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A custom interest. This is a list of users by interest.

| Attributed resources |
|---|
| [customer](https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/fields/v26/customer) |

Fields from the above resources may be selected along with this
resource in your SELECT and WHERE clauses. These fields **will not segment**
metrics in your `SELECT` clause.

## custom_interest.description

Field descriptionDescription of this custom interest audience.
Category`ATTRIBUTE` Data Type`STRING` Type URL`N/A` FilterableTrue SelectableTrue SortableTrue RepeatedFalse Selectable with The following fields/resources can be selected with this field:
[custom_interest](https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/fields/v26/custom_interest)

## custom_interest.id

Field descriptionOutput only. Id of the custom interest.
Category`ATTRIBUTE` Data Type`INT64` Type URL`N/A` FilterableTrue SelectableTrue SortableTrue RepeatedFalse Selectable with The following fields/resources can be selected with this field:
[custom_interest](https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/fields/v26/custom_interest)

## custom_interest.members

Field descriptionList of custom interest members that this custom interest is composed of.
Members can be added during CustomInterest creation. If members are
presented in UPDATE operation, existing members will be overridden.
Category`ATTRIBUTE` Data Type`MESSAGE` Type URL`https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/rpc/v26/CustomInterestMember` FilterableFalse SelectableTrue SortableFalse RepeatedTrue Selectable with The following fields/resources can be selected with this field:
[custom_interest](https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/fields/v26/custom_interest)

## custom_interest.name

Field descriptionName of the custom interest. It should be unique across the same custom
affinity audience.
This field is required for create operations.
Category`ATTRIBUTE` Data Type`STRING` Type URL`N/A` FilterableTrue SelectableTrue SortableTrue RepeatedFalse Selectable with The following fields/resources can be selected with this field:
[custom_interest](https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/fields/v26/custom_interest)

## custom_interest.resource_name

Field descriptionImmutable. The resource name of the custom interest.
Custom interest resource names have the form:

`customers/{customer_id}/customInterests/{custom_interest_id}`
Category`ATTRIBUTE` Data Type`RESOURCE_NAME` Type URL`N/A` FilterableTrue SelectableTrue SortableFalse RepeatedFalse Selectable with The following fields/resources can be selected with this field:
[custom_interest](https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/fields/v26/custom_interest)

## custom_interest.status

Field descriptionStatus of this custom interest. Indicates whether the custom interest is
enabled or removed.
Category`ATTRIBUTE` Data Type `ENUM`
`ENABLED``REMOVED``UNKNOWN``UNSPECIFIED` Type URL`https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/rpc/v26/CustomInterestStatusEnum.CustomInterestStatus` FilterableTrue SelectableTrue SortableTrue RepeatedFalse Selectable with The following fields/resources can be selected with this field:
[custom_interest](https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/fields/v26/custom_interest)

## custom_interest.type

Field descriptionType of the custom interest, CUSTOM_AFFINITY or CUSTOM_INTENT.
By default the type is set to CUSTOM_AFFINITY.
Category`ATTRIBUTE` Data Type `ENUM`
`CUSTOM_AFFINITY``CUSTOM_INTENT``UNKNOWN``UNSPECIFIED` Type URL`https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/rpc/v26/CustomInterestTypeEnum.CustomInterestType` FilterableTrue SelectableTrue SortableTrue RepeatedFalse Selectable with The following fields/resources can be selected with this field:
[custom_interest](https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/fields/v26/custom_interest)