> [!CAUTION]
> **Caution:** This documentation is for Google Ads API **v23** . The latest active version is [**v26**](https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/rpc/latest/BatchJobService/RunBatchJob).

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| ### RunBatchJob |
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| `` rpc RunBatchJob(`RunBatchJobRequest`) returns (`Operation`) `` Runs the batch job. The Operation.metadata field type is BatchJobMetadata. When finished, the long running operation will not contain errors or a response. Instead, use ListBatchJobResults to get the results of the job. List of thrown errors: [AuthenticationError](https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/rpc/v23/AuthenticationErrorEnum.AuthenticationError.md.txt) [AuthorizationError](https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/rpc/v23/AuthorizationErrorEnum.AuthorizationError.md.txt) [BatchJobError](https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/rpc/v23/BatchJobErrorEnum.BatchJobError.md.txt) [HeaderError](https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/rpc/v23/HeaderErrorEnum.HeaderError.md.txt) [InternalError](https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/rpc/v23/InternalErrorEnum.InternalError.md.txt) [QuotaError](https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/rpc/v23/QuotaErrorEnum.QuotaError.md.txt) [RequestError](https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/rpc/v23/RequestErrorEnum.RequestError.md.txt) [Proto definition ![GitHub](https://developers.google.com/site-assets/logo-github.svg)](https://github.com/googleapis/googleapis/blob/master/google/ads/googleads/v23/services/batch_job_service.proto) |

Authorization scopes

:   Requires the following OAuth scope:

    - `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/adwords`

    For more information, see the [OAuth 2.0 Overview](https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/OAuth2).