Create a Performance Max Campaign Budget

A Performance Max campaign requires a budget like all other campaigns, but with the following restrictions:

The budget must have a DAILY budget period.
The budget cannot be shared.

Try an average daily budget of at least three times your CPA or cost per conversion for the conversion actions selected for your campaign. Generally, the budget should be consistent with other well-performing campaigns in your account. Learn more about choosing budget.

If a budget is too low relative to the CPA or cost per conversion, you might see a slower ramp-up period or fewer conversions over several days.

Java

/** Creates a MutateOperation that creates a new CampaignBudget. */
private MutateOperation createCampaignBudgetOperation(long customerId) {
  CampaignBudget campaignBudget =
      CampaignBudget.newBuilder()
          .setName("Performance Max campaign budget #" + getPrintableDateTime())
          // The budget period already defaults to DAILY.
          .setAmountMicros(50_000_000)
          .setDeliveryMethod(BudgetDeliveryMethod.STANDARD)
          // A Performance Max campaign cannot use a shared campaign budget.
          .setExplicitlyShared(false)
          // Set a temporary ID in the budget's resource name, so it can be referenced
          // by the campaign in later steps.
          .setResourceName(ResourceNames.campaignBudget(customerId, BUDGET_TEMPORARY_ID))
          .build();

  return MutateOperation.newBuilder()
      .setCampaignBudgetOperation(
          CampaignBudgetOperation.newBuilder().setCreate(campaignBudget).build())
      .build();
}
AddPerformanceMaxCampaign.java

C#

/// <summary>
/// Creates a MutateOperation that creates a new CampaignBudget.
///
/// A temporary ID will be assigned to this campaign budget so that it can be
/// referenced by other objects being created in the same Mutate request.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="budgetResourceName">The temporary resource name of the budget to
/// create.</param>
/// <returns>A MutateOperation that creates a CampaignBudget.</returns>
private MutateOperation CreateCampaignBudgetOperation(string budgetResourceName)
{
    MutateOperation operation = new MutateOperation
    {
        CampaignBudgetOperation = new CampaignBudgetOperation
        {
            Create = new CampaignBudget
            {
                Name = "Performance Max campaign budget #"
                  + ExampleUtilities.GetRandomString(),

                // The budget period already defaults to DAILY.
                AmountMicros = 50000000,
                DeliveryMethod = BudgetDeliveryMethod.Standard,

                // A Performance Max campaign cannot use a shared campaign budget.
                ExplicitlyShared = false,

                // Set a temporary ID in the budget's resource name so it can be referenced
                // by the campaign in later steps.
                ResourceName = budgetResourceName
            }
        }
    };

    return operation;
}
AddPerformanceMaxCampaign.cs

PHP

private static function createCampaignBudgetOperation(int $customerId): MutateOperation
{
    // Creates a mutate operation that creates a campaign budget operation.
    return new MutateOperation([
        'campaign_budget_operation' => new CampaignBudgetOperation([
            'create' => new CampaignBudget([
                // Sets a temporary ID in the budget's resource name so it can be referenced
                // by the campaign in later steps.
                'resource_name' => ResourceNames::forCampaignBudget(
                    $customerId,
                    self::BUDGET_TEMPORARY_ID
                ),
                'name' => 'Performance Max campaign budget #' . Helper::getPrintableDatetime(),
                // The budget period already defaults to DAILY.
                'amount_micros' => 50000000,
                'delivery_method' => BudgetDeliveryMethod::STANDARD,
                // A Performance Max campaign cannot use a shared campaign budget.
                'explicitly_shared' => false
            ])
        ])
    ]);
}AddPerformanceMaxCampaign.php

Python

def create_campaign_budget_operation(
    client,
    customer_id,
):
    """Creates a MutateOperation that creates a new CampaignBudget.

    A temporary ID will be assigned to this campaign budget so that it can be
    referenced by other objects being created in the same Mutate request.

    Args:
        client: an initialized GoogleAdsClient instance.
        customer_id: a client customer ID.

    Returns:
        a MutateOperation that creates a CampaignBudget.
    """
    mutate_operation = client.get_type("MutateOperation")
    campaign_budget_operation = mutate_operation.campaign_budget_operation
    campaign_budget = campaign_budget_operation.create
    campaign_budget.name = f"Performance Max campaign budget #{uuid4()}"
    # The budget period already defaults to DAILY.
    campaign_budget.amount_micros = 50000000
    campaign_budget.delivery_method = (
        client.enums.BudgetDeliveryMethodEnum.STANDARD
    )
    # A Performance Max campaign cannot use a shared campaign budget.
    campaign_budget.explicitly_shared = False

    # Set a temporary ID in the budget's resource name so it can be referenced
    # by the campaign in later steps.
    campaign_budget.resource_name = client.get_service(
        "CampaignBudgetService"
    ).campaign_budget_path(customer_id, _BUDGET_TEMPORARY_ID)

    return mutate_operationadd_performance_max_campaign.py

Ruby

# Creates a MutateOperation that creates a new CampaignBudget.
#
# A temporary ID will be assigned to this campaign budget so that it can be
# referenced by other objects being created in the same Mutate request.
def create_campaign_budget_operation(client, customer_id)
  client.operation.mutate do |m|
    m.campaign_budget_operation = client.operation.create_resource.campaign_budget do |cb|
      cb.name = "Performance Max campaign budget #{SecureRandom.uuid}"
      # The budget period already defaults to DAILY.
      cb.amount_micros = 50_000_000
      cb.delivery_method = :STANDARD
        # A Performance Max campaign cannot use a shared campaign budget.
        cb.explicitly_shared = false

      # Set a temporary ID in the budget's resource name so it can be referenced
      # by the campaign in later steps.
      cb.resource_name = client.path.campaign_budget(customer_id, BUDGET_TEMPORARY_ID)
    end
  end
endadd_performance_max_campaign.rb

Perl

sub create_campaign_budget_operation {
  my ($customer_id) = @_;

  # Create a mutate operation that creates a campaign budget operation.
  return
    Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V18::Services::GoogleAdsService::MutateOperation->
    new({
      campaignBudgetOperation =>
        Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V18::Services::CampaignBudgetService::CampaignBudgetOperation
        ->new({
          create => Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V18::Resources::CampaignBudget->new(
            {
              # Set a temporary ID in the budget's resource name so it can be
              # referenced by the campaign in later steps.
              resourceName =>
                Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V18::Utils::ResourceNames::campaign_budget(
                $customer_id, BUDGET_TEMPORARY_ID
                ),
              name => "Performance Max campaign budget #" . uniqid(),
              # The budget period already defaults to DAILY.
              amountMicros   => 50000000,
              deliveryMethod => STANDARD,
              # A Performance Max campaign cannot use a shared campaign budget.
              explicitlyShared => "false",
            })})});
}add_performance_max_campaign.pl

See how to create a campaign budget using the interactive guide for Performance Max campaigns.

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