Facebook Ads Automated Changelog

This automation will help you track the changes you make in Business Manager.

This automation allows you to export the following activities into a Spreadsheet:

  • updated ad status
  • updated adset status
  • updated campaign status
  • updated adset budget
  • updated campaign budget
  • ad set bidding updated
  • updated status of ad after it finishes ad review
  • updated ad creative
  • ad set bid strategy updated
  • ad set bid adjustments updated
  • ad set targeting updated
  • ad not approved
  • ad created
  • ad set created
  • campaign created

JSON Recipe

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Facebook Changelog
{"name":"Facebook Changelog","description":"facebook_ads_change_log_sheets_20220530","nodes":{"process_script_1":{"type":"process_script","logging_enabled":false,"error_rules":[],"x":732,"y":137,"group":"group_1","inputs":{"src":{"export_enabled":true,"data":"activities = inputs[\"a\"]\nevents_to_include = inputs[\"b\"]\n\nfrom datetime import datetime\nimport json\n\n# Define a dictionary to map old names to new names\nold_names = {\n    'CAMPAIGN_GROUP': 'Campaign',\n    'CAMPAIGN': 'Adset',\n    'ADGROUP': 'Ad',\n    'ACCOUNT': 'Account'\n}\n\n# Initialize a list to store the log items\nactivity_log = []\n\n# Process each activity\nfor activity in activities:\n    log_item = {}\n\n    # Extract date and time and convert it to ISO format\n    date_time = activity.get('date_time_in_timezone', '').replace(\"at \", \"\").replace(\"um \", \"\").replace(\" Uhr\", \"\")\n    if \"pm\" in date_time.lower() or \"am\" in date_time.lower():\n        iso_time = datetime.strptime(date_time, \"%m/%d/%Y %I:%M %p\").isoformat()\n    elif \".\" in date_time.lower():\n        iso_time = datetime.strptime(date_time, \"%d.%m.%Y %H:%M\").isoformat()\n    else:\n        iso_time = datetime.strptime(date_time, \"%d/%m/%Y %H:%M\").isoformat()\n\n    log_item[\"account_id\"] = activity.get('account_id', '')\n    log_item[\"provider\"] = activity.get('provider', '')\n    log_item[\"actor_name\"] = activity.get('actor_name', '')\n    log_item[\"event_time\"] = iso_time\n    log_item[\"object_type\"] = old_names.get(activity.get('object_type', ''), '')\n    log_item[\"object_name\"] = activity.get('object_name', '')\n    log_item[\"event_type\"] = activity.get('event_type', '')\n    log_item[\"translated_event_type\"] = activity.get('translated_event_type', '')\n    log_item[\"campaign_name\"] = activity.get('campaign_name', '')\n    \n    # Fetch deeplinks\n    object_id = activity.get('object_id', '')\n    object_type = log_item[\"object_type\"]\n    account_id = log_item['account_id']\n    \n    if object_type == \"Campaign\":\n        log_item[\"deeplink\"] = f\"https://business.facebook.com/adsmanager/manage/campaigns?act={account_id}\u0026filter_set=SEARCH_BY_CAMPAIGN_GROUP_IDS-STRING_%1EANY%1E[{object_id}]\u0026selected_campaign_ids={object_id}\"\n    elif object_type == \"Adset\":\n        log_item[\"deeplink\"] = f\"https://business.facebook.com/adsmanager/manage/adsets?act={account_id}\u0026filter_set=SEARCH_BY_CAMPAIGN_IDS-STRING_%1EANY%1E[{object_id}]\u0026selected_adset_ids={object_id}\"\n    elif object_type == \"Ad\":\n        log_item[\"deeplink\"] = f\"https://business.facebook.com/adsmanager/manage/ads?act={account_id}\u0026filter_set=SEARCH_BY_AD_GROUP_IDS-STRING_%1EANY%1E[{object_id}]\u0026selected_ad_ids={object_id}\"\n    \n    # Retrieve the 'application_name' from activities (as you initially had it)\n    application_name = activity.get('application_name', '')\n\n    # Check if 'application_name' is empty, and set it to \"Meta\" in that case\n    if not application_name:\n        application_name = \"Meta\"\n\n    log_item[\"application_name\"] = application_name\n    log_item[\"extra_data\"] = activity.get('extra_data', '')\n\n    event_type = activity.get('event_type', '')\n\n    if event_type in [\"update_ad_run_status\", \"update_ad_set_run_status\"]:\n        extra_data = json.loads(activity['extra_data'])\n        activity[\"extra_data\"] = extra_data\n        old_value = extra_data.get('old_value', '')\n        new_value = extra_data.get('new_value', '')\n        log_item[\"old_value\"] = old_value\n        log_item[\"new_value\"] = new_value\n        log_item[\"ad_campaign_id\"] = extra_data.get('campaign_id', '')\n\n        # Check if 'comment' exists in extra_data, and provide an empty string if it doesn't\n        log_item[\"comment\"] = extra_data.get('comment', '')\n    \n    elif event_type == \"update_ad_set_bid_adjustments\":\n        # Correctly process extra_data for bid 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How To

Step 1

GSheets

Create a new spreadsheet.

Step 2

Notion image
  1. Select a Speadsheet and tab that you have created in the step 1. If it doesn’t show up, hit thre refresh icon 🔄.
  1. Select a Facebook Ad Account
  1. Select the activity types on which you would like to report. You need to select at least 1 action
  1. Optionally, choose on which weekdays you want to run the automation. Note that per default only yesterday’s change log is added.
  1. Choose at what time you want to run the automation. It is recommended to run early in the morning to capture yesterday’s changes.
  1. Click Run Automation

The automation will now get yesterday’s change log and add it to the spreadsheet and then wait until the specified time and weekday to run again.

 
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Last updated on February 23, 2024