New Interface - where is SpreadSheet Edit Function?

[chewy]

One of the touted values of the new / improved interface is the "bulk edit" options supposedly offered in the More Options menu whereby there is supposed to be an option entitled "Spreadsheet Edit" (when viewing the keywords tab).

What a horrible sentence!

I'd post the link or the screenshot in adwords dot blogspot dot com but know I can't.

Please, is this a non-functioning feature (or a misrepresentation on the Adwords blog) or is there some hidden trick to getting this to work?

-C

[netmeg]

It's supposed to be there, but it isn't. Maybe it's not rolled out to everyone yet.

[chewy]

Just read WebmasterWorld TOS (#10) and here's a careful url drop illustrating the mysterious missing feature:

[adwords.blogspot.com...]

[AdWordsAdvisor]

Please, is this a non-functioning feature (or a misrepresentation on the Adwords blog) or is there some hidden trick to getting this to work?

chewy, I'm getting ready for my Quarterly Review with my manager, so posting on the fly in a spare moment. I'll check back later to see if this resolves it for you. ;)

You'll want to navigate to the ad group level to find the spreadsheet edit option - rather than the campaign or account level.

AWA

[chewy]

if there were breadcrumb menus, I'd be at campaigns / AdGroups / More Actions.

Actions listed are:

Create a Custom Alert
Manage Custom Alerts
Download

- I can download fine. This is not the problem.

The blogspot posting seems to show this would be available under a different tab than you say.

Hope your quarterly review goes well.

[netmeg]

Ok Chewy, I finally found it (but add to the list of things we want - this is pretty lousy usability. Make it available without having to go through this rigmarole. I only use the left hand panel for campaigns, and then I move it out of the way)

Find your campaign on the left.

Click on the little file folder to cause the ad groups in that campaign to drop down.

Click on the ad group you want (in the LEFT navigation)

Now, on the right side, go to the Keywords tab.

THEN and ONLY THEN, it's there in the More Actions drop down.

[chewy]

Thanks for sussing this out!

I too avoid the left hand panel as much as possible as it seems the screenshot from Inside Adwords post shows this as well.

With hundreds of adgroups, this feature doesn't make things much easier at all.

Am I misunderstanding something here? If we can do it at this level, why can't we do it at a higher level?

Also, can someone on the Inside Adwords crew make this a bit clearer?

Pardon the aside but isn't it interesting and ironic that unpaid volunteers (and complainers like myself) end up figuring this stuff out? And it ends up here and not in other fora?

Tip o' the hat to you!

[AdWordsAdvisor]

My apology for not getting back to this thread, yesterday, with more specific steps.

And, thanks, netmeg, for getting there first. ;)

I'll certainly pass this feedback along in the 'New UI' section of the weekly Advertiser Feedback Report which goes out tomorrow - and, separately, to the 'Inside AdWords Crew'.

AWA

<edit> I thought it would be good to get my user name right! </edit>