Stay organized with collectionsSave and categorize content based on your preferences.
If you need to operate on different types of entities at the same time or
prefer to write against a single endpoint rather than using a separate endpoint
per resource type, then you can use theGoogleAdsService.Mutateendpoint for all supported mutate operations.
mutate_operation1=client.operation(:Mutate)mutate_operation2=client.operation(:Mutate)campaign_operation=client.operation(:Campaign)ad_group_operation=client.operation(:AdGroup)# Do some setup here to get campaign_operation and ad_group_operation into the# state you would want them for a regular mutate call to their respective# services.mutate_operation1.campaign_operation=campaign_operationmutate_operation2.ad_group_operation=ad_group_operationgoogle_ads_service.mutate(customer_id,[mutate_operation1,mutate_operation2])
Like other services, this endpoint supportspartial failureand
validate-only.
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-09-03 UTC."],[[["\u003cp\u003eUse the \u003ccode\u003eGoogleAdsService.Mutate\u003c/code\u003e endpoint to operate on different entity types or prefer a single endpoint.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ccode\u003eMutateGoogleAdsRequest\u003c/code\u003e accepts multiple \u003ccode\u003eMutateOperation\u003c/code\u003e entities, each handling a single operation for one resource type.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eConstruct separate \u003ccode\u003eMutateOperation\u003c/code\u003e objects for each desired operation, like creating a campaign and an ad group, and pass them to \u003ccode\u003eGoogleAdsService\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThis endpoint supports partial failure handling and validate-only requests, similar to other Google Ads API services.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Bulk Mutates\n\nIf you need to operate on different types of entities at the same time or\nprefer to write against a single endpoint rather than using a separate endpoint\nper resource type, then you can use the\n[`GoogleAdsService.Mutate`](/google-ads/api/reference/rpc/v21/GoogleAdsService/Mutate)\nendpoint for all supported mutate operations.\n| **Note:** You can see the full list of supported operations on the reference page for [`MutateOperation`](/google-ads/api/reference/rpc/v21/MutateOperation).\n\nMutate operations\n-----------------\n\nEach [`MutateGoogleAdsRequest`](/google-ads/api/reference/rpc/v21/MutateGoogleAdsRequest)\naccepts a repeated [`MutateOperation`](/google-ads/api/reference/rpc/v21/MutateOperation), each of\nwhich can include a single operation for one resource type. To create one\ncampaign and one ad group in a single\n[`GoogleAdsService.Mutate`](/google-ads/api/reference/rpc/v21/GoogleAdsService/Mutate) call,\nyou would need to create two [`MutateOperation`](/google-ads/api/reference/rpc/v21/MutateOperation)\nentities (one for the [`CampaignOperation`](/google-ads/api/reference/rpc/v21/CampaignOperation),\nthe other for the [`AdGroupOperation`](/google-ads/api/reference/rpc/v21/AdGroupOperation)),\nand then pass both to\n[`GoogleAdsService`](/google-ads/api/reference/rpc/v21/GoogleAdsService). \n\n### Ruby\n\n mutate_operation1 = client.operation(:Mutate)\n mutate_operation2 = client.operation(:Mutate)\n\n campaign_operation = client.operation(:Campaign)\n ad_group_operation = client.operation(:AdGroup)\n\n # Do some setup here to get campaign_operation and ad_group_operation into the\n # state you would want them for a regular mutate call to their respective\n # services.\n\n mutate_operation1.campaign_operation = campaign_operation\n mutate_operation2.ad_group_operation = ad_group_operation\n\n google_ads_service.mutate(customer_id, [mutate_operation1, mutate_operation2])\n\nLike other services, this endpoint supports\n[partial failure](/google-ads/api/docs/best-practices/partial-failures) and\nvalidate-only."]]
