why not CANT_UPDATE_NEGATIVE??

[Junghyun Park]

hi

i question !

why not update gender ?

java source code

        Gender male = new Gender();

        male.setId(10L);

        NegativeAdGroupCriterion genderNegativeAdGroupCriterion = new NegativeAdGroupCriterion();

        genderNegativeAdGroupCriterion.setAdGroupId(41418648415L);

        genderNegativeAdGroupCriterion.setCriterion(male);

        AdGroupCriterionOperation genderAdGroupCriterionOperation = new AdGroupCriterionOperation();

        genderAdGroupCriterionOperation.setOperand(genderNegativeAdGroupCriterion);

        genderAdGroupCriterionOperation.setOperator(Operator.SET);

        AdGroupCriterionReturnValue result = adGroupCriterionService.mutate(new AdGroupCriterionOperation[]{genderAdGroupCriterionOperation});

        // Display campaigns.

        for (AdGroupCriterion adGroupCriterion : result.getValue()) {

            System.out.printf("AdGroup criterion with adGroup ID %d, criterion ID %d, "

                            + "and type '%s' was added.%n", adGroupCriterion.getAdGroupId(),

                    adGroupCriterion.getCriterion().getId(),

                    adGroupCriterion.getCriterion().getCriterionType());

        }

==============

error message

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>

<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">

    <soap:Header>

        <ResponseHeader xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201702">

            <requestId>00054eaa7cc37f380a629c09ad097b5f</requestId>

            <serviceName>AdGroupCriterionService</serviceName>

            <methodName>mutate</methodName>

            <operations>1</operations>

            <responseTime>269</responseTime>

        </ResponseHeader>

    </soap:Header>

    <soap:Body>

        <soap:Fault>

            <faultcode>soap:Server</faultcode>

            <faultstring>[AdGroupCriterionError.CANT_UPDATE_NEGATIVE @ operations[0].operand]</faultstring>

            <detail>

                <ApiExceptionFault xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201702">

                    <message>[AdGroupCriterionError.CANT_UPDATE_NEGATIVE @ operations[0].operand]</message>

                    <ApplicationException.Type>ApiException</ApplicationException.Type>

                    <errors xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="AdGroupCriterionError">

                        <fieldPath>operations[0].operand</fieldPath>

                        <fieldPathElements>

                            <field>operations</field>

                            <index>0</index>

                        </fieldPathElements>

                        <fieldPathElements>

                            <field>operand</field>

                        </fieldPathElements>

                        <trigger/>

                        <errorString>AdGroupCriterionError.CANT_UPDATE_NEGATIVE</errorString>

                        <ApiError.Type>AdGroupCriterionError</ApiError.Type>

                        <reason>CANT_UPDATE_NEGATIVE</reason>

                    </errors>

                </ApiExceptionFault>

            </detail>

        </soap:Fault>

    </soap:Body>

</soap:Envelope>

https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/v201702/AdGroupCriterionService.Gender

This field is required and should not be null when it is contained within Operators : SET, REMOVE.

why not update gender?

[Ivan Bautista]

Hi Junghyun,

As per documentation, Negative ad group criteria can not be updated which is why the AdGroupCriterionError.CANT_UPDATE_NEGATIVE error was thrown. You may consider removing those Negative ad group criteria and add similar Negative criteria with updated information. 

Regards,

Ivan

AdWords API Team