V11 - Remove bid ceiling from Bidding Strategy Portfolio

[Trinh Kenshin Vu]

I'm having issue removing a bid ceiling from a portfolio with bidding strategy type Maximum Value. I am able to set it but I am not able to unset/remove it. It is doable in the platform UI. I've try to set null and 0. When setting null I get an exception saying that it requires to be an Integer. Please advise.

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor]

Hi Trinh,
 

Thanks for reaching out to the Google Ads API team. I hope you are doing well today.

Upon checking your concern. It appears that you have an issue removing a bid ceiling from a portfolio with bidding strategy type Maximum Value. However, to further investigate this issue, could you please provide a full screenshot of the problem you encountered? I ask this so our team further checks your concern and provides specific recommendations on the issue.
 

Regards,

Darwin Google Ads API Team

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[Trinh Kenshin Vu]

I'm using the PHP sdk and I wish to update a bidding strategy portfolio by removing the bid ceiling for bidding strategy type MaximumConversionValue. I wish to unset the bid ceiling but there's not documentation on what to pass or which method is needed to be called. I have tried setting it 0 which does nothing and tried to set null but get an exception due to the code check below on line 131.

https://github.com/googleads/google-ads-php/tree/main/src/Google/Ads/GoogleAds/V11

There is a check for this value to be an integer. (https://github.com/googleads/google-ads-php/blob/main/src/Google/Ads/GoogleAds/V11/Common/MaximizeConversionValue.php#L131)

My question is how do you unset it using the sdk? I know it is possible in the Google Ads platform UI.

PS. I can set the bid ceiling fine. Just can't unset it.

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor]

Hi Trinh,

Thank you for raising your concern to our team. I am also a member of the Google Ads API team and let me provide support to your concern.

For emptying or removing value for specific fields, I am afraid that setting '0', 'empty' or 'null' will not work for this scenario. With this, I would suggest to apply the instruction provided on this document instead for the field that you mentioned to empty its value.

Let me know if you have further questions

Regards,

Ernie John Google Ads API Team

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[Trinh Kenshin Vu]

Thank you very much. This was the missing docs I needed. All is working as expected. Appreciated the help.