Hi Chirag, I once replied to Mark privately, but it seems I forgot to relay information here as well. To exclude *automatic placements, *please do as follows:
Add a NegativeAdGroupCriterion <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/v201506/AdGroupCriterionService.NegativeAdGroupCriterion> to a certain ad group, setting its Criterion.Type <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/v201506/AdGroupCriterionService.Criterion.Type> to *PLACEMENT.*Then, set its url <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/v201506/AdGroupCriterionService.Placement#url> to the same one you would like to exclude (the original *automatic placement* of your interest). Finally, use AdGroupCriterionService to execute an ADD operation of the *AdGroupCriterion*. Note that in this way, the *automatic placements *will be changed to *managed* one. To get *automatic placements*, please run AUTOMATIC_PLACEMENTS_PERFORMANCE_REPORT <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/reports/automatic-placements-performance-report> . Best, Thanet, AdWords API Team On Thursday, October 13, 2016 at 7:35:49 PM UTC+9, Chirag wrote: > > Hello Mark/Thanet, > > I am also in same situation. i wants to pause/exclude placements with > automatic placements. > > Any workaround to pause automatic placements using API? > > Thanks, > > > On Friday, 10 July 2015 11:41:35 UTC+5:30, Thanet Knack Praneenararat > (AdWords API Team) wrote: >> >> Hello Mark, >> >> AdWords script is not my expertise but I'm asking my colleagues for you. >> My guess is that it might be not so different between the script and the >> API. >> >> You may get 0 as an ID if you call getId() of >> <https://developers.google.com/adwords/scripts/docs/reference/adwordsapp/adwordsapp_placement#getId_0> >> AdWordApp.Placement >> <https://developers.google.com/adwords/scripts/docs/reference/adwordsapp/adwordsapp_placement#getId_0> >> . >> >> By the way, as you may know, you can use Automatic Placements >> Performance Report >> <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/reports/automatic-placements-performance-report> >> to >> get only rows for *automatic placements*. >> >> Cheers, >> Thanet, AdWords API Team >> >> On Friday, July 10, 2015 at 6:39:02 AM UTC+9, Mark R wrote: >>> >>> Hey Thanet, >>> >>> Followup question - would we be able to interact with Automatic >>> Placements if we were to use an AdWords script >>> <https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/188712?hl=en&authuser=0>? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Mark >>> >>> On Thursday, July 9, 2015 at 9:12:55 AM UTC-7, Mark R wrote: >>>> >>>> Hey Thanet, >>>> >>>> Thanks for the clarification. That was my assumption after trying >>>> different avenues ourselves. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Mark >>>> >>>> On Thursday, July 9, 2015 at 1:59:09 AM UTC-7, Thanet Knack >>>> Praneenararat (AdWords API Team) wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi Mark, >>>>> >>>>> No, as I mentioned before, automatic placements don't receive >>>>> Criterion ID, that's why their ID are shown as "--" in >>>>> PLACEMENT_PERFORMANCE_REPORT and as 0 in AdWords user interface. >>>>> I apologize that I suggested wrongly. In fact, you cannot obtain the >>>>> placements without ID, namely automatic placements, via >>>>> AdGroupCriterionService. >>>>> The service only returns those with criterion IDs. >>>>> >>>>> I'll look for other possible workarounds and will get you updated in >>>>> case we have ones. >>>>> But possibly they are not returned by Selector due to the fact that >>>>> they are not supposed to be added/deleted by users at first place. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Thanet, AdWords API Team >>>>> >>>>> On Thursday, July 9, 2015 at 1:04:23 AM UTC+9, Mark R wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hey Thanet, >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm using a very similar implementation of the googleads-java-lib >>>>>> example, but that is still not grabbing all the placements. >>>>>> >>>>>> At a high level, does an Automatic Placements even get a Criterion ID? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> Mark >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at 10:30:37 PM UTC-7, Thanet Knack >>>>>> Praneenararat (AdWords API Team) wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello Mark, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> You can use a Selector of AdGroupCriterionService >>>>>>> <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/selectorfields#v201506-AdGroupCriterionService> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> to get placement URLs by the field *PlacementUrl*. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This code example >>>>>>> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fgoogleads%2Fgoogleads-php-lib%2Fblob%2Fmaster%2Fexamples%2FAdWords%2Fv201506%2FBasicOperations%2FGetKeywords.php%23L56&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEtH5D8f6pnYDfkm86mWkdOLxMFVA> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> might be similar to what you would like to do. >>>>>>> Just change the code from using the type *KEYWORD *to *PLACEMENT * >>>>>>> instead. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>> Thanet, AdWords API Team >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at 3:25:03 AM UTC+9, Mark R wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hey Thanet, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Can you point me towards an API call that uses the Placement >>>>>>>> description as suggested? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>>> Mark >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at 7:18:52 AM UTC-7, Mark R wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hey Thanet, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Thanks for the info. We'll look into alternative methods for >>>>>>>>> updating the Automatic placements. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>>> Mark >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at 1:48:39 AM UTC-7, Thanet Knack >>>>>>>>> Praneenararat (AdWords API Team) wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Hello Mark, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Thanks for your clarification. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I still think that you should ignore those placements without IDs >>>>>>>>>> or not offer them to your users. >>>>>>>>>> Originally, they are *automatic* placements (i.e., you or your >>>>>>>>>> user haven't created them), not the *managed* placements that >>>>>>>>>> you can add or delete. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> If you still would like to tweak around them, the best possible >>>>>>>>>> way might be using their descriptions instead of IDs. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>>>>> Thanet, AdWords API Team >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at 2:28:33 AM UTC+9, Mark R wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Hey Thanet, >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> We use an internal tool for managing some of our Criterion, and >>>>>>>>>>> our team would like the capability to bid/pause/remove Placements >>>>>>>>>>> through >>>>>>>>>>> this tool. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Without an ID they would need to individually select each >>>>>>>>>>> Placement through the AdWords webpage they wish to manipulate, >>>>>>>>>>> rather than >>>>>>>>>>> use API calls. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>>>>>> Mark >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Monday, July 6, 2015 at 4:16:46 AM UTC-7, Thanet Knack >>>>>>>>>>> Praneenararat (AdWords API Team) wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Mark, >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> I'm not sure I understand your use case correctly. >>>>>>>>>>>> Why would this mechanism (returning null when the placement is >>>>>>>>>>>> automatic one) is problematic to you? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> That is just one of other possible ways (e.g., returning an >>>>>>>>>>>> arbitrary constant value) to show that a certain row is of >>>>>>>>>>>> automatic, not >>>>>>>>>>>> the one you have manually specified. >>>>>>>>>>>> Could you please tell me what you are trying to achieve so I >>>>>>>>>>>> can help you appropriately? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>>>>>>> Thanet, AdWords API Team >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Saturday, July 4, 2015 at 6:06:13 AM UTC+9, Mark R wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Hey Thanet, >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> That agrees with what we've observed, but is there a technical >>>>>>>>>>>>> reason? It seems to also be the case when I pull the Placement >>>>>>>>>>>>> through the >>>>>>>>>>>>> AdGroupCriterionService. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Can you suggest an alternative method for getting the ID? >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>>>>>>> Mark >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> On Friday, July 3, 2015 at 2:24:32 AM UTC-7, Thanet Knack >>>>>>>>>>>>> Praneenararat (AdWords API Team) wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Mark, >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> That means the placement is an automatic one >>>>>>>>>>>>>> <https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/99463?hl=en> (as >>>>>>>>>>>>>> compared to managed placements >>>>>>>>>>>>>> <https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/99502?hl=en>). In >>>>>>>>>>>>>> AWFE, it will have value of 0. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> For managed placements you specified, the placement >>>>>>>>>>>>>> performance report shows the ID field as usual. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanet, AdWords API Team >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, July 2, 2015 at 8:36:48 AM UTC+9, Mark R wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hey Folks, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In the Placement Performance Report, I'm observing a large >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> quantity of Placements where the ID field is coming in as null >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ("--") and >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm not seeing in the documentation why that would be. Is >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> there a >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> segmentation that could cause this result? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mark >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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 adwords-api@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 --- 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 adwords-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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