RE: "cannot_modify_Ad" Error Updating Final URLs for Ads

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Hi Pat,

It will effectively be like an update and the feed ids and feed item ids
will be same as the one during the ADD operation.

Thanks,
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On 01/30/19 11:24:03 pjodo...@us.ibm.com wrote:

Thanks Sreelakshmi.  That makes sense.  Does the SET operation in step 4
act like creating a completely new sitelink that creates a new ID etc. or
is it simply just acting like an update/edit function to the already
created sitelink?

Thanks!
Pat

On Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 4:11:32 PM UTC-5, googleadsapi-forumadvisor
wrote:

Hi Pat,

Yes, the ADD and SET works as same for extension setting services. Based on
your use-case, the steps might be similar to as follows :

   1. Add the sitelink extension using the CampaignExtensionsettingService



   (as an example) which will return the the details of the extension
   including the Feed Id and the individual Feed items in the API response.
   2. Your program would then perform a CampaignExtensionsettingServic
   e.get()

  
and
   filter with the campaign id and the extension type = SITELINK to fetch  
the

   sitelinks associated to that campaign.
   3. You will then need to update the final urls for each sitelink feed
   item in the extension similar to the code snippet shared in my previous
   response.
   4. Add the CampaignExtensionSetting (which includes all the sitelinks
   associated with the given campaign) back to the
   CampaignExtensionsettingService.mutate()



   call to perform a SET operation.
   5. This should update your existing sitelink extensions with the new
   final url. Please note that the underlying feed item ids does not change
   when you perform this update.

Please let me know if you have any additional questions.

Thanks,
Sreelakshmi, AdWords API Team

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On 01/29/19 10:21:08 pjod...@us.ibm.com wrote:

Thanks Sreelakshmi.

Is there a way to update the final URLs after the initial time of creating
the site link without creating an entirely new site link?  In my situation,
one team would be creating the site link and inputting the base URL, and
then an internal tool would be taking that base URL, adding tagging, and
then hopefully sending it back to the correct site link.

Thanks!
Pat

On Monday, January 28, 2019 at 5:33:33 PM UTC-5, googleadsapi-forumadvisor
wrote:

Hi Pat,

Those are two different ways of updating the sitelinks. If you are using
the extension setting services

at various levels (Customer/AdGroup/Campaign) to create the extensions, I
would recommend using the same to modify the final urls. The code snippet

I had shared in my previous response should be useful if you decide to go
with that. To prevent the new settings from overwriting the old settings,
remember to send back all feed items, even if you're modifying just one
item.

Thanks,
Sreelakshmi, AdWords API Team

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Re: "cannot_modify_Ad" Error Updating Final URLs for Ads

[pjodonov]

Thanks Sreelakshmi.  That makes sense.  Does the SET operation in step 4 
act like creating a completely new sitelink that creates a new ID etc. or 
is it simply just acting like an update/edit function to the already 
created sitelink?

Thanks!
Pat

On Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 4:11:32 PM UTC-5, googleadsapi-forumadvisor 
wrote:
>
> Hi Pat, 
>
> Yes, the ADD and SET works as same for extension setting services. Based 
> on your use-case, the steps might be similar to as follows : 
>
>1. Add the sitelink extension using the CampaignExtensionsettingService 
>
> 
>  
>(as an example) which will return the the details of the extension 
>including the Feed Id and the individual Feed items in the API response. 
>2. Your program would then perform a 
>CampaignExtensionsettingService.get() 
>
> 
>  and 
>filter with the campaign id and the extension type = SITELINK to fetch the 
>sitelinks associated to that campaign. 
>3. You will then need to update the final urls for each sitelink feed 
>item in the extension similar to the code snippet shared in my previous 
>response. 
>4. Add the CampaignExtensionSetting (which includes all the sitelinks 
>associated with the given campaign) back to the 
>CampaignExtensionsettingService.mutate() 
>
> 
>  
>call to perform a SET operation. 
>5. This should update your existing sitelink extensions with the new 
>final url. Please note that the underlying feed item ids does not change 
>when you perform this update. 
>
> Please let me know if you have any additional questions. 
>
> Thanks,
> Sreelakshmi, AdWords API Team
>
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> On 01/29/19 10:21:08 pjod...@us.ibm.com  wrote:
>
> Thanks Sreelakshmi.
>
> Is there a way to update the final URLs after the initial time of creating 
> the site link without creating an entirely new site link?  In my situation, 
> one team would be creating the site link and inputting the base URL, and 
> then an internal tool would be taking that base URL, adding tagging, and 
> then hopefully sending it back to the correct site link.
>
> Thanks!
> Pat 
>
> On Monday, January 28, 2019 at 5:33:33 PM UTC-5, googleadsapi-forumadvisor 
> wrote:
>
> Hi Pat, 
>
> Those are two different ways of updating the sitelinks. If you are using 
> the extension setting services 
>  
> at various levels (Customer/AdGroup/Campaign) to create the extensions, I 
> would recommend using the same to modify the final urls. The code snippet 
> 
>  
> I had shared in my previous response should be useful if you decide to go 
> with that. To prevent the new settings from overwriting the old settings, 
> remember to send back all feed items, even if you're modifying just one 
> item.
>
> Thanks,
> Sreelakshmi, AdWords API Team
>
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> On 01/28/19 10:55:08 pjod...@us.ibm.com wrote:
>
> Hi Sreelakshmi,
>
> Thanks for the response.  Does the mutate operation including removing old 
> entries and creating new with updates?
>
> My objective is to set the final URL for sitelinks via

RE: "cannot_modify_Ad" Error Updating Final URLs for Ads

[googleadsapi-forumadvisor via AdWords API and Google Ads API Forum]

Hi Pat,

Yes, the ADD and SET works as same for extension setting services. Based on
your use-case, the steps might be similar to as follows :

   1. Add the sitelink extension using the CampaignExtensionsettingService



   (as an example) which will return the the details of the extension
   including the Feed Id and the individual Feed items in the API response.
   2. Your program would then perform a
   CampaignExtensionsettingService.get()

  
and
   filter with the campaign id and the extension type = SITELINK to fetch  
the

   sitelinks associated to that campaign.
   3. You will then need to update the final urls for each sitelink feed
   item in the extension similar to the code snippet shared in my previous
   response.
   4. Add the CampaignExtensionSetting (which includes all the sitelinks
   associated with the given campaign) back to the
   CampaignExtensionsettingService.mutate()



   call to perform a SET operation.
   5. This should update your existing sitelink extensions with the new
   final url. Please note that the underlying feed item ids does not change
   when you perform this update.

Please let me know if you have any additional questions.

Thanks,
Sreelakshmi, AdWords API Team

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On 01/29/19 10:21:08 pjodo...@us.ibm.com wrote:

Thanks Sreelakshmi.

Is there a way to update the final URLs after the initial time of creating
the site link without creating an entirely new site link?  In my situation,
one team would be creating the site link and inputting the base URL, and
then an internal tool would be taking that base URL, adding tagging, and
then hopefully sending it back to the correct site link.

Thanks!
Pat

On Monday, January 28, 2019 at 5:33:33 PM UTC-5, googleadsapi-forumadvisor
wrote:

Hi Pat,

Those are two different ways of updating the sitelinks. If you are using
the extension setting services

at various levels (Customer/AdGroup/Campaign) to create the extensions, I
would recommend using the same to modify the final urls. The code snippet

I had shared in my previous response should be useful if you decide to go
with that. To prevent the new settings from overwriting the old settings,
remember to send back all feed items, even if you're modifying just one
item.

Thanks,
Sreelakshmi, AdWords API Team

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On 01/28/19 10:55:08 pjod...@us.ibm.com wrote:

Hi Sreelakshmi,

Thanks for the response.  Does the mutate operation including removing old
entries and creating new with updates?

My objective is to set the final URL for sitelinks via the API.  Do you
think CampaignExtensionSettingService

 or FeedItemService

makes more sense for this use case?

Thanks!

On Friday, January 25, 2019 at 5:27:20 PM UTC-5, googleadsapi-forumadvisor
wrote:

Hi Pat,

AdService
  
can

only mutate the Ad and not a feed item (sitelink). If you would like to
update a spec

Re: "cannot_modify_Ad" Error Updating Final URLs for Ads

[pjodonov]

Thanks Sreelakshmi.

Is there a way to update the final URLs after the initial time of creating 
the site link without creating an entirely new site link?  In my situation, 
one team would be creating the site link and inputting the base URL, and 
then an internal tool would be taking that base URL, adding tagging, and 
then hopefully sending it back to the correct site link.

Thanks!
Pat 

On Monday, January 28, 2019 at 5:33:33 PM UTC-5, googleadsapi-forumadvisor 
wrote:
>
> Hi Pat, 
>
> Those are two different ways of updating the sitelinks. If you are using 
> the extension setting services 
>  
> at various levels (Customer/AdGroup/Campaign) to create the extensions, I 
> would recommend using the same to modify the final urls. The code snippet 
> 
>  
> I had shared in my previous response should be useful if you decide to go 
> with that. To prevent the new settings from overwriting the old settings, 
> remember to send back all feed items, even if you're modifying just one 
> item.
>
> Thanks,
> Sreelakshmi, AdWords API Team
>
> =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~
> Also find us on our blog and discussion group:
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> On 01/28/19 10:55:08 pjod...@us.ibm.com  wrote:
>
> Hi Sreelakshmi,
>
> Thanks for the response.  Does the mutate operation including removing old 
> entries and creating new with updates?
>
> My objective is to set the final URL for sitelinks via the API.  Do you 
> think CampaignExtensionSettingService 
> 
>  or FeedItemService 
> 
>   
> makes more sense for this use case?
>
> Thanks!
>
> On Friday, January 25, 2019 at 5:27:20 PM UTC-5, googleadsapi-forumadvisor 
> wrote:
>
> Hi Pat, 
>
> AdService 
>  
> can 
> only mutate the Ad and not a feed item (sitelink). If you would like to 
> update a specific extension at the campaign level, you will need to use the 
> CampaignExtensionSettingService 
> 
>  and 
> perform a mutate() operation. Please check this section of the guide 
> 
>  for 
> more details and code snippets. You could also use the FeedItemService 
> 
>  and 
> update the specific feed Item. This guide 
> 
>  illustrates 
> how to update a feed item using the FeedItemService. 
>
> If I misunderstood your question, could you please elaborate? 
>
> Thanks,
> Sreelakshmi, AdWords API Team
>
> =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~
> Also find us on our blog and discussion group:
> http://googleadsdeveloper.blogspot.com/search/label/adwords_api
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> On 01/25/19 14:16:24 pjod...@us.ibm.com wrote:
>
> Hi Sreelakshmi,
>
> A follow up que

RE: "cannot_modify_Ad" Error Updating Final URLs for Ads

[googleadsapi-forumadvisor via AdWords API and Google Ads API Forum]

Hi Pat,

Those are two different ways of updating the sitelinks. If you are using
the extension setting services

at various levels (Customer/AdGroup/Campaign) to create the extensions, I
would recommend using the same to modify the final urls. The code snippet

I had shared in my previous response should be useful if you decide to go
with that. To prevent the new settings from overwriting the old settings,
remember to send back all feed items, even if you're modifying just one
item.

Thanks,
Sreelakshmi, AdWords API Team

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On 01/28/19 10:55:08 pjodo...@us.ibm.com wrote:

Hi Sreelakshmi,

Thanks for the response.  Does the mutate operation including removing old
entries and creating new with updates?

My objective is to set the final URL for sitelinks via the API.  Do you
think CampaignExtensionSettingService

 or FeedItemService

makes more sense for this use case?

Thanks!

On Friday, January 25, 2019 at 5:27:20 PM UTC-5, googleadsapi-forumadvisor
wrote:

Hi Pat,

AdService
  
can

only mutate the Ad and not a feed item (sitelink). If you would like to
update a specific extension at the campaign level, you will need to use the
CampaignExtensionSettingService
  
and

perform a mutate() operation. Please check this section of the guide
  
for

more details and code snippets. You could also use the FeedItemService
  
and

update the specific feed Item. This guide
  
illustrates

how to update a feed item using the FeedItemService.

If I misunderstood your question, could you please elaborate?

Thanks,
Sreelakshmi, AdWords API Team

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On 01/25/19 14:16:24 pjod...@us.ibm.com wrote:

Hi Sreelakshmi,

A follow up question on this.  Is the Adservice able to update URLs for ads
that belong to site links or does your previous response hold true for
sitelinks as well?

Thanks!
Pat

On Monday, November 5, 2018 at 4:00:12 PM UTC-5, Sreelakshmi Sasidharan
(AdWords API Team) wrote:

Hi Pat,

Yes, those Ad types are not supported by AdService. Hence, you may need to
remove the old ad and create the new ad with the updates. This will create
a new ad and you will no longer have the historical stats associated with
it. You will be able to see the historical stats associated with the old
ad.

From the description, it looks like it would be ideal to use your tool
before you create the Ad itself. You could start working with the proposed
Final Url and let the tool come up with the correct url. You could then use
the API to create the ad with the correct Url. Ads not being able to be
modified for all types is a product level limitation. You can verify this
in your test Google Ads account from the UI. For instance, modifying an
image ad will create a new version of the ad and remove the old one.

If you would like, you can also post this 

Re: "cannot_modify_Ad" Error Updating Final URLs for Ads

[pjodonov]

Hi Sreelakshmi,

Thanks for the response.  Does the mutate operation including removing old 
entries and creating new with updates?

My objective is to set the final URL for sitelinks via the API.  Do you 
think CampaignExtensionSettingService 

 or FeedItemService 

  
makes more sense for this use case?

Thanks!

On Friday, January 25, 2019 at 5:27:20 PM UTC-5, googleadsapi-forumadvisor 
wrote:
>
> Hi Pat, 
>
> AdService 
>  
> can 
> only mutate the Ad and not a feed item (sitelink). If you would like to 
> update a specific extension at the campaign level, you will need to use the 
> CampaignExtensionSettingService 
> 
>  and 
> perform a mutate() operation. Please check this section of the guide 
> 
>  for 
> more details and code snippets. You could also use the FeedItemService 
> 
>  and 
> update the specific feed Item. This guide 
> 
>  illustrates 
> how to update a feed item using the FeedItemService. 
>
> If I misunderstood your question, could you please elaborate? 
>
> Thanks,
> Sreelakshmi, AdWords API Team
>
> =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~
> Also find us on our blog and discussion group:
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>
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> On 01/25/19 14:16:24 pjod...@us.ibm.com  wrote:
>
> Hi Sreelakshmi,
>
> A follow up question on this.  Is the Adservice able to update URLs for 
> ads that belong to site links or does your previous response hold true for 
> sitelinks as well?
>
> Thanks!
> Pat
>
> On Monday, November 5, 2018 at 4:00:12 PM UTC-5, Sreelakshmi Sasidharan 
> (AdWords API Team) wrote:
>
> Hi Pat, 
>
> Yes, those Ad types are not supported by AdService. Hence, you may need to 
> remove the old ad and create the new ad with the updates. This will create 
> a new ad and you will no longer have the historical stats associated with 
> it. You will be able to see the historical stats associated with the old 
> ad. 
>
> From the description, it looks like it would be ideal to use your tool 
> before you create the Ad itself. You could start working with the proposed 
> Final Url and let the tool come up with the correct url. You could then use 
> the API to create the ad with the correct Url. Ads not being able to be 
> modified for all types is a product level limitation. You can verify this 
> in your test Google Ads account from the UI. For instance, modifying an 
> image ad will create a new version of the ad and remove the old one. 
>
> If you would like, you can also post this question on the advertisers 
> community forum 
> 
>  to 
> see if the product experts there have any suggestions. 
>
> Thanks,
> Sreelakshmi, AdWords API Team
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RE: "cannot_modify_Ad" Error Updating Final URLs for Ads

[googleadsapi-forumadvisor via AdWords API and Google Ads API Forum]

Hi Pat,

AdService
  
can

only mutate the Ad and not a feed item (sitelink). If you would like to
update a specific extension at the campaign level, you will need to use the
CampaignExtensionSettingService
  
and

perform a mutate() operation. Please check this section of the guide
  
for

more details and code snippets. You could also use the FeedItemService
  
and

update the specific feed Item. This guide
  
illustrates

how to update a feed item using the FeedItemService.

If I misunderstood your question, could you please elaborate?

Thanks,
Sreelakshmi, AdWords API Team

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On 01/25/19 14:16:24 pjodo...@us.ibm.com wrote:

Hi Sreelakshmi,

A follow up question on this.  Is the Adservice able to update URLs for ads
that belong to site links or does your previous response hold true for
sitelinks as well?

Thanks!
Pat

On Monday, November 5, 2018 at 4:00:12 PM UTC-5, Sreelakshmi Sasidharan
(AdWords API Team) wrote:

Hi Pat,

Yes, those Ad types are not supported by AdService. Hence, you may need to
remove the old ad and create the new ad with the updates. This will create
a new ad and you will no longer have the historical stats associated with
it. You will be able to see the historical stats associated with the old
ad.

From the description, it looks like it would be ideal to use your tool
before you create the Ad itself. You could start working with the proposed
Final Url and let the tool come up with the correct url. You could then use
the API to create the ad with the correct Url. Ads not being able to be
modified for all types is a product level limitation. You can verify this
in your test Google Ads account from the UI. For instance, modifying an
image ad will create a new version of the ad and remove the old one.

If you would like, you can also post this question on the advertisers
community forum
  
to

see if the product experts there have any suggestions.

Thanks,
Sreelakshmi, AdWords API Team

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Re: "cannot_modify_Ad" Error Updating Final URLs for Ads

[pjodonov]

Hi Sreelakshmi,

A follow up question on this.  Is the Adservice able to update URLs for ads 
that belong to site links or does your previous response hold true for 
sitelinks as well?

Thanks!
Pat

On Monday, November 5, 2018 at 4:00:12 PM UTC-5, Sreelakshmi Sasidharan 
(AdWords API Team) wrote:
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> Hi Pat, 
>
> Yes, those Ad types are not supported by AdService. Hence, you may need to 
> remove the old ad and create the new ad with the updates. This will create 
> a new ad and you will no longer have the historical stats associated with 
> it. You will be able to see the historical stats associated with the old 
> ad. 
>
> From the description, it looks like it would be ideal to use your tool 
> before you create the Ad itself. You could start working with the proposed 
> Final Url and let the tool come up with the correct url. You could then use 
> the API to create the ad with the correct Url. Ads not being able to be 
> modified for all types is a product level limitation. You can verify this 
> in your test Google Ads account from the UI. For instance, modifying an 
> image ad will create a new version of the ad and remove the old one. 
>
> If you would like, you can also post this question on the advertisers 
> community forum 
> 
>  to 
> see if the product experts there have any suggestions. 
>
> Thanks,
> Sreelakshmi, AdWords API Team
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Re: "cannot_modify_Ad" Error Updating Final URLs for Ads

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Hi Pat, 

Yes, those Ad types are not supported by AdService. Hence, you may need to 
remove the old ad and create the new ad with the updates. This will create 
a new ad and you will no longer have the historical stats associated with 
it. You will be able to see the historical stats associated with the old 
ad. 

>From the description, it looks like it would be ideal to use your tool 
before you create the Ad itself. You could start working with the proposed 
Final Url and let the tool come up with the correct url. You could then use 
the API to create the ad with the correct Url. Ads not being able to be 
modified for all types is a product level limitation. You can verify this 
in your test Google Ads account from the UI. For instance, modifying an 
image ad will create a new version of the ad and remove the old one. 

If you would like, you can also post this question on the advertisers 
community forum 
 
to 
see if the product experts there have any suggestions. 

Thanks,
Sreelakshmi, AdWords API Team

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Re: "cannot_modify_Ad" Error Updating Final URLs for Ads

[pjodonov]

Thanks Sreelakshmi!  To confirm, the API doesn't have the ability to edit 
URLs for regular image display ads, youtube, or gmail ads?  Will it ever 
have that capability?

On Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 3:09:01 PM UTC-4, Sreelakshmi Sasidharan 
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>
> Hello Pat, 
>
> Starting v201806, you can use the AdService 
>  
> to mutate your ads without losing their performance data. Please check this 
> guide 
> 
>  
> for more details. However this is not supported for all ad types. The 
> supported ad types can be found here 
> .
>  
> If you are trying to update the ad of these types and facing issues, could 
> you please share the SOAP request and response without redacting the Ids? I 
> can take a closer look. You can use reply privately to author while sharing 
> the details. 
>
> Please note that this service is not supported in batch processing. The 
> operations supported by BatchJobService can be found here 
> .
>  
>
>
> Thanks,
> Sreelakshmi, AdWords API Team
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Re: "cannot_modify_Ad" Error Updating Final URLs for Ads

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Hi Sreelakshmi,

I would like to give you my larger processes plan and see if you have any 
other ideas for me.  I'm working on a tool that creates URL tags and 
validates their inputs.  I want to take an export from Adwords or our 3rd 
party search management platform and upload that into my tool to provide 
the inputs to the tool on how to create the URL, and then automatically 
pass the URL to the correct Ad via the API.  One of the inputs that I would 
need to create this full URL is the base URL with no tags, which I was 
planning on grabbing from the already created ad.  

If I cannot modify URLs for regular display/video/gmail ads after an ad has 
already been created, does it make sense to take in all the information 
needed to create the final URL, and then overwrite the entire ad, including 
the URL, back to Adwords?  Is that possible and do you see any issues with 
that solution?  I'm not sure how the creative would be exported and 
imported in that situation... 

Thanks! 
Pat

On Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 3:09:01 PM UTC-4, Sreelakshmi Sasidharan 
(AdWords API Team) wrote:
>
> Hello Pat, 
>
> Starting v201806, you can use the AdService 
>  
> to mutate your ads without losing their performance data. Please check this 
> guide 
> 
>  
> for more details. However this is not supported for all ad types. The 
> supported ad types can be found here 
> .
>  
> If you are trying to update the ad of these types and facing issues, could 
> you please share the SOAP request and response without redacting the Ids? I 
> can take a closer look. You can use reply privately to author while sharing 
> the details. 
>
> Please note that this service is not supported in batch processing. The 
> operations supported by BatchJobService can be found here 
> .
>  
>
>
> Thanks,
> Sreelakshmi, AdWords API Team
>

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Re: "cannot_modify_Ad" Error Updating Final URLs for Ads

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Hello Pat, 

Starting v201806, you can use the AdService 
 
to mutate your ads without losing their performance data. Please check this 
guide 

 
for more details. However this is not supported for all ad types. The 
supported ad types can be found here 
.
 
If you are trying to update the ad of these types and facing issues, could 
you please share the SOAP request and response without redacting the Ids? I 
can take a closer look. You can use reply privately to author while sharing 
the details. 

Please note that this service is not supported in batch processing. The 
operations supported by BatchJobService can be found here 
.
 


Thanks,
Sreelakshmi, AdWords API Team

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"cannot_modify_Ad" Error Updating Final URLs for Ads

[pjodonov]

I'm trying to update Display, Video, and GSP final URLs via the API, but 
I'm getting a "cannot_modify_Ad" error.  I'm able to update the final URLs 
for Search KWs fine via the API, but can't get it to work for Ads.  Has 
anyone seen this before? 

I know that bulk uploading changes to an Ad final URL within the Google Ads 
UI isn't allowed, and I would normally think that the bulk upload 
functionality in the UI mimics that of what is capable with the API but I'm 
hoping that isn't the case.  I believe you can update final URLs for ads 
via the Editor and I read somewhere that the editor uses the API as well so 
maybe it is possible?

Any insight would be appreciated.

Thanks!
Pat

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