Hi Jeff, Thanks for the info.
I need the scheduling to be dynamic, so the API is the way to go. However not all my campaigns are active. If i run the getAll, will i be able to parse only the active campaigns from there? On Aug 29, 11:51 am, AdWords API Advisor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Billy, > > Taking a step back, you might not need to adjust your campaigns via > the AdWords API to achieve that behavior. The normal AdWords system > lets you define ad scheduling on a campaign level, allowing you > specify the exact times you'd like your ads to run. > > Of course, if you need something more dynamic because the schedule > might vary from week to week throughout the year, the AdWords API > would be a good choice for modifying your campaigns. You could either > use the AdWords API to modify the schedule associated with a given > campaign in advance, or you could forgo the built-in scheduling > entirely and just use the API to pause/unpause campaigns via a > scheduled job on your end. > > Either way, if you're using the AdWords API to modify campaigns, > you'll need to know at least the campaignIds to populate the Campaign > objects that you pass in to updateCampaignList(). If the accounts you > manage frequently have new accounts then it would make sense to get > these campaignIds each time your program runs, and you could parse the > results of getAllAdWordsCampaigns() for that (or run a Campaign > Structure report, though the getAllAdWordsCampaigns() approach is > arguably simpler). You'd use these ids to create Campaign objects with > either the appropriate ad scheduling set up (if you want to use > AdWords' scheduling) or with the appropriate "Paused" or "Active" > value for the "status" attribute. > > Cheers, > -Jeff Posnick, AdWords API Team > > On Aug 29, 11:09 am, billyw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi All, > > > I'm new to this api stuff and just have a quick question > > > I want to set up a program to pause all my campaigns at specific days/ > > times that I will set up in a table. i'm just trying to figure out the > > quickest way to set it up. I have an mcc with a dozen accounts. > > > Can i do a "get all campaigns", or will i need to have an existing > > list of all campaign ids in order to change their status? > > > thanks- 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
