Criar grupos experimentais

Depois de criar um experimento, será preciso criar vários grupos experimentais para fornecer ao experimento mais informações sobre exatamente o que você testes.

Grupos experimentais

O ExperimentArm representa uma parte comparação que está fazendo para o experimento. Todos os experimentos precisam sempre ter exatamente um grupo de controle. Esse grupo é uma campanha atual que forma a base com a qual você compara o outro grupo.

Os outros grupos são chamados de grupos de tratamento, e você faz mudanças neles à campanha antes de iniciar o experimento.

Observação: no momento, há um limite de um grupo de tratamento por experimento.

O ExperimentArm também contém a configuração traffic_split. Isso permite que você especificar a porcentagem de tráfego direcionada a cada grupo do experimento. Cada grupo precisa especificar uma divisão de tráfego e a soma das divisões de tráfego os valores em todos os grupos precisam totalizar 100.

Devido a essa restrição à divisão de tráfego, todos os grupos experimentais precisam ser criados na mesma solicitação.

Observação: não é possível usar partial falha ao criar o experimento braços.

Exemplo de código

Java

private String createExperimentArms(
    GoogleAdsClient googleAdsClient, long customerId, long campaignId, String experiment) {
  List<ExperimentArmOperation> operations = new ArrayList<>();
  operations.add(
      ExperimentArmOperation.newBuilder()
          .setCreate(
              // The "control" arm references an already-existing campaign.
              ExperimentArm.newBuilder()
                  .setControl(true)
                  .addCampaigns(ResourceNames.campaign(customerId, campaignId))
                  .setExperiment(experiment)
                  .setName("control arm")
                  .setTrafficSplit(40)
                  .build())
          .build());
  operations.add(
      ExperimentArmOperation.newBuilder()
          .setCreate(
              // The non-"control" arm, also called a "treatment" arm, will automatically
              // generate draft campaigns that you can modify before starting the experiment.
              ExperimentArm.newBuilder()
                  .setControl(false)
                  .setExperiment(experiment)
                  .setName("experiment arm")
                  .setTrafficSplit(60)
                  .build())
          .build());

  try (ExperimentArmServiceClient experimentArmServiceClient =
      googleAdsClient.getLatestVersion().createExperimentArmServiceClient()) {
    // Constructs the mutate request.
    MutateExperimentArmsRequest mutateRequest = MutateExperimentArmsRequest.newBuilder()
        .setCustomerId(Long.toString(customerId))
        .addAllOperations(operations)
        // We want to fetch the draft campaign IDs from the treatment arm, so the easiest way to do
        // that is to have the response return the newly created entities.
        .setResponseContentType(ResponseContentType.MUTABLE_RESOURCE)
        .build();

    // Sends the mutate request.
    MutateExperimentArmsResponse response =
        experimentArmServiceClient.mutateExperimentArms(mutateRequest);

    // Results always return in the order that you specify them in the request. Since we created
    // the treatment arm last, it will be the last result.  If you don't remember which arm is the
    // treatment arm, you can always filter the query in the next section with
    // `experiment_arm.control = false`.
    MutateExperimentArmResult controlArmResult = response.getResults(0);
    MutateExperimentArmResult treatmentArmResult = response.getResults(
        response.getResultsCount() - 1);

    System.out.printf("Created control arm with resource name '%s'%n",
        controlArmResult.getResourceName());
    System.out.printf("Created treatment arm with resource name '%s'%n",
        treatmentArmResult.getResourceName());

    return treatmentArmResult.getExperimentArm().getInDesignCampaigns(0);
  }
}
CreateExperiment.java
      

C#

/// <summary>
/// Creates the experiment arms.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="client">The Google Ads client.</param>
/// <param name="customerId">The customer ID for which the call is made.</param>
/// <param name="baseCampaignId">ID of the campaign for which the control arm is
/// created.</param>
/// <param name="experimentResourceName">Resource name of the experiment.</param>
/// <returns>The control and treatment arms.</returns>
private static (MutateExperimentArmResult, MutateExperimentArmResult)
    CreateExperimentArms(GoogleAdsClient client, long customerId, long baseCampaignId,
        string experimentResourceName)
{
    // Get the ExperimentArmService.
    ExperimentArmServiceClient experimentService = client.GetService(
        Services.V17.ExperimentArmService);

    // Create the control arm. The control arm references an already-existing campaign.
    ExperimentArmOperation controlArmOperation = new ExperimentArmOperation()
    {
        Create = new ExperimentArm()
        {
            Control = true,
            Campaigns = {
                ResourceNames.Campaign(customerId, baseCampaignId)
            },
            Experiment = experimentResourceName,
            Name = "Control Arm",
            TrafficSplit = 40
        }
    };

    // Create the non-control arm. The non-"control" arm, also called a "treatment" arm,
    // will automatically generate draft campaigns that you can modify before starting the
    // experiment.
    ExperimentArmOperation treatmentArmOperation = new ExperimentArmOperation()
    {
        Create = new ExperimentArm()
        {
            Control = false,
            Experiment = experimentResourceName,
            Name = "Experiment Arm",
            TrafficSplit = 60
        }
    };

    // We want to fetch the draft campaign IDs from the treatment arm, so the
    // easiest way to do that is to have the response return the newly created
    // entities.
    MutateExperimentArmsRequest request = new MutateExperimentArmsRequest
    {
        CustomerId = customerId.ToString(),
        Operations = { controlArmOperation, treatmentArmOperation },
        ResponseContentType = ResponseContentType.MutableResource
    };


    MutateExperimentArmsResponse response = experimentService.MutateExperimentArms(
        request
    );

    // Results always return in the order that you specify them in the request.
    // Since we created the treatment arm last, it will be the last result.
    MutateExperimentArmResult controlArm = response.Results.First();
    MutateExperimentArmResult treatmentArm = response.Results.Last();

    Console.WriteLine($"Created control arm with resource name " +
        $"'{controlArm.ResourceName}.");
    Console.WriteLine($"Created treatment arm with resource name" +
      $" '{treatmentArm.ResourceName}'.");
    return (controlArm, treatmentArm);
}
CreateExperiment.cs
      

PHP

private static function createExperimentArms(
    GoogleAdsClient $googleAdsClient,
    int $customerId,
    int $campaignId,
    string $experimentResourceName
): string {
    $operations = [];
    $experimentArm1 = new ExperimentArm([
        // The "control" arm references an already-existing campaign.
        'control' => true,
        'campaigns' => [ResourceNames::forCampaign($customerId, $campaignId)],
        'experiment' => $experimentResourceName,
        'name' => 'control arm',
        'traffic_split' => 40
    ]);
    $operations[] = new ExperimentArmOperation(['create' => $experimentArm1]);
    $experimentArm2 = new ExperimentArm([
        // The non-"control" arm, also called a "treatment" arm, will automatically
        // generate draft campaigns that you can modify before starting the
        // experiment.
        'control' => false,
        'experiment' => $experimentResourceName,
        'name' => 'experiment arm',
        'traffic_split' => 60
    ]);
    $operations[] = new ExperimentArmOperation(['create' => $experimentArm2]);

    // Issues a request to create the experiment arms.
    $experimentArmServiceClient = $googleAdsClient->getExperimentArmServiceClient();
    $response = $experimentArmServiceClient->mutateExperimentArms(
        MutateExperimentArmsRequest::build($customerId, $operations)
            // We want to fetch the draft campaign IDs from the treatment arm, so the easiest
            // way to do that is to have the response return the newly created entities.
            ->setResponseContentType(ResponseContentType::MUTABLE_RESOURCE)
    );
    // Results always return in the order that you specify them in the request.
    // Since we created the treatment arm last, it will be the last result.
    $controlArmResourceName = $response->getResults()[0]->getResourceName();
    $treatmentArm = $response->getResults()[count($operations) - 1];
    print "Created control arm with resource name '$controlArmResourceName'" . PHP_EOL;
    print "Created treatment arm with resource name '{$treatmentArm->getResourceName()}'"
        . PHP_EOL;

    return $treatmentArm->getExperimentArm()->getInDesignCampaigns()[0];
}
CreateExperiment.php
      

Python

def create_experiment_arms(client, customer_id, base_campaign_id, experiment):
    """Creates a control and treatment experiment arms.

    Args:
        client: an initialized GoogleAdsClient instance.
        customer_id: a client customer ID.
        base_campaign_id: the campaign ID to associate with the control arm of
          the experiment.
        experiment: the resource name for an experiment.

    Returns:
        the resource name for the new treatment experiment arm.
    """
    operations = []

    campaign_service = client.get_service("CampaignService")

    # The "control" arm references an already-existing campaign.
    operation_1 = client.get_type("ExperimentArmOperation")
    exa_1 = operation_1.create
    exa_1.control = True
    exa_1.campaigns.append(
        campaign_service.campaign_path(customer_id, base_campaign_id)
    )
    exa_1.experiment = experiment
    exa_1.name = "control arm"
    exa_1.traffic_split = 40
    operations.append(operation_1)

    # The non-"control" arm, also called a "treatment" arm, will automatically
    # generate draft campaigns that you can modify before starting the
    # experiment.
    operation_2 = client.get_type("ExperimentArmOperation")
    exa_2 = operation_2.create
    exa_2.control = False
    exa_2.experiment = experiment
    exa_2.name = "experiment arm"
    exa_2.traffic_split = 60
    operations.append(operation_2)

    experiment_arm_service = client.get_service("ExperimentArmService")
    request = client.get_type("MutateExperimentArmsRequest")
    request.customer_id = customer_id
    request.operations = operations
    # We want to fetch the draft campaign IDs from the treatment arm, so the
    # easiest way to do that is to have the response return the newly created
    # entities.
    request.response_content_type = (
        client.enums.ResponseContentTypeEnum.MUTABLE_RESOURCE
    )
    response = experiment_arm_service.mutate_experiment_arms(request=request)

    # Results always return in the order that you specify them in the request.
    # Since we created the treatment arm second, it will be the second result.
    control_arm_result = response.results[0]
    treatment_arm_result = response.results[1]

    print(
        f"Created control arm with resource name {control_arm_result.resource_name}"
    )
    print(
        f"Created treatment arm with resource name {treatment_arm_result.resource_name}"
    )

    return treatment_arm_result.experiment_arm.in_design_campaigns[0]
create_experiment.py
      

Ruby

def create_experiment_arms(client, customer_id, base_campaign_id, experiment)
  operations = []
  operations << client.operation.create_resource.experiment_arm do |ea|
    # The "control" arm references an already-existing campaign.
    ea.control = true
    ea.campaigns << client.path.campaign(customer_id, base_campaign_id)
    ea.experiment = experiment
    ea.name = 'control arm'
    ea.traffic_split = 40
  end
  operations << client.operation.create_resource.experiment_arm do |ea|
    # The non-"control" arm, also called a "treatment" arm, will automatically
    # generate draft campaigns that you can modify before starting the
    # experiment.
    ea.control = false
    ea.experiment = experiment
    ea.name = 'experiment arm'
    ea.traffic_split = 60
  end

  response = client.service.experiment_arm.mutate_experiment_arms(
    customer_id: customer_id,
    operations: operations,
    # We want to fetch the draft campaign IDs from the treatment arm, so the
    # easiest way to do that is to have the response return the newly created
    # entities.
    response_content_type: :MUTABLE_RESOURCE,
  )

  # Results always return in the order that you specify them in the request.
  # Since we created the treatment arm last, it will be the last result.
  control_arm_result = response.results.first
  treatment_arm_result = response.results.last

  puts "Created control arm with resource name #{control_arm_result.resource_name}."
  puts "Created treatment arm with resource name #{treatment_arm_result.resource_name}."

  treatment_arm_result.experiment_arm.in_design_campaigns.first
end
create_experiment.rb
      

Perl

sub create_experiment_arms {
  my ($api_client, $customer_id, $base_campaign_id, $experiment) = @_;

  my $operations = [];
  push @$operations,
    Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V17::Services::ExperimentArmService::ExperimentArmOperation
    ->new({
      create => Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V17::Resources::ExperimentArm->new({
          # The "control" arm references an already-existing campaign.
          control   => "true",
          campaigns => [
            Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V17::Utils::ResourceNames::campaign(
              $customer_id, $base_campaign_id
            )
          ],
          experiment   => $experiment,
          name         => "control arm",
          trafficSplit => 40
        })});

  push @$operations,
    Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V17::Services::ExperimentArmService::ExperimentArmOperation
    ->new({
      create => Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V17::Resources::ExperimentArm->new({
          # The non-"control" arm, also called a "treatment" arm, will automatically
          # generate draft campaigns that you can modify before starting the
          # experiment.
          control      => "false",
          experiment   => $experiment,
          name         => "experiment arm",
          trafficSplit => 60
        })});

  my $response = $api_client->ExperimentArmService()->mutate({
    customerId => $customer_id,
    operations => $operations,
    # We want to fetch the draft campaign IDs from the treatment arm, so the
    # easiest way to do that is to have the response return the newly created
    # entities.
    responseContentType => MUTABLE_RESOURCE
  });

  # Results always return in the order that you specify them in the request.
  # Since we created the treatment arm last, it will be the last result.
  my $control_arm_result   = $response->{results}[0];
  my $treatment_arm_result = $response->{results}[1];

  printf "Created control arm with resource name '%s'.\n",
    $control_arm_result->{resourceName};
  printf "Created treatment arm with resource name '%s'.\n",
    $treatment_arm_result->{resourceName};
  return $treatment_arm_result->{experimentArm}{inDesignCampaigns}[0];
}
create_experiment.pl
      

Alguns pontos importantes sobre o exemplo acima:

• O name de cada grupo precisa ser exclusivo no Experiment.
• O traffic_split precisa totalizar 100 em todos os grupos.

• Exatamente um grupo precisa ter control definido como true. todos os outros grupos precisam ter definido como false.

  Somente o grupo de controle especifica uma matriz campaigns, que contém apenas um campanha.

Grupos de tratamento

Depois de criar todos os grupos experimentais, os de tratamento, ou seja, os grupos em que control está definido como false, preenche automaticamente o in_design_campaigns. É possível recuperar o campo da resposta da API definindo o tipo de conteúdo de resposta como MUTABLE_RESOURCE, como no código exemplo. Também é possível buscá-lo por meio de uma Consulta GoogleAdsService:

SELECT experiment_arm.in_design_campaigns
FROM experiment_arm
WHERE experiment_arm.resource_name = "TREATMENT_ARM_RESOURCE_NAME"

Dica :pode ser útil selecionar o campo experiment_arm.control para informar quais são os grupos de tratamento. Como este é um campo booleano não opcional, Valores false não são retornados pela API. Uma resposta vazia é equivalente a false.

Campanhas no design

Você pode tratar essas campanhas no design como campanhas normais. Faça o que quiser mudanças que você quer testar no experimento para essas campanhas. o controle não serão afetados. Depois que você programar o experimento, essas mudanças são materializadas em uma campanha real capaz de veicular anúncios.

Essas campanhas no design são, tecnicamente, campanhas de rascunho. Se você quiser encontrá-los em GoogleAdsService, adicionar o include_drafts=true parâmetro à consulta.

Pelo menos uma mudança deve ser feita na campanha em design antes que você possa programar o experimento.