I have a related follow-up question to this thread. In v13, you could change the status of a disabled ad back to let's say active. However, in v200909, it seems that this is no longer allowed. Can someone confirm this please as it unfortunately will require a lot of changes in our software which was using this v13 behavior extensively.
It was a very handy option to have in a scenario where you wanted to update an ad, for example the headline, by first disabling the old ad and then creating a new ad. If creating the new ad for some reason failed, you could always revert back to the previous one by flipping the status from disabled to active again. Thanks Hanhs On Dec 17, 7:09 am, AdWords API Advisor <adwordsapiadvi...@google.com> wrote: > Hi Ven, > > For AdGroupAds, setting thestatustoDISABLEDor using the REMOVE > operator has the same effect. AdGroupAds can never be fully deleted, > and they will always exist in your account with thestatusDISABLED. > There is no name uniqueness requirement for ads so there should never > be a problem creating a newadwith similar settings. The newadwill > not share any of the history with the oldad. > > Best, > - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team > > On Dec 16, 3:52 pm, "sem...@proventactics.com" > > > > <sem...@proventactics.com> wrote: > > I am struggling with the same issue here. I think using the REMOVE > > operator might work even I haven't tried it yet. It might let you > > create a newadbut I think you'll probably loose all the stats and > > related data. In AdWords Interface, if you click on editing anad, a > > popup notification says: > > > You can edit thisad. > > Changing theadwill delete the existingadand create a new one. The > > newadwill begin with statistics at zero, and statistics for the old > >adwill be shown in the "Deleted ads" row. > > > Cheers! > > > On Dec 16, 2:04 pm, ComputerPsi <vilme...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Bounce. Would anybody like to answer my post? :) > > > > On Dec 15, 12:20 pm, ComputerPsi <vilme...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > From what I understand, in order to change a textad, you must delete > > > > the original, and then create a new textad. > > > > > I have the whole v200909 code > > > > fromhttp://code.google.com/p/google-api-adwords-php/downloads/list. > > > > Looking through the sample, I was able to add anadgroup with a text > > > >adand keywords. > > > > However I want to now modify a textadthat was created. In > > > > UpdateAd.php, I found that it pauses thead. From what I understand > > > > "SET"ing it to "DISABLED" won't remove it. > > > > Should I use the "REMOVE" command instead of "SET"? Will this allow me > > > > to create an alternative textadwith the same name as this removed > > > > one? > > > > When using "REMOVE" operator in AdGroupAdOperation, what should the > > > >statusbe set to for AdGroupAd? It has options ENABLED, PAUSED, and > > > >DISABLED. > > > > > Thank you, > > > > Ven- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to adwords-...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to adwords-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api?hl=en.
