Adwords script to get change history

[Rakesh Ramesh]

Hi All,

Is there a way we can get a change history (.xls, .csv) file by running the adwords script at MCC level, now we can export only 50 rows.

Thanks for your help.

-Rakesh

[Anash Oommen]

Hi Rakesh,

Change history is not available through scripts right now.

Cheers,
Anash P. Oommen,

AdWords API Advisor.

[Jordan McClements]

Do you know when it will be available?

I think it would be incredibly useful for notifying MCC users when changes have been made to client accounts by someone other than the MCC user.

[Anash Oommen]

Hi Jordan,

I'll add this as a feature request. I don't have a timeline for this, and it could take a while because we don't have a proper change history API exposed externally through AdWords API either.

Cheers,
Anash P. Oommen,
AdWords Scripts Team

[Ben Smith]

Hi Anash.

Any update on when change history script might be available? Really would be a helpful script.

Thnx

[Anash Oommen]

Hi Ben,

There's no update yet, but this will probably happen once we have support for this feature in AdWords API.

Cheers,
Anash

[Mateusz Kitka]

Hi Anash,

It would be great if you could lobby on it.
That would be quite useful feature.

I can't wait to see automaticly improted change chistory as Analytics adnotations :)
Usefulness of Analytics charts + all AdWords changes in time

Cheers,
Matt

[kelly+t...@clickdealer.com]

Hi Anash!

What about change history not in MCC account, but in a common Google Adwards account. I know that the change history of today's actions is displayed the next day. Is it possible to get notified immediately or within an hour, in case any changes have been made in google adwords account with the help of some script? I am not interested in ckicks, bids, etc. My interest is in such changes as changes in ads, keywords. Looking forward to your reply.

среда, 22 мая 2013 г., 16:44:10 UTC+3 пользователь Anash Oommen написал:

[Anash Oommen]

Hi,

Right now, AdWords Scripts doesn't support change history, but if the changes in your accounts are done only through AdWords scripts, then you could may be modify your existing scripts to send you an email if it makes a change. See https://developers.google.com/adwords/scripts/docs/examples/mailapp for details on mailing support in Scripts.

Cheers,
Anash P. Oommen,
AdWords Scripts Team.

[kelly+t...@clickdealer.com]

Thank you for reply! much appreciated.

среда, 18 марта 2015 г., 13:45:27 UTC+2 пользователь Anash Oommen написал:

[Alpha]

This is the last thing in my AdWords Scripts wishlist.

All i'm really interested in is the total counts for:

All changes

Budget changes

Bid changes

Keyword changes

Status changes

Targeting changes

Ad changes

Network changes

[Bryan Coe]

It would be great to add a feature for automated export of the change history. when managing other people on client Adowrds accounts it takes too much time to go into every account and download each individual change history.

[Pranav Revankar]

Any update on this ?

[Anash Oommen]

Hi Pranav,

No, there aren't any updates on this feature request. It is still there on our roadmap given its popularity, but the issue is that Change history isn't currently in a form that can be easily exposed as a service or report for programmatic use. There's some effort going on to address this, but that will probably take a while to fix.

Cheers,
Anash P. Oommen,
AdWords Scripts Team.

[Michael Terry]

I'm with Alpha on this request.  Please bump up the priority to export (via scripts) All changes, followed by Budget Changes.  Thanks!  My team needs this as a validation / check against some of the changes our scripts are making.

[Trevor]

Just wanted to add to what everyone else is saying -- being able to pull the change history would allow me to do quite a bit. 

Thank you!

[lisa...@summitmedia.com]

Do we have any update on this?

[Michael Terry]

We're also still looking for an update.

[David Hyman]

Hi Pranav

+1 for us on this, would be very useful

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[Arun Jha]

+1 vote from my end Also.

[クワ T]

Bump!

[ci...@ablab.com.br]

I also would very much like to get change history in Adwords Script!

[Tyler Sidell (AdWords Scripts Team)]

Hi,

We have taken note of this request but currently right now there are now updates.

Thanks,

Tyler Sidell

AdWords Scripts Team

[Alliance Res]

Hello,

Change history reporting is something that we greatly desire and fully support the implementation of.

Thank you, we will be monitoring this thread for updates.

[Tyler Sidell (AdWords Scripts Team)]

Thanks,

We will update the thread if this feature becomes available.

Regards,

Tyler Sidell

AdWords Scripts Team

[Zach Swanson]

Any update on this? I see you said you will update the thread if it becomes available. It would be great to know when this might be implemented.

Thanks

[Anthony Madrigal]

Hi Zach,

There are still no updates as to if and when change history will be included in AdWords Scripts. 

You can follow our blog for any announcements.

Regards,

Anthony

AdWords Scripts Team

[Michal Blažek]

I support this request. I would really appreciate this feature. 

Dne středa 22. května 2013 13:52:26 UTC+2 Rakesh Ramesh napsal(a):

[Anthony Madrigal]

Thanks Michal. I will bring this up with the team.

Regards,

Anthony

AdWords Scripts Team

[pal...@gozefo.com]

Any Update on adwords script for getting changelogs in a spreadsheet? 

[Anthony Madrigal]

Hi,

This feature is still not supported through AdWords Scripts.

Regards,

Anthony

AdWords Scripts Team

[b...@ablab.com.br]

I´ve noticed that this is now possible through the API, is there a way to do it by Adwords Script now?

[Michal Blažek]

Yeah, it seems like it is possible now. Thank you! https://developers.google.com/google-ads/scripts/docs/concepts/execution-logs

[Aaron Weiner]

As far as I know, the execution logs have nothing to do with an account's change history log. 

It's the execution log for the current script. 

Please correct me if I am wrong. 

Aaron

[Michal Blažek]

Yes, you are right. I was so happy and reading it fast that I overlooked this "little detail" :( false positive...

[Anthony Madrigal]

Hi guys,

Change History is still not available through AdWords Scripts. You can follow our blog for any announcements.

Regards,

Anthony

AdWords Scripts Team

[Mateus Cardoso]

Hello guys!

Its been some time since this last post, is there any updates?

I'm interested in Viewing the Change history information, is there any plans for it to be added to the Google Ads Scripts or Google Ads API ??

Regards,

[Google Ads Scripts Forum Advisor]

Hi Mateus,

Unfortunately, this feature is still not available in Google Ads Scripts.

Regards,
Anthony
Google Ads Scripts Team

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[Mitchell Guntenspergen]

Anthony, Anash,

Please... how can this be made a priority? It has been over 5 years. :(

[Google Ads Scripts Forum Advisor]

Hi Mitchell,

I will bump to this to the rest of the team. Please check this thread for any updates or announcements regarding it.

[Aaron Weiner]

That would be great! Being able to access the Google Ads change history through scripts would be incredibly useful. 

Thanks, 

Aaron

[Robert Knopfler]

We have several use cases and customers that would benefit from this as well

[Mitchell Guntenspergen]

What can I do on my end. Should I create a petition or something? It looks like after 5 years, bumping this to the rest of the team doesn't seem to have an affect.

What would qualify this as a priority in the development cycle?

[Vladimirs Rimsa]

6 years and counting, any news on the feature?

[Google Ads Scripts Forum Advisor]

Hi Vladimirs,

Thank you for following up on this.

We still do not have word regarding this feature's availability. For now, please continue to keep an eye on our blog for updates or announcements.

Best regards,
Peter

Google Ads Scripts Team

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[Kyle Archer]

7 years and counting.  What an absolute joke

[Google Ads Scripts Forum Advisor]

Hi Kyle,

My apologies for the inconvenience.

My team is working with for feature, but let me send a followup to my team regarding this.

For the meantime, please follow our blog as we will post there any relevant updates regarding this feature.

Regards,
Ejay

Google Ads Scripts Team

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[Radosław_P]

Hi,

is it possible to finally get information about the history of changes using Google Ads Scripts? Such data can be extracted using the Google Ads API, maybe it is possible through Google Ads scripts.

[Google Ads Scripts Forum Advisor]

Hello,

Yes, you can use the same reporting found in the Ads API, using either AdsApp reporting methods. Please use change_event and change_status for reporting that is similar to the Change History view in the Ads UI.

Regards,

Matt Google Ads Scripts Team

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[Aaron Weiner]

change_event still does not fully work. 

change_event.client_type is still missing data from any changes made by the Google Ads Editor.

According to the documentation, it should be there but it's not.

This has been an issue for years.

Also, change_status cannot return user_email - the person who made the change. 

Aaron

[Google Ads Scripts Forum Advisor]

Hello Aaron,

I’m James, also from the Google Ads script support team. Allow me to check on the status of this to our internal team and will get back to you with an update. I know that this issue has been persisting for some years now, but I appreciate your continued patience on this matter.

Regards,

James Howell Google Ads Scripts Team

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[Radosław_P]

Hi James,

is there anything new about this?

Thanks in advance for your message.

Regards

[Google Ads Scripts Forum Advisor]

Hi,

 

Yasmin here, I work alongside James in the Google Ads Scripts team.

 

Let me check with this internally and our team will get back to you with an update at the soonest.

 

Thanks,

 

Yasmin Gabrielle Google Ads Scripts Team

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[adwords clientcenter]

change_event.client_type is still missing data from any changes made by the Google Ads Editor.

we wouls all really benefit from this feature to work. any updates on this?

[Luisa Schaar]

I have the same issue. Is there a timeline when this is resolved?

[Google Ads Scripts Forum Advisor]

Hi Luisa,

Thank you for following up. As per checking, this is still under investigation. I've made a follow up to the team and ask if there's any information that we can share as of this moment. I'll update this thread the soonest I hear back from them.
 

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Google Ads Scripts Team

[Luisa Schaar]

Thank you. Would you know if there is any other way to pull the changes that were made through the Google Ads editor with a Google Ads script or through the API? It is an important feature, especially for agencies that need to mirror all changes made in their accounts, which is impossible if you have to go to every single account to check the change history.

[Lena Freier]

Hello, I have also recently had that issue. Would you be able to provide a timeline on this issue or if this is going to be resolved at all since it seems like it has been more than a year since this problem was first encountered.

Google Ads Scripts Forum Advisor schrieb am Montag, 7. August 2023 um 13:23:31 UTC+2:

[Google Ads Scripts Forum Advisor]

Hi,

Thank you for reaching out to our team.

I understand that you are also having this issue. However, please note that the wider team is still thoroughly investigating and we cannot provide the exact timeline for this. That said, allow me to do a follow up to the wider team regarding this issue and rest assured that we will get back to you as soon as we have updates.

[Luisa Schaar]

Do you know if there is another way to pull changes made by the editor or not?

[Google Ads Scripts Forum Advisor]

Hi Luisa,

I'm afraid that there's currently no other way to retrieve changes made via Google Ads Editor by using Google Ads Scripts. If you want to check if it's possible using Google Ads API, I suggest you post your concern on their forum (https://groups.google.com/g/adwords-api) so their team can provide their insights.

We'll update this thread once we have more information regarding the issue in Google Ads Scripts.

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[Aaron Weiner]

Even trying via the Google Ads API doesn't work. That code only returns a few types of items. 

This has been an ongoing issue for over 10 years. If Google doesn't plan on fixing it, could you possibly explain why?

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Does anyone know how to make a script that notify you if there're no changes made for the last 2 weeks to the account for a particular user?

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[Aaron Weiner]

There is no point in creating this type of script since the report does not fully work. 

The Google Ads change_event report does not return data on all changes.

For example, if the user made changes via the Google Ads Editor, this report will never return those changes. 

[Google Ads Scripts Forum Advisor]

Hi,

 

We would recommend to create a report <https://developers.google.com/google-ads/scripts/docs/features/reports#report_example> using the type change_event <https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/fields/v14/change_event> with the field change_event.change_date_time filtered to LAST_14_DAYS and count for the number of values that would be returned by the report. Kindly utilize the report's interactive query builder <https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/fields/v14/change_event_query_builder> in order to properly build your query.

 

To provide further context, you may do this by pushing the values to an array, and then check if the array's length is 0. If yes, then you can send an alert by using the MailApp service <https://developers.google.com/google-ads/scripts/docs/examples/mailapp?hl=en> to send you an email alert.

 

Let us know if you have any further clarifications.

 

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