Change Campaign Status [OperatorError.OPERATOR_NOT_SUPPORTED @ operations[0]

[testm...@gmail.com]

Hi,

Im trying to change Campaignstatus.
But i always get the Error:

[OperatorError.OPERATOR_NOT_SUPPORTED @ operations[0]]

This is how I do it:
Does someone know what I am doing wrong here?

            var client = new CampaignService.CampaignService();

           
            //create Campaign with Status
            Campaign campaign = new Campaign();
            campaign.id = CurrentCampaignId;

            switch (index)
            {
                case 0:
                    campaign.status=CampaignStatus.ENABLED;
                    break;
                case 1:
                    campaign.status=CampaignStatus.PAUSED;
                    break;
                case 2:
                    campaign.status=CampaignStatus.REMOVED;
                    break;
            }

            //Create the Operation
            CampaignOperation operation = new CampaignOperation();
            operation.operand = campaign;
            operation.operatorSpecified = true;
            operation.@operator= Operator.REMOVE;
           
           
            try
            {
                client.PreAuthenticate = true;
                client.UseDefaultCredentials = true;
                client.RequestHeader = new SoapHeader
                {
                    clientCustomerId = clientCustomerId,
                    developerToken = "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
                    partialFailure = false,
                    userAgent = "AdWordsChangeStatus",
                    validateOnly = false,
                };
                client.PreAuthenticate = true;

                CampaignReturnValue returnValue = client.mutate(new CampaignOperation[] {operation});

                if (returnValue != null && returnValue.value != null && returnValue.value.Length > 0)
                {
                    Campaign changedCampaign = returnValue.value[0];
                }
                else
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("No status has changed");
                }

            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                throw new System.ApplicationException("Failed to change status", ex);
            }  

Thank you very much

[Danial Klimkin]

Hello,

You need to use the "SET" operator if you want to update any field, including the 'status' field.

-Danial, AdWords API Team.

[Michael D]

If I use Operation.SET instead of Operation.REMOVE the same Error occurs!

Are there some other mistakes?

[Danial Klimkin]

Any chance you are trying to change the status of a REMOVED campaign?

-Danial.

[Michael D]

Yes you are right. Im trying to change the status of a removed campaign.

So its not possible to change the status of a removed campaign back to paused or enabled?

But this is what fiddler gives me. There is no operation in it.

POST https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201409/CampaignService HTTP/1.1
User-Agent: Mono Web Services Client Protocol 4.0.50524.0
Authorization: Bearer ya29.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
SOAPAction: ""
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 658
Host: adwords.google.com

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

<soap:Header>
<RequestHeader xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201409">
<clientCustomerId>XXXXXXXXXX</clientCustomerId>
<developerToken>XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX</developerToken>
<userAgent>AdWordsChangeCampaign</userAgent>
</RequestHeader>
</soap:Header>

<soap:Body>
<mutate xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201409">
<operations>
<operator>SET</operator>
<operand>
<id>270327786</id>
</operand></operations>
</mutate>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

[Danial Klimkin]

Hello Michael,

No, removed objects can not be re-enabled. It was possible in the older API versions but not anymore.

-Danial, AdWords API Team.

[Michael D]

Hello Daniel,

Ok, so I can just change the status of a paused or an active campaign.

When I try to pause a Campaign this is what my sniffer shows me:
But there is no value for the status in it. In my first the first Post you can see how this soap is created.
Looks ike this is a Problem of serialization in Mono :( or do I miss something else?

Thank you very much

[Danial Klimkin]

Hello Michael,

It doesn't look the request was formed properly. Are you using any of our client libraries?

  https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/clientlibraries

-Danial, AdWords API Team.

[Michael D]

Ok,

I solved it. It was a Problem with the serialization.

Thank you for your help ;)