So unfortunately, to sum up, I guess your answer is: No I cannot search customers by names as I used to do.
Can we call this a regression? On Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 7:50:03 PM UTC+2, googleadsapi-forumadvisor wrote: > > Hello Benjamin, > > Please find my response below: > > - if I use the query you suggested based on customer_client, I get > over 8k results, which is expected. Yet, as you know, I cannot get the > descriptive names out of it, so I can't filter which is my goal > The CustomerClient > > <https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/rpc/google.ads.googleads.v1.resources#google.ads.googleads.v1.resources.CustomerClient> > resource > will be having only the resources fields resource_name, client_customer, > hidden and level only. It is not possible to fetch the descriptive name > via > CustomerClient. > > - if I query `customer`, then I get only one result: the main MCC. > Because the customer resource always points to the client customer Id > you are passing to the API call and fetches the details of that customer > only. As you are making the API call using the MCC account id the customer > resource always points to that MCC account. > > - if I use ListAccessibleCustomers, I get 2 results > The ListAccessibleCustomers > > <https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/rpc/google.ads.googleads.v1.services#google.ads.googleads.v1.services.CustomerService.ListAccessibleCustomers> > will > fetch only the resource names of the accounts that can be directly > accessible with the OAuth credentials of the user making the API call. If > you see 2 accounts that means you have access to only 2 accounts directly > via that user. > > - if I do "SELECT customer_client.resource_name, > customer_client.client_customer, customer.descriptive_name FROM > customer_client", the only customer I get is the MCC > Since the customer resource is always pointing to the client customer > Id you are passing to the API call, even when you include it with the > Customer_client resource you will still get the Manager details from the > fields of the customer resource. > > - My initial question is unfortunately still open: how to search > managed customers based on names please? > It is not possible to get the customers based on the names. Also, name > is not a primary attribute of the customer. > > You could refer this guide > <https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/migration/services> to > see the equivalent services for AdWords API that are available in Google > Ads API. The query using CustomerClient will give all the resource names > of the accounts under a manager account. Using this you will get the > account hierarchy but to get the details of those customers you have make > another API call for each resource name using the customer > <https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/fields/customer> > resource. > > Sample customer query: > > "SELECT customer.resource_name, customer.descriptive_name, customer.id > <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fcustomer.id&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNG1wYg6gAM_I2rzp8OFG8WhpGuY5Q>, > > customer.test_account, customer.manager, customer.tracking_url_template > FROM customer" //Pass the customer Id that you found on the resource names > earlier by the CustomerClient. > > Please give it a try and let me know if you have any further questions. > > Regards, > Sai Teja, Google Ads API Team > > > =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ > Also find us on our blog and discussion group: > https://ads-developers.googleblog.com/search/label/google_ads_api > https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/community/ > =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ > > Was your question answered? 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