Stay organized with collections Save and categorize content based on your preferences.
The Google Ads API provides a few different ways for mutating resources, depending on your use case. Each resource has a corresponding service that lets you specify mutate operations for that specific resource type. For example, the Campaign resource has a corresponding CampaignService.MutateCampaigns endpoint for mutating campaigns.
Grouped actions across different resource services. Normal calls can only execute operations against a single resource service.
Temporary resource names. Combine operations to create an entity and its child entities in a single request.
With these two properties, you can use GoogleAdsService.Mutate to, for example, create an entire campaign structure only if every step along the way succeeds.
[[["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complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-06-04 UTC."],[[["The Google Ads API offers resource-specific services and the `GoogleAdsService.Mutate` endpoint for modifying resources."],["`GoogleAdsService.Mutate` enables grouped actions across various resource services and supports temporary resource names for creating entities and their children in one request."],["While resource-specific services handle mutations for their resource type, `GoogleAdsService.Mutate` provides flexibility for complex operations, ensuring all steps succeed."],["Cross-account mutations are generally prohibited, with exceptions for manager accounts acting on client-created objects."]]],[]]