Graph API Version

Ad Account Business Constraints

Represents business constraints on an Ad Account.

Reading

This node cannot be queried directly. To read this node, use the GET /<AD_ACCOUNT_ID>/account_controls endpoint.

Parameters

This endpoint doesn't have any parameters.

Fields

FieldDescription
audience_controls

audience_controls

campaigns_with_error
list<numeric string>

Indicates the set of campaigns for which the account controls have not been applied due to one or more errors in the campaigns that conflict with the controls

placement_controls
PlacementControls

This field contains another field called placement_exclusion that provides information on which placements need to be excluded while targeting. All the other placements will be included. Each placement is denoted by a string that concatenates the publisher platform of the placement and a position inside the publisher platform, separated by an underscore. What is provided as parameter is a list of placements. For e.g. If we want to exclude the rewarded videos position from the audience network publisher platform, we provide the field as follows: { "placement_controls": { "placement_exclusions": ["audience_network_rewarded_video"] } } Only a few placements are allowed to be excluded: audience_network_classic (native, banner & interstitial positions of audience network) audience_network_rewarded_video (rewarded videos of audience network) audience_network_instream_video (instream videos of audience network) facebook_marketplace (marketplace section inside facebook) facebook_rhc (right hand column inside facebook)

status
enum {APPLICATION_IN_PROGRESS, ACTIVE, WITH_CAMPAIGN_ERROR}

Represents the status of account controls set.

APPLICATION_IN_PROGRESS indicates that the account controls are being applied to eligible campaigns. ACTIVE indicates that the account controls are successfully applied to all eligible campaigns. WITH_CAMPAIGN_ERROR indicates that the account controls may not have been applied to some eligible campaigns due to one or more errors in the campaigns that conflict with the controls

Creating

You can make a POST request to account_controls edge from the following paths:
When posting to this edge, an AdAccountBusinessConstraints will be created.

Parameters

ParameterDescription
audience_controls
JSON or object-like arrays

audience_controls

Required
age_min
int64

geo_locations
JSON or object-like arrays

excluded_geo_locations
JSON or object-like arrays

exclusions
JSON or object-like arrays

placement_controls
JSON or object-like arrays

This field contains another field called placement_exclusion that provides information on which placements need to be excluded while targeting. All the other placements will be included. Each placement is denoted by a string that concatenates the publisher platform of the placement and a position inside the publisher platform, separated by an underscore. What is provided as parameter is a list of placements. For e.g. If we want to exclude the rewarded videos position from the audience network publisher platform, we provide the field as follows: { "placement_controls": { "placement_exclusions": ["audience_network_rewarded_video"] } } Only a few placements are allowed to be excluded: audience_network_classic (native, banner & interstitial positions of audience network) audience_network_rewarded_video (rewarded videos of audience network) audience_network_instream_video (instream videos of audience network) facebook_marketplace (marketplace section inside facebook) facebook_rhc (right hand column inside facebook)

placement_exclusions
array<enum {AUDIENCE_NETWORK_CLASSIC, AUDIENCE_NETWORK_REWARDED_VIDEO, AUDIENCE_NETWORK_INSTREAM_VIDEO, FACEBOOK_MARKETPLACE, FACEBOOK_RIGHT_HAND_COLUMN}>

Return Type

Struct {
id: string,
success: bool,
error_code: string,
error_message: string,
}

Error Codes

ErrorDescription
100Invalid parameter
2641Your ad includes or excludes locations that are currently restricted
200Permissions error

Updating

This node cannot be queried directly. To update this node, use the POST /act_<AD_ACCOUNT_ID>/account_controls endpoint.

You can't perform this operation on this endpoint.

Deleting

You can't perform this operation on this endpoint.