Cross-account Bidding Strategies

  • Cross-account bidding strategies are Smart Bidding portfolio strategies created in manager accounts that can be used by campaigns in client accounts linked to the manager.

  • Creating and managing cross-account bidding strategies is similar to managing portfolio strategies, using the manager account's ID in API calls.

  • Cross-account strategies allow setting an optional currency code to share strategies with client accounts in different currencies, but campaigns using them must match the strategy's currency.

  • When working with client accounts, the AccessibleBiddingStrategy resource provides a read-only view of all accessible bidding strategies, including those shared by managers.

  • To attach a cross-account bidding strategy to a campaign, you need to use the resource name of the strategy and ensure the API call uses a login-customer-id of a manager with appropriate access.

Cross-account bidding strategies are effectively Smart Bidding portfolio bidding strategies created in manager accounts. They can be used by campaigns in any client account beneath the manager that owns the strategy.

Create and manage

Creating a new cross-account bidding strategy is almost identical to creating a new portfolio bidding strategy, except you set the customer_id of the API call to that of a manager account. Use a manager account's ID to create a new BiddingStrategy resource, the same way you would create a new portfolio strategy in a client account.

Java

private String createBiddingStrategy(GoogleAdsClient googleAdsClient, long managerCustomerId) {
  try (BiddingStrategyServiceClient biddingStrategyServiceClient =
      googleAdsClient.getLatestVersion().createBiddingStrategyServiceClient()) {
    // Creates a portfolio bidding strategy.
    BiddingStrategy portfolioBiddingStrategy =
        BiddingStrategy.newBuilder()
            .setName("Maximize Clicks #" + getPrintableDateTime())
            .setTargetSpend(TargetSpend.getDefaultInstance())
            // Sets the currency of the new bidding strategy. If not provided, the bidding
            // strategy uses the manager account's default currency.
            .setCurrencyCode("USD")
            .build();
    // Constructs an operation that will create a portfolio bidding strategy.
    BiddingStrategyOperation operation =
        BiddingStrategyOperation.newBuilder().setCreate(portfolioBiddingStrategy).build();
    // Sends the operation in a mutate request.
    MutateBiddingStrategiesResponse response =
        biddingStrategyServiceClient.mutateBiddingStrategies(
            Long.toString(managerCustomerId), ImmutableList.of(operation));

    // Prints the resource name of the created cross-account bidding strategy.
    MutateBiddingStrategyResult mutateBiddingStrategyResult = response.getResults(0);
    String resourceName = mutateBiddingStrategyResult.getResourceName();
    System.out.printf("Created cross-account bidding strategy: '%s'.%n", resourceName);

    return resourceName;
  }
}
UseCrossAccountBiddingStrategy.java

C#

/// <summary>
/// Creates a new TargetSpend (Maximize Clicks) cross-account bidding strategy in the
/// specified manager account.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="client">The Google Ads client.</param>
/// <param name="managerCustomerId">The manager customer ID.</param>
/// <returns>The resource name of the newly created bidding strategy.</returns>
private string CreateBiddingStrategy(GoogleAdsClient client, long managerCustomerId)
{
    BiddingStrategyServiceClient biddingStrategyServiceClient =
        client.GetService(Services.V22.BiddingStrategyService);

    // Create a portfolio bidding strategy.
    BiddingStrategy portfolioBiddingStrategy = new BiddingStrategy
    {
        Name = $"Maximize clicks #{ExampleUtilities.GetRandomString()}",
        TargetSpend = new TargetSpend(),
        // Set the currency of the new bidding strategy. If not provided, the bidding
        // strategy uses the manager account's default currency.
        CurrencyCode = "USD"
    };

    // Send a create operation that will create the portfolio bidding strategy.
    MutateBiddingStrategiesResponse mutateBiddingStrategiesResponse =
        biddingStrategyServiceClient.MutateBiddingStrategies(managerCustomerId.ToString(),
            new[]
            {
                new BiddingStrategyOperation
                {
                    Create = portfolioBiddingStrategy
                }
            });

    // Print and return the resource name of the newly created cross-account bidding
    // strategy.
    string biddingStrategyResourceName =
        mutateBiddingStrategiesResponse.Results.First().ResourceName;
    Console.WriteLine("Created cross-account bidding strategy " +
        $"'{biddingStrategyResourceName}'.");

    return biddingStrategyResourceName;
}
UseCrossAccountBiddingStrategy.cs

PHP

private static function createBiddingStrategy(
    GoogleAdsClient $googleAdsClient,
    int $managerCustomerId
): string {
    // Creates a portfolio bidding strategy.
    $portfolioBiddingStrategy = new BiddingStrategy([
        'name' => 'Maximize Clicks #' . Helper::getPrintableDatetime(),
        'target_spend' => new TargetSpend(),
        // Optional: Sets the currency of the new bidding strategy to match the currency of the
        // client account with which this bidding strategy is shared.
        // If not provided, the bidding strategy uses the manager account's default currency.
        'currency_code' => 'USD'
    ]);

    // Constructs an operation that will create a portfolio bidding strategy.
    $biddingStrategyOperation = new BiddingStrategyOperation();
    $biddingStrategyOperation->setCreate($portfolioBiddingStrategy);

    // Issues a mutate request to create the bidding strategy.
    $biddingStrategyServiceClient = $googleAdsClient->getBiddingStrategyServiceClient();
    $response = $biddingStrategyServiceClient->mutateBiddingStrategies(
        MutateBiddingStrategiesRequest::build($managerCustomerId, [$biddingStrategyOperation])
    );
    /** @var BiddingStrategy $addedBiddingStrategy */
    $addedBiddingStrategy = $response->getResults()[0];

    // Prints out the resource name of the created bidding strategy.
    printf(
        "Created cross-account bidding strategy with resource name: '%s'.%s",
        $addedBiddingStrategy->getResourceName(),
        PHP_EOL
    );

    return $addedBiddingStrategy->getResourceName();
}
UseCrossAccountBiddingStrategy.php