    //Checks if it is a weekend

    if (dayOfWeek == 6 || dayOfWeek == 0) {

        maxBid = 0.03;
    } else
        maxBid = 1.00;

    var adGroupSelector = AdWordsApp.adGroups().get();
    while (adGroupSelector.hasNext()) {
        var ag = adGroupSelector.next();
        ag.bidding().setCpa(maxBid);
    }
    return maxBid;
}

function main() {
    getDayofWeek();
}

Thanks,

Tyler Sidell

AdWords Scripts Team

[OneStop Marketing]

Hello Tyler,

thanks for your quick reply.

Here is our whole script:

function main() {
  var accountSelector = MccApp.accounts()
      .withLimit(50);
  // Process the account in parallel. The callback method is optional.
  accountSelector.executeInParallel('updateProductGroupBidBasedOnAdGroup', null);
}

function updateProductGroupBidBasedOnAdGroup() {

  var maxBid = getDayofWeek();

  var productGroups = AdWordsApp.productGroups()
  .withCondition("AdGroupName CONTAINS '.'")
  .withCondition("CampaignName STARTS_WITH 'DA'")

  .withCondition("CampaignStatus != REMOVED")

  .withCondition("PartitionType != SUBDIVISION")
  .withCondition("AdGroupStatus != REMOVED")

  .get();
  while (productGroups.hasNext()) {
    var productGroup = productGroups.next();
    var adGroupCpc = parseFloat(productGroup.getAdGroup().bidding().getCpc());
    var adGroupCpcName = parseFloat(productGroup.getAdGroup().getName().substr(0,4));
    if(adGroupCpcName != adGroupCpc)
      adGroupCpc = adGroupCpcName;
    if(adGroupCpc != productGroup.getMaxCpc()){
      //checks max bid

      if(adGroupCpcName > maxBid)
        adGroupCpc = maxBid;
      //checks min bid
      else if(adGroupCpcName < 0.03)
        adGroupCpc = 0.03;
      productGroup.setMaxCpc(adGroupCpc);

    }
  }
}

function getDayofWeek(){
  var today = new Date();  
  //Returns a number 0-6. Sunday is 0, Monday is 1, etc.
  var dayOfWeek = today.getDay();  
  var maxBid = 0;
  var time = today;
 
  //Checks if it is a weekend

   if(dayOfWeek == 0 || dayOfWeek == 6){
     maxBid = 0.50;
   }
   else
     maxBid = 1.2;
  return maxBid;
}

With this script we want to bid different in the weekend. But my question is. Is following rule correct to bid in the weekend max 0.03 and from monday to friday with 1.00?

   if(dayOfWeek == 0 || dayOfWeek == 6){
     maxBid = 0.50;
   }
   else
     maxBid = 1.2;
  return maxBid;

Best regards,

Thijs Kamp

[Tyler Sidell (AdWords Scripts Team)]

Hi Thijs,

Thanks for providing the full script.  To answer your question, the rule that you outlined is correct to change the max bid to 0.03 on the weekend and 1.00 Monday-Friday.  Just make sure to change the values to 0.03 and 1.00 respectively below:

if (dayOfWeek == 0 || dayOfWeek == 6) {

    maxBid = 0.50;
} else
    maxBid = 1.2;
return maxBid;

Please revert if you have any additional questions.

Thanks,
Tyler Sidell
AdWords Scripts Team

[OneStop Marketing]

Thanks Tyler for your reply.
We will wait till next week to see if the weekend bid isn't more than 0.03 :)

Best regards,

Thijs

[OneStop Marketing]

Goodmorning Tyler,

the script for the weekend didn't work this saturday and sunday.

The bid wasn't changed this weekend. 

What is wrong with the script below?

function main() {

  var accountSelector = MccApp.accounts()

      .withLimit(50);

  // Process the account in parallel. The callback method is optional.

  accountSelector.executeInParallel('updateProductGroupBidBasedOnAdGroup', null);

}

function updateProductGroupBidBasedOnAdGroup() {

  var maxBid = getDayofWeek();

  var productGroups = AdWordsApp.productGroups()

  .withCondition("AdGroupName CONTAINS '.'")

  .withCondition("CampaignName CONTAINS 'shopping'")

     maxBid = 0.11;

   }

   else

     maxBid = 1.00;

  return maxBid;

}

Hope to hear from you :)

Best regards,

Thijs

[Anthony Madrigal]

Hi Thijs,

Could you please provide me with your CID and script name through reply privately to author so that I can see why the bids were not changed?

Thanks,

Anthony

AdWords Scripts Team