[OfflineConversionError.UNAUTHORIZED_USER @ operations[0].operand].

[Whatsome WithAll]

Hi there,

I am trying to make my OfflineConversion to work using Google Adwords API v201402 in C# application.

For the sake of testing, I took one "gclid" copied from the web and trying to upload the conversion on my MCC account.

I am using approved developerToken as well. 

Also I have correctly setup ClientID, ClientSecret and able to get OAuthRefreshToken as well.

But I am getting the following error:

Failed upload offline conversions.[OfflineConversionError.UNAUTHORIZED_USER @ operations[0].operand].

What I am doing wrong here?

Is that necessary that "gclid" should be of that MCC account to which we are upload the offline conversion?

Please led me in the right direction if I am wrong.

Thanks 

Sam

[Anash P. Oommen (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Sam,

Yes, the MCC (or whatever account you provide credentials for using the OAuth2 access token) should have access to the account gclid should belong to. There's no good way of testing this feature as far as I know, except with an actual gclid in your account.

Cheers,
Anash P. Oommen,

AdWords API Advisor.

[Anash P. Oommen (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Sam,

One way of testing this would be to setup a new AdWords account (live, not test), set a low account budget ($1/day), and create a campaign that points to one of your web sites. This should generate couple of clicks (and hence gclids), and then you can turn off the campaign. Right now there isn't any way I can think of that allows testing this feature without serving an ad, but I'll add a feature request for the same.

Cheers,
Anash P. Oommen,

AdWords API Advisor.

[Karl Adler]

Is there any known solution yet, how to generate gclid using an test account?

[Anash P. Oommen (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Karl,

This feature request has been marked as not feasible since this change affects a lot of systems that we have in place today.

Cheers,
Anash P. Oommen,
AdWords API Advisor.