Unable to change bidding_strategy_type to maximize_conversions with google ads api

[Roni Ahti]

Hey,

I'm able to change the bidding_strategy_type of discovery campaigns to target_cpa. But unable to change the bidding_strategy_type of discovery campaigns to maximize_conversions.

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor]

Hi Roni,

Thanks for reaching out. Have you tried updating your MaximizeConversions object by removing the targetCpaMicros field? In the UI, for example, adding/removing the target CPA value toggles the bidding strategy between maximize conversions and target CPA strategies. 

If you continue having this problem, can you please privately reply with more information about the issue, including the complete request and response logs?

Thanks,

Matt Google Ads API Team

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[Adam Nagy]

Hi Matt and people in the future who will have the same problem,

We were able to change from Target CPA to Maximize Conversions bidding strategy by adding some extra fields in the call.

Namely, even though Maximize conversions don't need a target CPA info, the API expects that it is sent anyways, something like this:

{
    bidding_strategy_type: 10, // MaximizeConversions
    maximize_conversions: {
        target_cpa_micros: 0
    }
}

Mind the extra `maximize_conversions` field in there, without it the call wouldn't work.

As a feedback: we didn't find this info on the documentation anywhere. Maybe we were looking at the wrong places, but we were not able to find it.

Thanks, and have a nice day!

[Google Ads API and AdWords API Forum]

Re-posting the last inquiry (https://groups.google.com/g/adwords-api/c/dm9yyBBspH4) from the forum as it wasn't routed to our support queue.

Kind regards,
Heidi

Google Ads API Team

[Google Ads API and AdWords API Forum]

Hi Adam,

Thank you for the reply.

If you have additional questions that are specific to Google Ads API, feel free to send those over to our team and we would be happy to assist you further.

Best regards,

Heidi

Google Ads API Team

On Friday, October 14, 2022 at 6:47:27 PM UTC+8 adam...@smartly.io wrote: