A bid simulation is made of simulation data and information about the time range, type of simulation data, campaign, ad group, or criterion on which it relates to. The simulation data is a sequence of simulation points that provides a histogram of the predicted performance with different bids during the given time frame. The information provided by a simulation point depends on the type of simulation data.
Any bid simulation can be retrieved with a GAQL query by selecting the right simulation data field (type of simulation data) from the right resource (bid level).
| Bid Level & Resource | SimulationType | Simulation Data Field | Simulation Point Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ad Group |
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| Ad Group Criterion | CPC_BID |
cpc_bid_point_list.points | CpcBidSimulationPoint |
| Bidding Strategy (portfolio) |
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| Campaign |
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Scaling simulation modification method in Campaign simulations
Campaign-level simulations support a special simulation modification method
called SCALING.
When a CampaignSimulation has the
modification method SCALING, it shows what happens if all keyword bids are
scaled by the given scaling modifier. For example, when a scaling modifier is
2.0, it shows what happens if all keyword bids are doubled. For more information
see the article on how to
estimate your results with bid, budget and target simulators.
The following example demonstrates how to retrieve and print all CPC bid-typed simulations available for any criteria of a given ad group filtering on its ID.
Java
private void runExample(GoogleAdsClient googleAdsClient, long customerId, long adGroupId) {
try (GoogleAdsServiceClient googleAdsServiceClient =
googleAdsClient.getLatestVersion().createGoogleAdsServiceClient()) {
// Creates a query that retrieves the ad group criterion CPC bid simulations.
String query =
String.format(
"SELECT ad_group_criterion_simulation.ad_group_id, "
+ "ad_group_criterion_simulation.criterion_id, "
+ "ad_group_criterion_simulation.start_date, "
+ "ad_group_criterion_simulation.end_date, "
+ "ad_group_criterion_simulation.cpc_bid_point_list.points "
+ "FROM ad_group_criterion_simulation "
+ "WHERE ad_group_criterion_simulation.type = CPC_BID "
+ "AND ad_group_criterion_simulation.ad_group_id = %d",
adGroupId);
// Constructs the SearchGoogleAdsStreamRequest.
SearchGoogleAdsStreamRequest request =
SearchGoogleAdsStreamRequest.newBuilder()
.setCustomerId(Long.toString(customerId))
.setQuery(query)
.build();
// Issues the search stream request.
ServerStream<SearchGoogleAdsStreamResponse> stream =
googleAdsServiceClient.searchStreamCallable().call(request);
// Iterates over all rows in all messages and prints the requested field values for
// the ad group criterion CPC bid simulation in each row.
for (SearchGoogleAdsStreamResponse response : stream) {
for (GoogleAdsRow googleAdsRow : response.getResultsList()) {
AdGroupCriterionSimulation simulation = googleAdsRow.getAdGroupCriterionSimulation();
System.out.printf(
"Found ad group criterion CPC bid simulation for ad group ID %d, "
+ "criterion ID %d, start date '%s', end date '%s', and points:%n",
simulation.getAdGroupId(),
simulation.getCriterionId(),
simulation.getStartDate(),
simulation.getEndDate());
for (CpcBidSimulationPoint point : simulation.getCpcBidPointList().getPointsList()) {
System.out.printf(
" bid: %d => clicks: %d, cost: %d, impressions: %d, "
+ "biddable conversions: %.2f, biddable conversions value: %.2f%s",
point.getCpcBidMicros(),
point.getClicks(),
point.getCostMicros(),
point.getImpressions(),
point.getBiddableConversions(),
point.getBiddableConversions());
}
}
}
}
}
C#
public void Run(GoogleAdsClient client, long customerId, long adGroupId)
{
// Get the GoogleAdsService.
GoogleAdsServiceClient googleAdsService =
client.GetService(Services.V16.GoogleAdsService);
try
{
// Creates a query that retrieves the ad group criterion CPC bid simulations.
string query = $@"
SELECT
ad_group_criterion_simulation.ad_group_id,
ad_group_criterion_simulation.criterion_id,
ad_group_criterion_simulation.start_date,
ad_group_criterion_simulation.end_date,
ad_group_criterion_simulation.cpc_bid_point_list.points
FROM
ad_group_criterion_simulation
WHERE
ad_group_criterion_simulation.type = CPC_BID AND
ad_group_criterion_simulation.ad_group_id = {adGroupId}";
// Issue a search stream request.
googleAdsService.SearchStream(customerId.ToString(), query,
delegate (SearchGoogleAdsStreamResponse response)
{
// Iterates over all rows in all messages and prints the requested field
// values for the ad group criterion CPC bid simulation in each row.
foreach (GoogleAdsRow googleAdsRow in response.Results)
{
AdGroupCriterionSimulation simulation =
googleAdsRow.AdGroupCriterionSimulation;
Console.WriteLine("Found ad group criterion CPC bid simulation for " +
$"ad group ID {simulation.AdGroupId}, " +
$"criterion ID {simulation.CriterionId}, " +
$"start date {simulation.StartDate}, " +
$"end date {simulation.EndDate}");
foreach (CpcBidSimulationPoint point in
simulation.CpcBidPointList.Points)
{
Console.WriteLine($"\tbid: {point.CpcBidMicros} => " +
$"clicks: {point.Clicks}, " +
$"cost: {point.CostMicros}, " +
$"impressions: {point.Impressions}, " +
$"biddable conversions: {point.BiddableConversions}, " +
"biddable conversions value: " +
$"{point.BiddableConversionsValue}");
}
Console.WriteLine();
}
}
);
}
PHP
public static function runExample(
GoogleAdsClient $googleAdsClient,
int $customerId,
int $adGroupId
) {
$googleAdsServiceClient = $googleAdsClient->getGoogleAdsServiceClient();
// Creates a query that retrieves the ad group criterion CPC bid simulations.
$query = sprintf(
'SELECT ad_group_criterion_simulation.ad_group_id, ' .
'ad_group_criterion_simulation.criterion_id, ' .
'ad_group_criterion_simulation.start_date, ' .
'ad_group_criterion_simulation.end_date, ' .
'ad_group_criterion_simulation.cpc_bid_point_list.points ' .
'FROM ad_group_criterion_simulation ' .
'WHERE ad_group_criterion_simulation.type = CPC_BID ' .
'AND ad_group_criterion_simulation.ad_group_id = %d',
$adGroupId
);
// Issues a search stream request.
/** @var GoogleAdsServerStreamDecorator $stream */
$stream = $googleAdsServiceClient->searchStream(
SearchGoogleAdsStreamRequest::build($customerId, $query)
);
// Iterates over all rows in all messages and prints the requested field values for
// the ad group criterion CPC bid simulation in each row.
foreach ($stream->iterateAllElements() as $googleAdsRow) {
/** @var GoogleAdsRow $googleAdsRow */
$simulation = $googleAdsRow->getAdGroupCriterionSimulation();
printf(
'Found ad group criterion CPC bid simulation for ad group ID %d, ' .
'criterion ID %d, start date "%s", end date "%s", and points:%s',
$simulation->getAdGroupId(),
$simulation->getCriterionId(),
$simulation->getStartDate(),
$simulation->getEndDate(),
PHP_EOL
);
foreach ($simulation->getCpcBidPointList()->getPoints() as $point) {
/** @var CpcBidSimulationPoint $point */
printf(
' bid: %d => clicks: %d, cost: %d, impressions: %d, ' .
'biddable conversions: %.2f, biddable conversions value: %.2f%s',
$point->getCpcBidMicros(),
$point->getClicks(),
$point->getCostMicros(),
$point->getImpressions(),
$point->getBiddableConversions(),
$point->getBiddableConversionsValue(),
PHP_EOL
);
}
print PHP_EOL;
}
}
Python
def main(client, customer_id, ad_group_id):
googleads_service = client.get_service("GoogleAdsService")
query = f"""
SELECT
ad_group_criterion_simulation.ad_group_id,
ad_group_criterion_simulation.criterion_id,
ad_group_criterion_simulation.start_date,
ad_group_criterion_simulation.end_date,
ad_group_criterion_simulation.cpc_bid_point_list.points
FROM ad_group_criterion_simulation
WHERE
ad_group_criterion_simulation.type = CPC_BID
AND ad_group_criterion_simulation.ad_group_id = {ad_group_id}"""
# Issues a search request using streaming.
stream = googleads_service.search_stream(
customer_id=customer_id, query=query
)
# Iterates over all rows in all messages and prints the requested field
# values for the ad group criterion CPC bid simulation in each row.
for batch in stream:
for row in batch.results:
simulation = row.ad_group_criterion_simulation
print(
"found ad group criterion CPC bid simulation for "
f"ad group ID {simulation.ad_group_id}, "
f"criterion ID {simulation.criterion_id}, "
f"start date {simulation.start_date}, "
f"end date {simulation.end_date}"
)
for point in simulation.cpc_bid_point_list.points:
print(
f"\tbid: {point.cpc_bid_micros} => "
f"clicks: {point.clicks}",
f"cost: {point.cost_micros}, "
f"impressions: {point.impressions},"
"biddable conversions: "
f"{point.biddable_conversions},"
f"biddable conversions value: "
f"{point.biddable_conversions_value}",
)
print()
Ruby
def get_ad_group_criterion_cpc_bid_simulations(customer_id, ad_group_id)
# GoogleAdsClient will read a config file from
# ENV['HOME']/google_ads_config.rb when called without parameters
client = Google::Ads::GoogleAds::GoogleAdsClient.new
query = <<~QUERY
SELECT ad_group_criterion_simulation.ad_group_id,
ad_group_criterion_simulation.criterion_id,
ad_group_criterion_simulation.start_date,
ad_group_criterion_simulation.end_date,
ad_group_criterion_simulation.cpc_bid_point_list.points
FROM ad_group_criterion_simulation
WHERE ad_group_criterion_simulation.type = CPC_BID
AND ad_group_criterion_simulation.ad_group_id = #{ad_group_id}
QUERY
responses = client.service.google_ads.search_stream(
customer_id: customer_id,
query: query,
)
responses.each do |response|
response.results.each do |row|
simulation = row.ad_group_criterion_simulation
puts "Found ad group criterion CPC bid simulation for " \
"ad group ID #{simulation.ad_group_id}, " \
"criterion ID #{simulation.criterion_id}, " \
"start date '#{simulation.start_date}', " \
"end date '#{simulation.end_date}', and points:"
simulation.cpc_bid_point_list.points.each do |point|
puts " bid: #{point.cpc_bid_micros} => " \
"clicks: #{point.clicks}, " \
"cost: #{point.cost_micros}, " \
"impressions: #{point.impressions}, " \
"biddable conversions: #{point.biddable_conversions.round(2)}, " \
"biddable conversions value: #{point.biddable_conversions_value.round(2)}"
end
end
end
end
Perl
sub get_ad_group_criterion_cpc_bid_simulations {
my ($api_client, $customer_id, $ad_group_id) = @_;
# Create a query that retrieves the ad group criterion CPC bid simulations.
my $search_query =
"SELECT ad_group_criterion_simulation.ad_group_id, " .
"ad_group_criterion_simulation.criterion_id, " .
"ad_group_criterion_simulation.start_date, " .
"ad_group_criterion_simulation.end_date, " .
"ad_group_criterion_simulation.cpc_bid_point_list.points " .
"FROM ad_group_criterion_simulation " .
"WHERE ad_group_criterion_simulation.type = CPC_BID " .
"AND ad_group_criterion_simulation.ad_group_id = $ad_group_id";
my $search_stream_request =
Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V16::Services::GoogleAdsService::SearchGoogleAdsStreamRequest
->new({
customerId => $customer_id,
query => $search_query
});
# Get the GoogleAdsService.
my $google_ads_service = $api_client->GoogleAdsService();
my $search_stream_handler =
Google::Ads::GoogleAds::Utils::SearchStreamHandler->new({
service => $google_ads_service,
request => $search_stream_request
});
# Issue a search stream request, iterate over all rows in all messages and
# print the requested field values for the ad group criterion CPC bid
# simulation in each row.
$search_stream_handler->process_contents(
sub {
my $google_ads_row = shift;
my $simulation = $google_ads_row->{adGroupCriterionSimulation};
printf
"Found ad group criterion CPC bid simulation for ad group ID %d, " .
"criterion ID %d, start date '%s', end date '%s', and points:\n",
$simulation->{adGroupId}, $simulation->{criterionId},
$simulation->{startDate}, $simulation->{endDate};
foreach my $point (@{$simulation->{cpcBidPointList}{points}}) {
printf " bid: %d => clicks: %d, cost: %d, impressions: %d, " .
"biddable conversions: %.2f, biddable conversions value: %.2f\n",
$point->{cpcBidMicros},
$point->{clicks},
$point->{costMicros},
$point->{impressions},
$point->{biddableConversions},
$point->{biddableConversionsValue};
}
});
return 1;
}