Can't Add Geos To Video Campaign

[Pete Lavetsky (AdWords API Guru)]

Hi All,

We're seeing an issue with a VIDEO campaign where we can't add positive targeting Geos to it.

The error we're getting back is:

MutateResult{error=

operation_access_denied_error : MUTATE_ACTION_NOT_PERMITTED_FOR_CLIENT

message : A mutate action is not allowed on this campaign, from this client.

string_value : VIDEO

field_path_elements : [field_name: "operations"index {}]

, resourceName=null, referenceId=null}

The request is standard for how we add Geos to Campaigns:

operations {

  create {

    location {

      geo_target_constant: "geoTargetConstants/9015731"

    }

    campaign: "customers/XXX971/campaigns/YYY268"

    negative: false

  }

}

partial_failure: true

When I looked further into this campaign I saw the following info:

advertising_channel_type : VIDEO
advertising_channel_sub_type : VIDEO_ACTION

So I'm wondering if there's some combination of channel settings that don't allow Geo targeting on Campaigns. Or if it's some setting at the Customer + Campaign level that is precluding geo targeting on campaigns of this type.

Thanks

Pete

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Pete,

Thank you for reaching out. You received this error as the Video Campaigns are supported only in reports. The API does not expose functionalities to create/manage video campaigns. There is a feature request to support creating/managing Video Campaigns in the Google Ads API. Please keep an eye on our blog for the announcements and updates on new releases.

Thanks and regards,
Xiaoming, Google Ads API Team

Xiaoming Google Ads API Team

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