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ActionAdExtension Data Object - Campaign Management

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Defines an action ad extension with a call-to-action button.

Syntax

<xs:complexType name="ActionAdExtension" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <xs:complexContent mixed="false">
    <xs:extension base="tns:AdExtension">
      <xs:sequence>
        <xs:element name="ActionType" type="tns:ActionAdExtensionActionType" />
        <xs:element xmlns:q51="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays" minOccurs="0" name="FinalMobileUrls" nillable="true" type="q51:ArrayOfstring" />
        <xs:element minOccurs="0" name="FinalUrlSuffix" nillable="true" type="xs:string" />
        <xs:element xmlns:q52="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays" minOccurs="0" name="FinalUrls" nillable="true" type="q52:ArrayOfstring" />
        <xs:element minOccurs="0" name="Language" nillable="true" type="xs:string" />
        <xs:element minOccurs="0" name="TrackingUrlTemplate" nillable="true" type="xs:string" />
        <xs:element minOccurs="0" name="UrlCustomParameters" nillable="true" type="tns:CustomParameters" />
      </xs:sequence>
    </xs:extension>
  </xs:complexContent>
</xs:complexType>

Elements

The ActionAdExtension object has the following elements: ActionType, FinalMobileUrls, FinalUrls, FinalUrlSuffix, Language, TrackingUrlTemplate, UrlCustomParameters.

Element Description Data Type
ActionType The action type that you choose here, as well as the Language that you set, determines the text that is displayed on your call-to-action button.

Microsoft Advertising does not support all action types for all languages. If you attempt to use an unsupported action type and language combination, an error will be returned. For details see Action Text for Action Ad Extensions.

Add: Required
Update: Required		 ActionAdExtensionActionType
FinalMobileUrls This is a mobile-friendly landing page URL when Action Extensions are served on mobile devices.

If you specify final mobile URLs, you must also specify FinalUrls.

The length of the URL is limited to 2,048 characters. The HTTP or HTTPS protocol string does count towards the 2,048 character limit.

Add: Optional
Update: Optional. If you set this element null, the previous setting will be deleted.		 string array
FinalUrls This is the link to your specific web page or form that corresponds to the action text.

When an action URL isn't provided, the ad's final URL will be used.

The length of the URL is limited to 2,048 characters. The HTTP or HTTPS protocol string does count towards the 2,048 character limit.

Although the data type is a list of strings, only the first list item is used by Microsoft Advertising.

Add: Optional
Update: Optional. If you set this element null, the previous setting will be deleted.		 string array
FinalUrlSuffix The final URL suffix can include tracking parameters that will be appended to the end of your landing page URL. We recommend placing tracking parameters that your landing page requires in a final URL suffix so that your customers are always sent to your landing page. For more details and validation rules see Final URL Suffix in the technical guides.

This feature is only available for customers in the Final URL Suffix Phase 3 pilot (GetCustomerPilotFeatures returns 636). If you are not in the pilot this property will be ignored and no error will be returned.

Add: Optional
Update: Optional. If you set this element null, the previous setting will be deleted.		 string
Language The language that the ad extension will be served in.

The extension will always be served in this language, regardless of the campaign or ad group's language settings.

The supported language strings are: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, and TraditionalChinese. Microsoft Advertising does not support all action types for all languages. If you attempt to use an unsupported action type and language combination, an error will be returned. For details see Action Text for Action Ad Extensions.

Add: Required
Update: Required		 string
TrackingUrlTemplate The tracking template to use as a default for all FinalUrls and FinalMobileUrls.

The following validation rules apply to tracking templates. For more details about supported templates and parameters, see the Microsoft Advertising help article What tracking or URL parameters can I use?
- Tracking templates defined for lower level entities e.g. ads override those set for higher level entities e.g. campaign. For more information, see Entity Limits.
- The length of the tracking template is limited to 2,048 characters. The HTTP or HTTPS protocol string does count towards the 2,048 character limit.
- The tracking template must be a well-formed URL beginning with one of the following: http://, https://, {lpurl}, or {unescapedlpurl}.
- Microsoft Advertising does not validate whether custom parameters exist. If you use custom parameters in your tracking template and they do not exist, then the landing page URL will include the key and value placeholders of your custom parameters without substitution. For example, if your tracking template is https://tracker.example.com/?season={_season}&promocode={_promocode}&u={lpurl} and neither {_season} or {_promocode} are defined at the campaign, ad group, criterion, keyword, or ad level, then the landing page URL will be the same.

Add: Optional
Update: Optional. If you set this element null, the previous setting will be deleted.		 string
UrlCustomParameters Your custom collection of key and value parameters for URL tracking.

Microsoft Advertising will accept the first 8 CustomParameter objects that you include within the CustomParameters object, and if you include more than 8 custom parameters an error will be returned. Each CustomParameter includes Key and Value elements. For customers in the Custom Parameters Limit Increase Phase 3 pilot (GetCustomerPilotFeatures returns 635), Microsoft Advertising will accept the first 8 custom parameter key and value pairs that you include, and if you include more than 8 custom parameters an error will be returned.

Add: Optional
Update: Optional. If you set this element null, the previous setting will be deleted.		 CustomParameters

The ActionAdExtension object has Inherited Elements.

Inherited Elements

Inherited Elements from AdExtension

The ActionAdExtension object derives from the AdExtension object, and inherits the following elements: DevicePreference, ForwardCompatibilityMap, Id, Scheduling, Status, Type, Version. The descriptions below are specific to ActionAdExtension, and might not apply to other objects that inherit the same elements from the AdExtension object.

Element Description Data Type
DevicePreference Not supported for this ad extension type. long
ForwardCompatibilityMap The list of key and value strings for forward compatibility to avoid otherwise breaking changes when new elements are added in the current API version.

There are currently no forward compatibility changes for the AdExtension object.

Add: Read-only
Update: Read-only		 KeyValuePairOfstringstring array
Id The unique Microsoft Advertising identifier of the ad extension.

Add: Read-only
Update: Read-only and Required		 long
Scheduling Determines the calendar day and time ranges when the ad extension is eligible to be shown in ads.

Add: Optional
Update: Optional. If you set this element null, any existing scheduling set for the ad extension will remain unchanged. If you set this to any non-null Schedule object, you are effectively replacing existing scheduling settings for the ad extension. To remove all scheduling set this element to an empty Schedule object.		 Schedule
Status The status of the ad extension. The value will always be Active because the Campaign Management service does not return deleted ad extensions.

Add: Read-only
Update: Read-only		 AdExtensionStatus
Type The type of the ad extension. This value is ActionAdExtension when you retrieve an action ad extension.

Add: Read-only
Update: Read-only

For more information about ad extension types, see the Ad Extension Data Object Remarks.		 string
Version Tracks the number of times the ad extension has been updated.

The version is set to 1 when the ad extension is created, and increments by one after each update.

Add: Not allowed
Update: Not allowed		 int

Requirements

Service: CampaignManagementService.svc v13
Namespace: https://bingads.microsoft.com/CampaignManagement/v13