Ad Group Pausing error

[Sandeep Kumar]

I am using a very simple code to pause an ad group, but it seems not to be working.

function main() {
  pauseAdGroup("Ad group 1");
}

function pauseAdGroup(name) {
  const adGroupIterator = AdsApp.adGroups()
      .withCondition(`ad_group.name = "${name}"`)
      .get();

  if (!adGroupIterator.hasNext()) {
    throw new Error(`No ad group with name "${name}" found`);
  }

  const adGroup = adGroupIterator.next();
  if (adGroupIterator.totalNumEntities() > 1) {
    console.warn(`Multiple ad groups named "${name}" found.
Using the one from campaign "${adGroup.getCampaign().getName()}".`);
  }

  adGroup.pause();
}

It produces an error - "An error occurred. Please try again later." with no details, can you help.

[Nils Rooijmans]

Could this be the issue: you are selecting ad groups from ampaigns that have ended can not be changed?

You can prevent your selector from selecting campaigns that have ended by adding this condition:

   campaign.serving_status = 'SERVING'

Hope this helps,

Nils Rooijmans
https://nilsrooijmans.com
See my Google Ads Scripts FAQ to avoid the same mistakes I made: https://nilsrooijmans.com/google-ads-scripts-faq/

[Google Ads Scripts Forum Advisor]

Hi,

Thank you for reaching out to the Google Ads Scripts support team.

@Nils, Thank you for your input. 

To investigate the issue further, could you please share the below details :

• Google Ads account ID/CID
• Name of the affected script

You can send the details via Reply privately to the author option, or direct private reply to this email. 

Thanks,
 

Google Ads Scripts Team

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[Kasia Michalska]

Hello,

Where exactly do I suppose to put it in the code?

Best,

Kasia.

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[Kasia Michalska]

Hello,

Google Ads account: 938-728-2754

Script Name: Exclude search terms from specific campaign 

Best,

Kasia.

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[Google Ads Scripts Forum Advisor]

Hi Kasia,

I would like to inform you that the method you are using to push key values to the “excludedAlready” object is causing this error. To resolve this error using the “new set ()” property instead of an empty object. Also, using ‘try’ and ‘cache’ methods will be effective. I would recommend that you use the below code.

function main() {
  const campaignName = "32154 SPM US CARTIHEAL TRAFFIC New Structure 2025";
  const termsToExclude = ["elderly", "foods", "supplement", "remedies", "seniors", "best", "failure", "surgery cost", "top knee surgeons", "tips", "timelines", "problems after", "at 14 weeks", "creams", "bone on bone", "side effects", "in my area", "old age", "why does it take so long", "do's and don ts", "near me", "at age", "at home", "at 70"];
  const matchTypes = ["broad", "phrase", "exact"];

  const campaignIterator = AdsApp.campaigns()
    .withCondition(`Name = '${campaignName}'`)
    .get();

  if (!campaignIterator.hasNext()) {
    Logger.log("Campaign not found: " + campaignName);
    return;
  }

  const campaign = campaignIterator.next();
  const excludedAlready = new Set();

  for (let i = 0; i < termsToExclude.length; i++) {
    const term = termsToExclude[i].toLowerCase();

    for (let j = 0; j < matchTypes.length; j++) {
      const matchType = matchTypes[j];
      let formattedKeyword = "";

      switch (matchType) {
        case "broad":
          formattedKeyword = term;
          break;
        case "phrase":
          formattedKeyword = `"${term}"`;
          break;
        case "exact":
          formattedKeyword = `[${term}]`;
          break;
        default:
          Logger.log(`Invalid match type encountered: ${matchType}. Skipping.`);
          continue;
      }

      const key = formattedKeyword;

      if (!excludedAlready.has(key)) {
        try {
          campaign.createNegativeKeyword(formattedKeyword);
          Logger.log(`Added negative keyword: ${formattedKeyword} (Match Type: ${matchType})`);
          excludedAlready.add(key);
        } catch (e) {
          Logger.log(`Error adding negative keyword '${formattedKeyword}' for campaign '${campaignName}': ${e.message}`);
        }
      } else {
        Logger.log(`Skipping duplicate negative keyword: ${formattedKeyword} (Match Type: ${matchType})`);
      }
    }
  }
}

I hope this helps! Kindly get back to us if you still face any errors even after using the modified code.

Thanks,
 

Google Ads Scripts Team

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