Thank you for the clarification Josh. 1) Is it planned to support this functionality via the API in the future?
2) Can Ad Objects be created separately without creating a campaign or AdGroup via the API? (i.e. create an ad at account level then pull this ad into a new campaign/adgroup later using UI since shared library is not supported via API yet?) On Friday, January 2, 2015 10:16:00 AM UTC-5, Josh Radcliff (AdWords API Team) wrote: > > Hi, > > Using the API, ads cannot be shared across campaigns and ad groups. You'll > need a separate *Ad* object for each ad group. > > In the UI, you can use shared ads under the *Shared Library* on the left, > but this functionality is not supported in the API. > > Cheers, > Josh, AdWords API Team > > On Wednesday, December 31, 2014 9:46:53 AM UTC-5, Sam wrote: >> >> I will only be using the API to create and manage Mobile App Install type >> campaigns (and creating/managing text, image, and video app install ads) >> for clients. >> >> I'm wondering if via the API I can create the template ads listed above >> in advance (before Campaign or AdGroup)? >> >> For Example: >> >> Client: ABCDE >> >> Can I create a template ad X and push it to ABCDE's account, then later >> configure a campaign/adgroup and use ad X that I previously created (tied >> to ABCDE's account)? Or is the case that each ad must be tied to an AdGroup >> or Campaign and cannot be tied at the adwords account level? >> >> Are ads in adwords unique objects that can be created in advance and >> re-used? (can ad X present in ABCDE's account be re-used in another >> campaign?) >> >> (I believe this is the case for Facebook App Install ads for a point of >> reference) >> >> If you can point me to any pages on the documentation/sample code that >> will help with this that would be awesome! >> >> Thank you and Happy New Year! >> > -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and Google+: https://googleadsdeveloper.blogspot.com/ https://plus.google.com/+GoogleAdsDevelopers/posts =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/adwords-api/d289cdb7-519c-4e79-a33f-ca13db0441bc%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
