Change of Error Types When Attaching Bidding Strategies

[Dorian Kind]

Hi,

we run daily integration test for our Adwords API framework. Since July 25, a couple of these tests fail because of what appears to be a change in returned error codes.

Specifically, we try to attach a bidding strategy to an adgroup (which was possible up to v201705, but disallowed from then on), and check whether the returned error is CANNOT_ATTACH_BIDDING_STRATEGY_TO_ADGROUP (link to reference). A second test attaches a bidding strategy to an AdGroupCriterion, which we expect to similarly fail with an CANNOT_ATTACH_BIDDING_STRATEGY_TO_ADGROUP_CRITERIA (link).

Both of these operations now return an OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED_FOR_CAMPAIGN_TYPE error, which seems a bit confusing as the campaign in question is a regular search campaign.

Can we expect this new error type to stay going forward, or is it an oversight that will be rolled back?

Thanks for any feedback and best regards,
Dorian

[Dorian Kind]

FWIW, I just noticed that the described change in error codes coincided exactly with the sunset date of API v201710. We currently use v201802.

[Dorian Kind]

Just to clarify, the change in error codes was with v201802 both before and after. Sorry for the ambiguity below.

[Peter Oliquino (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Dorian,

Could you confirm if you still require assistance? It may be worth noting that in the release notes of v201806, MANUAL_CPM is no longer allowed to be applied to search campaigns and a specific error message has been defined if this was being applied directly to the said campaign.

However, since you are using the v201802, the above mentioned changes in bidding should not yet be applicable. If anything is still unclear, you may send to me the complete SOAP request and response should you need that we look into this further and you may reply using the Reply privately to author option.

Thanks and regards,
Peter

AdWords API Team

[Dorian Kind]

Hi Peter,

thanks for your response and please excuse the rather unfortunate way my messages were structured. You understand correctly that the described behavior is existing in v201802 for us. I will send you a SOAP conversation in a private reply.

Best,

Dorian

[Thanet Knack Praneenararat (AdWords API Team)]

Hello Dorian,

I've got confirmation that, going forward, the error message for such a scenario is now OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED_FOR_CAMPAIGN_TYPE instead.

Best,

Thanet, AdWords API Team

[Dorian Kind]

Hi Thanet,

thanks for the update. It'd be great if the documentation could be updated accordingly.

Best regards,
Dorian