ImportingBringing in your existing structure
AdBuilder pulls in your existing Google Ads campaigns, so you manage new and existing from one place. Connect your account and click Import from Google Ads in the account overview.
All supported types come in with their full structure: Search, Dynamic Search, Display, Performance Max, Demand Gen, App and Video, along with their ad groups or asset groups, ads, keywords, audiences, and image and video assets. Campaigns that AdBuilder already manages are skipped during import, so you don't get duplicate versions.
Shared editorCollect changes and publish in one go
Imported campaigns and campaigns previously published by AdBuilder are edited in the same editor. It first fetches the current state, after which your changes collect in a change list. Via Publish you see a summary of everything you have adjusted and it goes live in one go, with a review beforehand and a history to undo steps.
Staying in syncWhen you also work in Google Ads
If you change something directly in Google Ads, you fetch the live state with fetch from Google Ads. AdBuilder then shows the difference and you choose whether to adopt the live state. Google Ads therefore only "wins" if you accept it; nothing is silently overwritten.
If you edit a value in AdBuilder that has meanwhile also changed in your account, AdBuilder warns you about that conflict instead of blindly overwriting your value. That way you stay in control of which version is the right one.
TroubleshootingA campaign is missing after importing
If a campaign is missing from the overview, check that your account is connected and that you clicked Import from Google Ads. Campaigns that AdBuilder already manages don't reappear as an import; they're already listed with your existing campaigns.
For Shopping and Local Services campaigns the underlying structure doesn't come along; their creatives live outside the Google Ads API (in the Merchant Center feed and a separate API, respectively), so they stay at the campaign level. If you see a difference between AdBuilder and your account, use "fetch from Google Ads" to place the live state next to your own version.