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Account Budget

Account budgets control what an account can spend over a specific period of time by defining budget properties like spend limit, start time, and end time. They must point to one of the account's billing setups, to indicate which specific Payments account will be billed. You can create, update, and remove the AccountBudget by sending AccountBudgetProposal objects.

AccountBudget objects represent the end result of applying proposals. After a proposal is approved, its changes (subject to any adjustments) will result in the creation of a new account budget or an update to an existing one. This depends on the proposal_type specified in the request.

`AccountBudgetProposalType`	Description
`CREATE`	Creates a new account budget, which must be approved before use.
`UPDATE`	Modifies an existing account budget.
`END`	Sets an account budget's end time to the current time.
`REMOVE`	Removes an account budget prior to its start time.

The following sections describe the behavior of each proposal type.

Create an account budget proposal

Creating a new account budget lets you control a customer's spending behaviour. Use the AccountBudgetProposalService to create a new AccountBudgetProposal . You should set proposal_type to CREATE to specify that a new budget should be created. Refer to the management section of this guide for other operations.

Remember to use a billing setup with a payments account where you have write access. Refer to the billing setup guide for details.

The following example demonstrates how to create a new budget proposal.

Java

 private 
  
 void 
  
 runExample 
 ( 
 GoogleAdsClient 
  
 googleAdsClient 
 , 
  
 long 
  
 customerId 
 , 
  
 long 
  
 billingSetupId 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 // Creates an AccountBudgetProposal. This will be reviewed offline by Google Ads, and if 
  
 // approved will become an AccountBudget. 
  
 AccountBudgetProposal 
  
 proposal 
  
 = 
  
 AccountBudgetProposal 
 . 
 newBuilder 
 () 
  
 . 
 setBillingSetup 
 ( 
 ResourceNames 
 . 
 billingSetup 
 ( 
 customerId 
 , 
  
 billingSetupId 
 )) 
  
 . 
 setProposalType 
 ( 
 AccountBudgetProposalType 
 . 
 CREATE 
 ) 
  
 . 
 setProposedName 
 ( 
 "Account Budget (example)" 
 ) 
  
 // Specifies the account budget starts immediately. 
  
 . 
 setProposedStartTimeType 
 ( 
 TimeType 
 . 
 NOW 
 ) 
  
 // Alternatively you can specify a specific start time. Refer to the 
  
 // AccountBudgetProposal 
  
 // resource documentation for allowed formats. 
  
 // 
  
 // .setProposedStartDateTime("2020-01-02 03:04:05") 
  
 // Specifies that the budget runs forever. 
  
 . 
 setProposedEndTimeType 
 ( 
 TimeType 
 . 
 FOREVER 
 ) 
  
 // Alternatively you can specify a specific end time. Allowed formats are as above. 
  
 // .setProposedEndDateTime("2021-02-03 04:05:06") 
  
 // Optional: sets notes for the budget. These are free text and do not effect budget 
  
 // delivery. 
  
 // .setProposedNotes("Received prepayment of $0.01") 
  
 // Sets the spending limit to 0.01, measured in the Google Ads account currency. 
  
 . 
 setProposedSpendingLimitMicros 
 ( 
 10_000 
 ) 
  
 // Optional: sets PO number for record keeping. This value is at the user's 
  
 // discretion, and has no effect on Google Billing & Payments. 
  
 // .setProposedPurchaseOrderNumber("PO number 12345") 
  
 . 
 build 
 (); 
  
 // Creates an operation which will add the new AccountBudgetProposal. 
  
 AccountBudgetProposalOperation 
  
 operation 
  
 = 
  
 AccountBudgetProposalOperation 
 . 
 newBuilder 
 (). 
 setCreate 
 ( 
 proposal 
 ). 
 build 
 (); 
  
 try 
  
 ( 
 AccountBudgetProposalServiceClient 
  
 accountBudgetProposalServiceClient 
  
 = 
  
 googleAdsClient 
 . 
 getLatestVersion 
 (). 
 createAccountBudgetProposalServiceClient 
 ()) 
  
 { 
  
 // Sends the request to the Account Budget Proposal Service. 
  
 MutateAccountBudgetProposalResponse 
  
 response 
  
 = 
  
 accountBudgetProposalServiceClient 
 . 
 mutateAccountBudgetProposal 
 ( 
  
 String 
 . 
 valueOf 
 ( 
 customerId 
 ), 
  
 operation 
 ); 
  
 System 
 . 
 out 
 . 
 printf 
 ( 
  
 "Account budget proposal created: %s.%n" 
 , 
  
 response 
 . 
 getResult 
 (). 
 getResourceName 
 ()); 
  
 } 
 } 
   AddAccountBudgetProposal 
 . 
 java

C#

 public 
  
 void 
  
 Run 
 ( 
 GoogleAdsClient 
  
 client 
 , 
  
 long 
  
 customerId 
 , 
  
 long 
  
 billingSetupId 
 ) 
 { 
  
 // Get the AccountBudgetProposalServiceClient. 
  
 AccountBudgetProposalServiceClient 
  
 proposalService 
  
 = 
  
 client 
 . 
 GetService 
 ( 
 Services 
 . 
 V21 
 . 
 AccountBudgetProposalService 
 ); 
  
 // Create an AccountBudgetProposal. The proposal will be reviewed offline by Google Ads, 
  
 // and if approved will become an AccountBudget. 
  
 AccountBudgetProposal 
  
 proposal 
  
 = 
  
 new 
  
 AccountBudgetProposal 
 () 
  
 { 
  
 BillingSetup 
  
 = 
  
 ResourceNames 
 . 
 BillingSetup 
 ( 
 customerId 
 , 
  
 billingSetupId 
 ), 
  
 ProposalType 
  
 = 
  
 AccountBudgetProposalType 
 . 
 Create 
 , 
  
 ProposedName 
  
 = 
  
 "Account Budget (example)" 
 , 
  
 // Specify the account budget starts immediately 
  
 ProposedStartTimeType 
  
 = 
  
 TimeType 
 . 
 Now 
 , 
  
 // Alternatively, you can specify a specific start time. Refer to the 
  
 // AccountBudgetProposal resource documentation for allowed formats. 
  
 // 
  
 //ProposedStartDateTime = "2020-01-02 03:04:05", 
  
 // Specify that the budget runs forever. 
  
 ProposedEndTimeType 
  
 = 
  
 TimeType 
 . 
 Forever 
 , 
  
 // Alternatively you can specify a specific end time. Allowed formats are as above. 
  
 //ProposedEndDateTime = "2021-02-03 04:05:06", 
  
 // Optional: set notes for the budget. These are free text and do not effect budget 
  
 // delivery. 
  
 //ProposedNotes = "Received prepayment of $0.01", 
  
 // Set the spending limit to 0.01, measured in the Google Ads account currency. 
  
 ProposedSpendingLimitMicros 
  
 = 
  
 10 
 _000 
  
 // Optional: set PO number for record keeping. This value is at the user's 
  
 // discretion, and has no effect on Google Billing & Payments. 
  
 //ProposedPurchaseOrderNumber = "PO number 12345" 
  
 }; 
  
 // Create an operation which will add the new AccountBudgetProposal 
  
 AccountBudgetProposalOperation 
  
 operation 
  
 = 
  
 new 
  
 AccountBudgetProposalOperation 
 () 
  
 { 
  
 Create 
  
 = 
  
 proposal 
  
 }; 
  
 try 
  
 { 
  
 // Send the request to the Account Budget Proposal Service. 
  
 MutateAccountBudgetProposalResponse 
  
 response 
  
 = 
  
 proposalService 
 . 
  
 MutateAccountBudgetProposal 
 ( 
 customerId 
 . 
 ToString 
 (), 
  
 operation 
 ); 
  
 // Display the results. 
  
 Console 
 . 
 WriteLine 
 ( 
 $"Account budget proposal '{response.Result.ResourceName}' " 
  
 + 
  
 "was created." 
 ); 
  
 } 
  
 catch 
  
 ( 
 GoogleAdsException 
  
 e 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 Console 
 . 
 WriteLine 
 ( 
 "Failure:" 
 ); 
  
 Console 
 . 
 WriteLine 
 ( 
 $"Message: {e.Message}" 
 ); 
  
 Console 
 . 
 WriteLine 
 ( 
 $"Failure: {e.Failure}" 
 ); 
  
 Console 
 . 
 WriteLine 
 ( 
 $"Request ID: {e.RequestId}" 
 ); 
  
 throw 
 ; 
  
 } 
 } 
   AddAccountBudgetProposal 
 . 
 cs

PHP

 public static function runExample( 
 GoogleAdsClient $googleAdsClient, 
 int $customerId, 
 int $billingSetupId 
 ) { 
 // Constructs an account budget proposal. 
 $accountBudgetProposal = new AccountBudgetProposal([ 
 'billing_setup' => ResourceNames::forBillingSetup($customerId, $billingSetupId), 
 'proposal_type' => AccountBudgetProposalType::CREATE, 
 'proposed_name' => 'Account Budget (example)', 
 // Specifies the account budget starts immediately. 
 'proposed_start_time_type' => TimeType::NOW, 
 // Alternatively you can specify a specific start time. Refer to the 
 // AccountBudgetProposal class for allowed formats. 
 // 
 // 'proposed_start_date_time' => '2020-01-02 03:04:05', 
 // Specify that the budget runs forever. 
 'proposed_end_time_type' => TimeType::FOREVER, 
 // Alternatively you can specify a specific end time. Allowed formats are as above. 
 // 'proposed_end_date_time' => '2021-02-03 04:05:06', 
 // Optional: set notes for the budget. These are free text and do not effect budget 
 // delivery. 
 // 'proposed_notes' => 'Received prepayment of $0.01', 
 // Optional: set PO number for record keeping. This value is at the user's 
 // discretion, and has no effect on Google Billing & Payments. 
 // 'proposed_purchase_order_number' => 'PO number 12345', 
 // Set the spending limit to 0.01, measured in the Google Ads account currency. 
 'proposed_spending_limit_micros' => 10000 
 ]); 
 $accountBudgetProposalOperation = new AccountBudgetProposalOperation(); 
 $accountBudgetProposalOperation->setCreate($accountBudgetProposal); 
 // Issues a mutate request to add the account budget proposal. 
 $accountBudgetProposalServiceClient = 
 $googleAdsClient->getAccountBudgetProposalServiceClient(); 
 $response = $accountBudgetProposalServiceClient->mutateAccountBudgetProposal( 
 MutateAccountBudgetProposalRequest::build($customerId, $accountBudgetProposalOperation) 
 ); 
 printf( 
 "Added an account budget proposal with resource name '%s'.%s", 
 $response->getResult()->getResourceName(), 
 PHP_EOL 
 ); 
 }  AddAccountBudgetProposal.php

Account Budget

Create an account budget proposal

Java

C#

PHP

Python

Ruby

Perl

Remove a pending account budget proposal

Retrieve existing account budgets

Manage existing account budgets

Update an existing account budget

Account budget chaining

Terminate account budgets

End the active account budget

Removing an approved account budget before its start time

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Create an account budget proposal

Java

C#

PHP

Python

Ruby

Perl

Remove a pending account budget proposal

Retrieve existing account budgets

Manage existing account budgets

Update an existing account budget

Account budget chaining

Terminate account budgets

End the active account budget

Removing an approved account budget before its start time

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