One of my email newsletter subscribers Merlijn Schroten asked me a question last week (shared with permission):
“I always make happy use of your script ‘alert for when someone outside of the team makes changed into the google ads account’.
However, I keep on receiving messages where the client type is not an e-mail address, but: GOOGLE_ADS_AUTOMATED_RULE
Do you have any idea how to exclude this ‘user’?“
Great question, and good news: there’s an easy fix for that!
If you do not want to receive alerts when Google Ads’ Automated Rules make changes to your account, simply add the user ‘Bulk Actions’ to the IGNORE_USERS array in Line 21 in the script.
Example:
var IGNORE_USERS = [ 'john@doe.com', 'Bulk Actions'];After that, you won’t receive any alerts from changes by John, or changes from any Bulk Actions.
Here’s a copy of the script, for your convenience:
Change History Alerts
URL: https://nilsrooijmans.com/google-ads-script-change-history-alerts/
What it does: The script checks all the entries in the Google Ads change history of your account, and if there is a change by a user outside of your list of ‘recognized’ users, you will get an alert via email. The alert mail contains the number of changes as well as a link to the Google Sheet that lists all changes by unrecognized users.
Why you care: It is all too often people outside your team (or Google) make changes to the Google Ads accounts you manage. You want to make sure these changes are in line with your strategy asap. This script ensures you do.
Happy scripting!
– Nils