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Paid Feature — Google Ads is available on all paid plans (Starter, Pro, Enterprise). See pricing.

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Overview

Use Google Ads as a data source for Chartcastr. Connect your account via OAuth and Chartcastr will pull campaign performance metrics to generate charts delivered automatically to your destinations.

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Setup

1

Connect your Google Ads account

In Chartcastr, go to Settings → Sources and click Connect next to Google Ads. You’ll be redirected to Google to authorize access.
2

Select a customer account

After connecting, choose which Google Ads customer account to pull data from.
3

Select a metric

Choose which performance metric to track. Each metric becomes its own source.
4

Create a connection

Pick a destination and delivery schedule, then optionally enable AI summaries.
Chartcastr requests the Google Ads OAuth scope (https://www.googleapis.com/auth/adwords) when you connect this source.

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Access Requirements

Google Ads account discovery depends on both OAuth scope and Google Ads account access.
  • Your Google user must grant the Google Ads scope during OAuth.
  • Your Google user must also have direct access to the Google Ads customer account, or direct access to a manager (MCC) account that can enumerate its child accounts.
  • Seeing an account in the Google Ads web UI does not always mean the API will list it for this login. Manager hierarchies and inherited access can behave differently during account discovery.

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Troubleshooting

If Chartcastr says No Google Ads accounts found even though Google OAuth is connected:
  1. Confirm the Google user granted Google Ads access during OAuth.
  2. In Google Ads, open Admin → Access and security and verify that the same Google email has direct access to the advertiser account, or direct access to the relevant MCC account.
  3. If access was added recently, reconnect Google Ads in Chartcastr and try again.
  4. If you only have indirect visibility through someone else’s manager hierarchy, the account may be visible in the Google Ads UI but still not discoverable by the API for your login.

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Available Metrics

Chartcastr supports 18 pre-built Google Ads metrics across spend, delivery, conversions, and campaign overview.

Spend & Efficiency

Daily spend, CPC, CPM, ROAS, cost per conversion, and spend by campaign.

Delivery

Impressions, clicks, CTR, search impression share, and impressions by campaign.

Conversions

Daily conversions, conversion value, conversion rate, and campaign breakdowns.

Overview

Spend vs conversions combo chart and campaign performance comparison.

View all available charts

See the full list of Google Ads metrics with chart types and descriptions.

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Next Steps

Slack destination

Deliver Google Ads charts to your Slack channels with AI summaries.

Email destination

Schedule campaign performance reports to any inbox.