BingAdsAccountSelector

Contains the methods for filtering and ordering the list of accounts the user has access to. For information about selectors, see Selectors.

Example usage:

    var accounts = AccountsApp.accounts()
        .withCondition("Name CONTAINS_IGNORE_CASE 'PARTIAL ACCOUNT NAME GOES HERE'")
        .get();

    while (accounts.hasNext()) {
        var account = accounts.next();
    }

Methods

Method Name	Return Type	Description
executeInParallel(string functionName, string optionalCallbackFunctionName)	void	Executes the function for each account that the selector returns.
executeInParallel(string functionName, string optionalCallbackFunctionName, string optionalInput)	void	Executes the function for each account that the selector returns.
forDateRange(Object dateFrom, Object dateTo)	BingAdsAccountSelector	Applies the start and end dates for selecting performance metrics.
forDateRange(string dateRange)	BingAdsAccountSelector	Applies the predefined date range for selecting performance metrics.
get	BingAdsAccountIterator	Gets an iterator used to iterate through the list of accounts.
orderBy(string orderBy)	BingAdsAccountSelector	Applies the specified ordering to the selected accounts.
withAccountNumbers(string[] accountNumbers)	BingAdsAccountSelector	Gets accounts with the specified account numbers.
withCondition(string condition)	BingAdsAccountSelector	Applies filter criteria to the accounts.
withIds(string[] ids)	BingAdsAccountSelector	Gets accounts with the specified IDs.
withLimit(int limit)	BingAdsAccountSelector	Gets the top n accounts that match the selection criteria.

executeInParallel(string functionName, string optionalCallbackFunctionName)

Executes the function for each account that the selector returns. After the function is executed for all selected accounts, Scripts calls the optional callback function.

Note

The script may execute a maximum of 50 accounts in parallel each time the script runs. You may call this method once or multiple times but the total number of accounts all calls process must not exceed 50. If a call exceeds the 50 account maximum for the script, none of the accounts in the call are executed. To limit the number of accounts the selector returns, consider using the withLimit or withIds method.

The functionName function may return a value as a string. To return a complex object, use the JSON.stringify method to convert the object to a string. You can then use the JSON.parse method to convert the string back into an object. If your function returns a value, you must specify a callback function to capture the return values. The following shows the callback function's signature. The returned values are passed as an array of ExecutionResult objects.

function myCallback(ExecutionResult[] results)

The following example shows how to process the returned values in the callback function.

function myCallback(results) {
    for (var result of results) {
        var object = JSON.parse(result.getReturnValue());
    }
}

Because this method does not return a BingAdsAccountSelector object, make sure this method is the last selector method in the call chain.

For an example, see Discovering disapproved ads.

Arguments

Name	Type	Description
functionName	string	The name of the function to execute for each account that the selector returns. The currentAccount method identifies the account the function is processing.
optionalCallbackFunctionName	string	Optional. The name of the function to execute after all accounts finish executing the functionName function. This function executes only one time.

Returns

Type	Description
void	Returns nothing.

executeInParallel(string functionName, string optionalCallbackFunctionName, string optionalInput)

Executes the function for each account that the selector returns. After the function executes for all selected accounts, Scripts calls the optional callback function.

Note

The script may execute a maximum of 50 accounts in parallel each time the script runs. You may call this method once or multiple times but the total number of accounts all calls process must not exceed 50. If a call exceeds the 50 account maximum for the script, none of the accounts in the call are executed. To limit the number of accounts the selector returns, consider using the withLimit or withIds method.

The functionName function may return a value as a string. To return a complex object, use the JSON.stringify method to convert the object to a string. You can then use the JSON.parse method to convert the string back into an object. If your function returns a value, you must specify a callback function to capture the return values. The following shows the callback function's signature. The returned values are passed as an array of ExecutionResult objects.

function myCallback(ExecutionResult[] results)

The following example shows how to process the returned values in the callback function.

function myCallback(results) {
    for (var result of results) {
        var object = JSON.parse(result.getReturnValue());
    }
}

If you pass the optional input parameter, the following shows the signature of the functionName function.

function myFunction(string optionalInput)

Because this method does not return a BingAdsAccountSelector object, make sure this method is the last selector method in the call chain.

For an example, see Discovering disapproved ads.

Arguments

Name	Type	Description
functionName	string	The name of the function to execute for each account that the selector returns. The currentAccount method identifies the account the function is processing.
optionalCallbackFunctionName	string	Optional. The name of the function to execute after all accounts finish executing the functionName function. This function executes only one time.
optionalInput	string	Optional. Input to pass to the functionName function.

Returns

Type	Description
void	Returns nothing.

forDateRange(Object dateFrom, Object dateTo)

Applies the start and end dates for selecting performance metrics.

Specify a date range only if:

• You apply conditions or ordering that reference performance metric fields.
• You want to get performance data for the objects you're selecting. For example, if you plan to call the getStats() method.

You may specify the date parameters using strings or objects. To use strings, specify the date in the form, YYYYMMDD. If you use objects, create an object with the following fields:

• year
• month
• day

For example:

var date = {year: 2018, month: 5, day: 13};

The month is one-based where 1 is January and 12 is December.

The date range is inclusive. If you specify multiple date ranges, only the last date range is used.

Arguments

Name	Type	Description
dateFrom	Object	The start date of the date range that specifies the performance data to include in the selector.
dateTo	Object	The end date of the date range that specifies the performance data to include in the selector.

Returns

Type	Description
BingAdsAccountSelector	Selector with date range applied.

forDateRange(String dateRange)

Applies the predefined date range for selecting performance metrics.

Supported date range values:

• TODAY
• YESTERDAY
• LAST_WEEK
• LAST_BUSINESS_WEEK
• LAST_7_DAYS
• THIS_WEEK_SUN_TODAY
• LAST_14_DAYS
• LAST_30_DAYS
• LAST_WEEK_SUN_SAT
• THIS_MONTH
• LAST_MONTH
• ALL_TIME

Specify a date range only if:

• You apply conditions or ordering that reference performance metric fields.
• You want to get performance data for the objects you're selecting. For example, if you plan to call the getStats() method.

If you specify multiple date ranges, only the last date range is used.

Arguments

Name	Type	Description
dateRange	String	The predefined date range string that specifies the performance data to include in the selector. The predefined date range string is case sensitive.

Returns

Type	Description
BingAdsAccountSelector	Selector with date range applied.

get

Gets an iterator used to iterate through the list of accounts.

Returns

Type	Description
BingAdsAccount	An iterator used to iterate through the selected accounts.

orderBy(string orderBy)

Applies the specified ordering to the selected accounts.

Specify the orderBy parameter in the form, "columnName orderDirection" where:

• columnName is one of the supported columns.
• orderDirection is the order to sort the results in. Set to ASC to order the results in ascending order or DESC to order the results in descending order. The default is ASC.

For example, the following call returns results in ascending order by Clicks.

selector = selector.orderBy("Clicks");

Selectors support ordering entities by one field only. You may not order the list of entities by field x, and within x by field y, and so on. If you specify more than one orderBy() call in a chain or in separate selector calls, Scripts orders the list of entities using the field specified in the last orderBy() call. 

Arguments

Name	Type	Description
orderBy	string	The ordering to apply.

Returns

Type	Description
BingAdsAccountSelector	Selector with ordering applied.

withAccountNumbers(string[] accountNumbers)

Gets accounts with the specified account numbers.

Arguments

Name	Type	Description
accountNumbers	string[]	An array of account numbers. For limits, see Script execution limits.

Returns

Type	Description
BingAdsAccountSelector	Selector with the account numbers applied.

withCondition(String condition)

Applies filter criteria to the accounts.

Specify the condition parameter in the form, "columnName operator value" where:

• columnName is one of the supported columns. If columName is set to a performance metric column name, you must specify a date range using forDateRange(String dateRange) or forDateRange(Object dateFrom, Object dateTo).
• operator is one of the supported operators.

Operators

The operator that you use depends on the column's type. Operators are case-sensitive. For example, use STARTS_WITH instead of starts_with.

Operators for columns that contain integers and long values:

<
<=
>
>=
=
!=

Operators for columns that contain double values:

<
>

Operators for columns that contain string values:

=
!=
STARTS_WITH
STARTS_WITH_IGNORE_CASE
CONTAINS
CONTAINS_IGNORE_CASE
DOES_NOT_CONTAIN
DOES_NOT_CONTAIN_IGNORE_CASE

Operators for columns that contain enumeration values:

=
!=
IN []
NOT_IN []

Operators for columns that contain an array of strings:

CONTAINS_ALL
CONTAINS_ANY
CONTAINS_NONE

Supported columns for account filtering. The column names are case sensitive.

The following are the performance metrics columns you may specify.

Column	Type	Example	Microsoft Advertising web UI filter
ClickConversionRate	double	withCondition("ClickConversionRate > 0.25")	Conv. Rate
Clicks	long	withCondition("Clicks >= 33")	Clicks
ConvertedClicks	long	withCondition("ConvertedClicks >= 10")	Conv.
Cost	double	withCondition("Cost > 3.25") The cost is in the account's currency.	Spend
Ctr	double	withCondition("Ctr > 0.05") The CTR is in the range 0..1, so use 0.05 for a 5% CTR.	CTR
Impressions	long	withCondition("Impressions > 10")	Impr.

The following are the account properties you may specify.

Column	Type	Example	Microsoft Advertising web UI filter
CurrencyCode	string	The currency code of the currency used by the account. For example, USD for United States dollar. withCondition("CurrencyCode = USD")
ManagerCustomerId	string	The customer ID of the user managing the accounts. withCondition("ManagerCustomerId = '123456789'")
Name	string	The name of a managed account. withCondition("Name CONTAINS_IGNORE_CASE 'foo'")

Arguments

Name	Type	Description
condition	string	The condition to add to the selector.

Returns

Type	Description
BingAdsAccountSelector	Selector with the condition applied.

withIds(string[] ids)

Gets accounts with the specified IDs.

You may apply one or more conditions to a selector. A chain of conditions is considered an AND operation. For example, the entity is selected only if condition A is true AND condition B is true. For example, the following call selects only account 33333.

AccountsApp.accounts()
    .withIds(['11111', '22222', '33333'])
    .withIds(['33333', '44444', '55555']);
    .get();

Arguments

Name	Type	Description
ids	string[]	An array of account IDs. For limits, see Script execution limits.

Returns

Type	Description
BingAdsAccountSelector	Selector with the IDs applied.

withLimit(int limit)

Gets the top n accounts that match the selection criteria.

Arguments

Name	Type	Description
limit	int	The number of accounts to return. The actual number may be less.

Returns

Type	Description
BingAdsAccountSelector	Selector with limit applied.

See also

• AccountsApp.accounts()
• BingAdsAccountIterator
• Multi-account access