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# Get Account History

> Retrieves historical account activity and changes for Microsoft Ads accounts

Retrieves historical account activity and changes for Microsoft Ads accounts.

|                      |                                     |
| -------------------- | ----------------------------------- |
| **App**              | Microsoft Ads                       |
| **Operation ID**     | `microsoft_ads_get_account_history` |
| **Type**             | Action                              |
| **Connection**       | `microsoft_ads` (required)          |
| **Credits per run**  | 1                                   |
| **Agent / MCP tool** | Yes                                 |

## Inputs

| Field        | Type                                          | Required | Default | Description                                                                                                                                                                            |
| ------------ | --------------------------------------------- | -------- | ------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `accounts`   | array (also accepts a comma-separated string) | Yes      | -       | Select Microsoft Ads accounts to retrieve account change history for, ask the user for it if not provided.                                                                             |
| `date_range` | DateRange                                     | Yes      | -       | Date range for the Microsoft Ads account change history. Use preset='FIXED' with start/end dates, preset='CUSTOM' with dynamic start/end dates, or a supported predefined date preset. |
| `limit`      | integer                                       | No       | -       | Maximum number of change history records to return (1-10000).                                                                                                                          |

### DateRange

| Field     | Type           | Required | Default | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| --------- | -------------- | -------- | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `start`   | string         | No       | -       | The start date of the date range to query, format: YYYY-MM-DD or dynamic node reference like \{\{nodeId\_\_data.start\_date}}. Required when preset is 'FIXED' or 'CUSTOM'.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| `end`     | string         | No       | -       | The end date of the date range to query, format: YYYY-MM-DD or dynamic node reference like \{\{nodeId\_\_data.end\_date}}. Required when preset is 'FIXED' or 'CUSTOM'.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| `preset`  | string         | No       | -       | Predefined date ranges or input modes: - Use 'FIXED' or leave empty when you want to specify exact dates (YYYY-MM-DD format) in start/end fields - Use 'CUSTOM' when you want to use dynamic values from other nodes (\{\{nodeId\_\_data.start\_date}} format) in start/end fields - Use other presets (TODAY, YESTERDAY, LAST\_7\_DAYS, etc.) for predefined date ranges (start/end will be ignored) When using 'FIXED' or 'CUSTOM', both start and end fields are required. |
| `compare` | CompareOptions | No       | -       | Optional comparison date range settings. ALWAYS use this field for comparisons; DO NOT create additional requests or nodes, as the backend returns current, comparison, and delta metrics in a single call.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |

### CompareOptions

| Field                   | Type   | Required | Default      | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| ----------------------- | ------ | -------- | ------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `start`                 | string | No       | -            | The start date of the comparison range, format: YYYY-MM-DD. Optional if preset is provided.                                                                                                                                                               |
| `end`                   | string | No       | -            | The end date of the comparison range, format: YYYY-MM-DD. Optional if preset is provided.                                                                                                                                                                 |
| `preset`                | string | No       | -            | Predefined comparison ranges. When provided, start and end will be ignored.                                                                                                                                                                               |
| `comparison_format`     | string | No       | `rows`       | Comparison output layout: 'rows' returns separate rows for current, comparison, and delta along with date ranges; 'columns' returns a single row with delta values only as additional \*\_pct or \*\_change columns depending on comparison\_value\_type. |
| `comparison_value_type` | string | No       | `percentage` | Value type: 'percentage' or 'absolute'                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |

## Output

**Type**: `List[Dict]`

Returns Microsoft Ads account change history.

**Fields**: dynamic (depend on the inputs)