Setting AdGroup status as ENABLED throws BiddingError

[Roelf Jansen]

I'm trying to enable a paused AdGroup in a Campaign which is set up for automatic bidding.

However, when I try to mutate I'm told I'm not allow to override the BiddingStrategy.  I don't understand how enabling the AdGroup should trigger a BiddingStrategy exception ?

....

 AdGroup adGroup = (AdGroup)adGroupEntries[j];
                                                                                              
if ("PAUSED".equals(adGroup.getStatus().toString())){

    adGroup.setStatus(AdGroupStatus.ENABLED);   

    AdGroupOperation enableOperation = new AdGroupOperation();
    enableOperation.setOperand(adGroup);
    enableOperation.setOperator(Operator.SET);
                       
    AdGroupOperation[] enableOperations = new AdGroupOperation[]{enableOperation};

    AdGroupReturnValue enableResult = adGroupService.mutate(enableOperations);

}

....

AxisFault
 faultCode: {http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/}Server
 faultSubcode:
 faultString: [BiddingErrors.BIDDING_STRATEGY_OVERRIDE_NOT_ALLOWED @ operations[0].operand.biddingStrategyConfiguration]
 faultActor:
 faultNode:
 faultDetail:
    {https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201302}ApiExceptionFault:<message>[BiddingErrors.BIDDING_STRATEGY_OVERRIDE_NOT_ALLOWED @ operations[0].operand.biddingStrategyConfiguration]</message><ApplicationException.Type>ApiException</ApplicationException.Type><errors xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="BiddingErrors"><fieldPath>operations[0].operand.biddingStrategyConfiguration</fieldPath><trigger/><errorString>BiddingErrors.BIDDING_STRATEGY_OVERRIDE_NOT_ALLOWED</errorString><ApiError.Type>BiddingErrors</ApiError.Type><reason>BIDDING_STRATEGY_OVERRIDE_NOT_ALLOWED</reason></errors>

[BiddingErrors.BIDDING_STRATEGY_OVERRIDE_NOT_ALLOWED @ operations[0].operand.biddingStrategyConfiguration]

[Roelf Jansen]

O, I forgot to note that this code worked with adwords-api-8.10.1  but is not working in adwords-api-8.11.1.

[Takeshi Hagikura]

Hi, 

Can you please share the request xml which succeeds with 8.10.1 and the request xml which throws an error (you mentioned above)? 

(Except for sensitive info such as developer token, access token)

In the first place, BiddingStrategyConfiguration with BiddingStrategyType at AdGroup level is not allowed.

I'd like to confirm if your request contains related to BiddingStrategy stuff. 

Best,

- Takeshi, AdWords API Team

[Danial Klimkin]

Hello Roelf,


It sounds like you are sending a biddingStrategyType or biddingScheme in the mutate request. I suggest creating a new AdGroup object locally and setting its ID to the ad group ID value and the status to the one you want. Please let us know if you still get this error after that.


-Danial, AdWords API Team.

[Roelf Jansen]

Hi Danial

As I responded earlier, this workaround does the trick.

I need to confirm that the tempory AdGroup object is just a local construct & won't be seen as a new AdGroup object in the Campaign ?

We do not want to use the AdGroups' long performance histories.

Regards

Roelf

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[Danial Klimkin]

Hello Roelf,


Absolutely (provided you use the same ad group ID). This is known as "sparse updates" -- we recommend to only send the fields you are actually changing, and an ID to identify the object.


-Danial, AdWords API Team.