AdsApp.ShoppingAdGroupTargeting
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Access to ad group-level targeting criteria.
For instance, to select all audiences targeted by an ad group you might
use:
var adgroup = AdsApp.shoppingAdGroups().get().next();
var audiences = adgroup.targeting().audiences().get();
while (audiences.hasNext()) {
var audience = audiences.next();
}
Methods:
audiences()
Specializes this selector to return
ShoppingAdGroupAudience
criteria.
Return values:
getTargetingSetting(criterionTypeGroup)
Returns the current targeting setting of the specified criterion type group
for this shopping ad group.
Currently the only supported criterion type group value is
USER_INTEREST_AND_LIST.
The returned setting will be either 'TARGET_ALL_TRUE' or
'TARGET_ALL_FALSE', corresponding to 'Bid only' and 'Target and bid',
respectively.
Arguments:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|
| criterionTypeGroup |
String |
The criterion type group to check. |
Return values:
| Type | Description |
|---|
String |
The targeting setting for the criterion type group, either
'TARGET_ALL_TRUE' or 'TARGET_ALL_FALSE'. |
newUserListBuilder()
Returns a new user list audience builder for this ad group. When
ShoppingAdGroupAudienceBuilder.build()
is called, an audience will be added in this ad group.
Return values:
setTargetingSetting(criterionTypeGroup, targetingSetting)
Sets the targeting setting for this ad group.
Currently the targeting setting may be set for the
USER_INTEREST_AND_LIST criterion type group only.
Returns nothing.
Arguments:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|
| criterionTypeGroup |
String |
The criterion type group to receive the new
setting. |
| targetingSetting |
String |
The new targeting setting, either 'TARGET_ALL_TRUE'
or 'TARGET_ALL_FALSE'. |
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Last updated 2025-08-25 UTC.
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When [ShoppingAdGroupAudienceBuilder.build()](/google-ads/scripts/docs/reference/adsapp/adsapp_shoppingadgroupaudiencebuilder#build) is called, an audience will be added in this ad group.\n\n### Return values:\n\n| Type | Description |\n|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|\n| [AdsApp.ShoppingAdGroupAudienceBuilder](/google-ads/scripts/docs/reference/adsapp/adsapp_shoppingadgroupaudiencebuilder) | The builder used to add a new audience in the ad group. |\n\n`setTargetingSetting(criterionTypeGroup, targetingSetting)`\n-----------------------------------------------------------\n\nSets the targeting setting for this ad group.\n\nCurrently the targeting setting may be set for the\nUSER_INTEREST_AND_LIST criterion type group only.\n\nReturns nothing.\n\n### Arguments:\n\n| Name | Type | Description |\n|--------------------|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| criterionTypeGroup | `String` | The criterion type group to receive the new setting. |\n| targetingSetting | `String` | The new targeting setting, either 'TARGET_ALL_TRUE' or 'TARGET_ALL_FALSE'. |"]]
