Hi Austin,

Please see answers below to your questions.

1.  In terms of the AdWords object hierarchy, are Audiences associated with 
(ie. belong to) campaigns, ad groups, or can it be both?

Audiences can only be associated in a campaign or in ad group, and not 
both. If your campaign has a user list already, and then you try to add a 
user list in an ad group under that campaign, the API will generate an 
error. This is also specified on this guide 
<https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/guides/remarketing#visitors_to_your_website>
 specifically 
on the "If you are switching from ad group level user list criteria" line.

2.  Is an audience ID a unique identifier?  Or is an Audience ID and Ad 
Group/Campaign ID combination a unique identifier in this case?

There are two IDs associated to an audience. The first one is an 
independent UserList ID 
<https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/v201710/AdwordsUserListService.UserList#id>
 (created 
when you create a user list) and the other one is a Criterion ID 
(AdGroupCriterionId or CampaignCriterionId) which is created when you 
associate your user list to a campaign or ad group and this has a scope of 
uniqueness. The Criterion ID is not globally unique. The CampaignId and 
CampaignCriterionID pair or AdGroupId and AdGroupCriterionId pair are 
globally unique. You can refer to this guide 
<https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/guides/objects-methods#object_hierarchy_and_scope>
 for 
more information on the uniqueness of the different IDs.

Let me know if you have further clarifications. 

Thanks,
Vincent
AdWords API Team

-- 
-- 
=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~
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 https://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api.
To view this discussion on the web visit 
https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/adwords-api/8d237e6e-4e46-4244-89bc-96fb331663c9%40googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
  • AdWords Audience... Austin Smith
    • Re: AdWords... 'Vincent Racaza (AdWords API Team)' via AdWords API Forum

Reply via email to