Edit userlist targeting

[rafa....@rocketroi.com]

Hi!

I'm trying to edit the STATUS of audience remarketing lists but despite I'm not getting any error, the change is not being made on Adwords.

This is the code that I'm using (I'm working with java/grails)

        def adwordsServcices = new AdWordsServices()

        def adGroupCriterionService = adwordsServcices.get(session, AdGroupCriterionServiceInterface.class)

        def criterion = new CriterionUserList()

        criterion.setId(id)

        // Create ad group bid.

        def bidCriterion = new BiddableAdGroupCriterion()

        bidCriterion.setAdGroupId(adGroupId)

        bidCriterion.setCriterion(criterion)

        bidCriterion.setUserStatus(new UserStatus(status))

        // Create operations.

        def operation = new AdGroupCriterionOperation()

        operation.setOperand(bidCriterion)

        operation.setOperator(Operator.SET)

        def operations = (AdGroupCriterionOperation[]) [operation]

        // Update ad group criteria.

        def result = adGroupCriterionService.mutate(operations)

And here the request and response:

Request:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

    <soapenv:Header>

        <ns1:RequestHeader xmlns:ns1="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201702" soapenv:mustUnderstand="0">

            <ns1:clientCustomerId>00000000004707663694</ns1:clientCustomerId>

            <ns1:developerToken>REDACTED</ns1:developerToken>

            <ns1:userAgent>*******@gmail.com (AwApi-Java, AdWords-Axis/3.2.0, Common-Java/3.2.0, Axis/1.4, Java/1.8.0_131, maven)</ns1:userAgent>

            <ns1:validateOnly>true</ns1:validateOnly>

            <ns1:partialFailure>true</ns1:partialFailure>

        </ns1:RequestHeader>

    </soapenv:Header>

    <soapenv:Body>

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

            <operations>

                <operator>SET</operator>

                <operand xmlns:ns2="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201702" xsi:type="ns2:BiddableAdGroupCriterion">

                    <adGroupId>39364874541</adGroupId>

                    <criterion xsi:type="ns2:CriterionUserList">

                        <id>340920409188</id>

                    </criterion>

                    <userStatus>REMOVED</userStatus>

                </operand>

            </operations>

        </mutate>

    </soapenv:Body>

</soapenv:Envelope>

Response:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">

    <soap:Header>

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

            <requestId>0005562c097bb4080a3706905407d6c0</requestId>

            <serviceName>AdGroupCriterionService</serviceName>

            <methodName>mutate</methodName>

            <operations>0</operations>

            <responseTime>124</responseTime>

        </ResponseHeader>

    </soap:Header>

    <soap:Body>

        <soap:Fault>

            <faultcode>soap:Server</faultcode>

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

            <detail>

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

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

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

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

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

                        <fieldPathElements>

                            <field>operations</field>

                            <index>0</index>

                        </fieldPathElements>

                        <fieldPathElements>

                            <field>operand</field>

                        </fieldPathElements>

                        <fieldPathElements>

                            <field>userStatus</field>

                        </fieldPathElements>

                        <trigger/>

                        <errorString>AdGroupCriterionError.INVALID_USER_STATUS</errorString>

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

                        <reason>INVALID_USER_STATUS</reason>

                    </errors>

                </ApiExceptionFault>

            </detail>

        </soap:Fault>

    </soap:Body>

</soap:Envelope>

[rafa....@rocketroi.com]

We are getting the "INVALID_USER_STATUS" error, but the UserStatus is being created well, we have checked it:

new UserStatus(status)

[Shwetha Vastrad (AdWords API Team)]

Hi, 

It is not possible to set the UserStatus to REMOVED using a SET operation. You can only set the UserStatus to ENABLED or PAUSED in a SET operation. To remove an AdGroupCriterion, you need to perform a AdGroupCriterionService.mutate() request with the REMOVE operator. Additionally, you need to set the validateOnly header to false to execute this operation. 

Regards,
Shwetha, AdWords API Team.