You're a super hero. What a lightning speed reaction and so much details too. I struggled with this for 4 hours yesterday. That makes so much sense! I now made the adjustments. I had to add a couple of new methods to fetch upgraded_targeting status, and an ad group ID iterator and use AdGroupCriterionService but it's working :) Thank you
For anyone that's Googling in the future (like me) - For standard (non demand gen) campaigns and demand gen campaigns with upgraded targeting set to false: - Creates campaign-level exclusion operations - Apply exclusions using CampaignCriterionService - For Demand Gen campaigns with upgraded targeting set to true: - Retrieve all ad groups in the campaign - Create ad group-level exclusion operations - Apply exclusions using AdGroupCriterionService On Thursday, December 19, 2024 at 4:48:54 AM UTC+1 Google Ads API Forum Advisor wrote: > Hi, > > Thank you for reaching out to the Google Ads API support team. > > Kindly note that when you set the upgraded_targeting > <https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/rpc/v18/Campaign.DemandGenCampaignSettings#upgraded_targeting> > field > to 'true' for the demand gen campaign then the location and language > targeting are managed at the ad group level rather than the campaign level. > If you don't set this field then it will be defaulted to true. Since > location and language targeting are applied at the ad group level, you will > need to use the adGroupCriteria > <https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/rest/reference/rest/v18/customers.adGroupCriteria/mutate?apix=true> > method > to exclude the locations, rather than the campaignCriteria > <https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/rest/reference/rest/v18/customers.campaignCriteria/mutate?apix=true> > method. > When you try to use the campaignCriteria > <https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/rest/reference/rest/v18/customers.campaignCriteria/mutate?apix=true> > method > you will encounter an 'OWNED_AND_OPERATED' error. Also, > upgraded_targeting > <https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/rpc/v18/Campaign.DemandGenCampaignSettings#upgraded_targeting> > is > immutable, meaning it cannot be modified once set. The only possible way to > avoid the error is you would need to create a new campaign with > upgraded_targeting > <https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/rpc/v18/Campaign.DemandGenCampaignSettings#upgraded_targeting> > set > to 'false', allowing you to use the campaignCriteria > <https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/rest/reference/rest/v18/customers.campaignCriteria/mutate?apix=true> > method > to target the location at the campaign level or to use the adGroupCriteria > <https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/rest/reference/rest/v18/customers.adGroupCriteria/mutate?apix=true> > method > and exclude the locations. > > You can check your Demand Gen campaign to see if the location and language > settings are configured at the ad group level or campaign level within the > campaign settings page. For reference, I have attached two sample > screenshots. In one campaign, the location and language settings are > applied at the ad group level, and location exclusions are targeted using > the campaignCriteria > <https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/rest/reference/rest/v18/customers.campaignCriteria/mutate?apix=true> > > method, which results in receiving 'OWNED_AND_OPERATED' error. In the other > campaign, where location and language settings are applied at the campaign > level, no errors are encountered when targeting location exclusions using > the campaignCriteria > <https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/rest/reference/rest/v18/customers.campaignCriteria/mutate?apix=true> > > method. > If you still face any issues, then share us the Google Ads account ID and > the campaign ID so that we can check and confirm if your campaign criteria > is created at the campaign level or the ad group level. > > You can send the details via *Reply privately to the author option*, or > *direct > private reply* to this email. > > This message is in relation to case > "ref:!00D1U01174p.!5004Q02vGped:ref" (ADR-00279202) > > Thanks, > > [image: Google Logo] Google Ads API Team > Feedback > How was our support today? > > [image: rating1] > <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeRhIg5VeThVmbcD0c5DTWTDjmpJuSktN8vFelEL7_KV_Orbg/viewform?usp=pp_url&entry.141427034=1&entry.295079254=5004Q00002vGped> > > [image: rating2] > <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeRhIg5VeThVmbcD0c5DTWTDjmpJuSktN8vFelEL7_KV_Orbg/viewform?usp=pp_url&entry.141427034=2&entry.295079254=5004Q00002vGped> > > [image: rating3] > <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeRhIg5VeThVmbcD0c5DTWTDjmpJuSktN8vFelEL7_KV_Orbg/viewform?usp=pp_url&entry.141427034=3&entry.295079254=5004Q00002vGped> > > [image: rating4] > <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeRhIg5VeThVmbcD0c5DTWTDjmpJuSktN8vFelEL7_KV_Orbg/formResponse?usp=pp_url&entry.141427034=4&entry.295079254=5004Q00002vGped> > > [image: rating5] > <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeRhIg5VeThVmbcD0c5DTWTDjmpJuSktN8vFelEL7_KV_Orbg/formResponse?usp=pp_url&entry.141427034=5&entry.295079254=5004Q00002vGped> > > > > > -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog: https://googleadsdeveloper.blogspot.com/ =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API and Google Ads API Forum" group. 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