--- title: MarketingActivityUpdateExternalInput - GraphQL Admin description: The input fields required to update an externally managed marketing activity. api_version: 2025-10 api_name: admin type: input-object api_type: graphql source_url: html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/input-objects/MarketingActivityUpdateExternalInput md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/input-objects/MarketingActivityUpdateExternalInput.md --- # Marketing​Activity​Update​External​Input input\_object The input fields required to update an externally managed marketing activity. ## Fields * ad​Spend [Money​Input](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/input-objects/MoneyInput) The amount spent on the marketing activity. * budget [Marketing​Activity​Budget​Input](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/input-objects/MarketingActivityBudgetInput) The budget for this marketing activity. * end [Date​Time](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/DateTime) The date and time at which the activity ended. * marketing​Channel​Type [Marketing​Channel](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/enums/MarketingChannel) The medium through which the marketing activity and event reached consumers. This is used for reporting aggregation. * referring​Domain [String](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/String) The domain from which ad clicks are forwarded to the shop. * remote​Preview​Image​Url [URL](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/URL) The URL for a preview image that's used for the marketing activity. * remote​Url [URL](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/URL) The URL for viewing and/or managing the activity outside of Shopify. * scheduled​End [Date​Time](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/DateTime) The date and time at which the activity is scheduled to end. * scheduled​Start [Date​Time](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/DateTime) The date and time at which the activity is scheduled to start. * start [Date​Time](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/DateTime) The date and time at which the activity started. * status [Marketing​Activity​External​Status](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/enums/MarketingActivityExternalStatus) The status of the marketing activity. * tactic [Marketing​Tactic](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/enums/MarketingTactic) The method of marketing used for this marketing activity. The marketing tactic determines which default fields are included in the marketing activity. * title [String](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/String) The title of the marketing activity. * channel [Marketing​Channel](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/enums/MarketingChannel) Deprecated *** ## Map No referencing types