Product/Product Partition Destination URL updates

[pete]

Hi

When attempting to SET the destination URL of a BiddableAdGroupCriterion with an underlying Criterion type of Product or ProductPartition, some objects throw the following error

RequestError.UNSUPPORTED_FIELD_IS_SET

Does anyone know what causes this and if there's any way I can detect whether or not the objects' Destination Field is actually mutable, before I make the update request?

thanks

pete

[Michael Cloonan (AdWords API Team)]

Hello,

Can you please include an example SOAP request/response where you're seeing this? Please make sure to remove any personal information, such as your developer token.

Regards,

Mike, AdWords API Team

[pete]

Hi Mike

Please see attached example request/response...

Thank you 

pete

[Michael Cloonan (AdWords API Team)]

Hello,

I believe this is related to the fact that those criteria are for "shopping"-type criteria, which have different restrictions from other types since they integrate directly with your shopping account. If you can reproduce this using a criteria type that is not specifically shopping-related, please let me know so I can look into it further.

Regards,

Mike, AdWords API Team

[pete]

Hi Mike - OK that makes sense...

Is there any way I can determine this restriction prior to attempting the update, else I'm repeating the same update request each day?

I know I could keep an audit log of failed updates and exclude objects from future updates (assuming I can reliably distinguish between transient and permanent errors), but the sheer volume of criterion objects we process each day may make this approach nonviable.

thanks for your time

pete

[Michael Cloonan (AdWords API Team)]

Hello,

You should avoid setting a destination URL for criteria with Product or Product Partition types.

Regards,

Mike, AdWords API Team

[pete]

Hi - 

unfortunately my clients require transparency on what triggers their Ads and related clicks, so I have no option but to set the destination URL with "{unescapedlpurl}" decorated with a "tracking tag", identifying the object as we have no access to the product feed itself.

pete

[pete]

Thank Mike - 

pete