Google Ads API – How to Replace Your Google Ads Data Sources

Google is making changes and migrating their Google AdWords API to a new Google Ads API.

It means that Plecto – same as all other Google Ads integration partners and our clients – have to migrate to the new Google Ads API. The Google AdWords API will be deprecated on April 27, 2022.

Here is a solution for how to replace your Google Ads data sources. It is important that you follow the instructions. If you don't follow the steps below, you risk compromising your formulas, in which case you will have to rebuild them manually.

1. Go to Data management > Data sources and find your Google Ads data sources.
2. Open the data source settings.
3. Add "OLD" to the data source title (see video below). For example, Google Ads - Client Name OLD
4. Click Save in the bottom-right corner.
5. Repeat the steps 2 to 4 for each of your Google Ads data sources.

1. Go to Data management > Data sources > + New data source > Google Ads.
2. Click next and select your Google account or log in.
3. Click Allow to let Plecto access your Google Ads data.
4. Select what data types to import and their corresponding accounts.
5. Important ⚠️ Open the Advanced settings and change the data source title – give it the same title as the original data source (before you added "OLD" to the original). For example, Google Ads - Client Name. See Part 1, step 3 for reference.
6. Click Next to finish and import your data. For each data type you import, Plecto will create one data source that will contain data from 30 days back.
7. To import more data, open the data source settings and click Import more data.
8. Select a time period from when you want to import your Google Ads data and click Start import.

Repeat all the steps in Part 2 for each of the data sources you need to replace.

Make sure to update the fields and filters in your existing Google Ads formulas. Since Google has made many changes in the Ad Performance data type, it's important you go through your formulas.

1. Go to Formulas and look for your Google Ads formulas.
2. Open each formula and update the fields and filters or any other information that might be missing. Use this list that maps the old and new fields names: Google Ads API – Field Changes.
3. Save your formulas.

Along with the upgrade, you now have two data types available for import:

• Ad Performance
• Keywords Performance

Visit our Google Ads integration page to find the technical details, such as the update frequency, custom field support, automatic data deletion, and more.

There are some changes in the new Ad Performance data sources, compared to the previous version of the integration. Some field names are changed, some fields are added, split, or deprecated.

We have gathered a list of field names from the old and new integrations. You can use this list to validate the field names in your formulas. Download the PDF: Google Ads API – Field Changes