On
August 15, 2018, creating
TemplateAds with IDs
464 (Gmail single promotion template),
466 (Gmail multi-product template), and 497 (Gmail multi-call-to-action template) will result in the error:
AdError.Reason.USER_DOES_NOT_HAVE_ACCESS_TO_TEMPLATE. These template ads are now considered deprecated, but existing template ads with these IDs will continue to serve after this date.
If you would like to create a Gmail ad, use the new
GmailAd introduced in
v201802. Use this new entity instead of the deprecated Gmail template ads going forward.
Here are some tips to ease the transition:
- Create new
GmailAds in a paused campaign with the AdvertisingChannelType as DISPLAY and the AdvertisingChannelSubType as DISPLAY_GMAIL_AD.
- Use MediaService to upload images or retrieve existing media IDs.
- Enable the new campaign when the ads are ready, letting it run in parallel with the Gmail template ad campaign.
- Pause and remove the Gmail template ad campaign when you’re comfortable with the new Gmail campaign.
For an implementation example, see the
Add a Gmail ad to an ad group sample in any of our supported client libraries:
Java,
PHP,
Python,
Ruby,
Perl,
C#, and
VB.NET.
If you have questions while you’re upgrading, please reach out to us on the
AdWords API forum.
Nadine Sundquist, AdWords API Team
