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Ambiency

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Dec 30, 2009, 6:23:27 AM12/30/09
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I can successfully create campaigns in production, when I set the user
credentials (adwords.properties) to 'sandbox':

useSandbox=true
email=sm...@jones.com
password=password200
useragent=agent1
developerToken=sm...@jones.com++GBP
clientEmail=client_...@jones.com

I get the following error when I call the createCampaign() method:

AxisFault
faultCode: {http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/}Server
faultSubcode:
faultString: [OperationAccessDenied.ADD_OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED @
operations[0]]
faultActor:
faultNode:
faultDetail:
{https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v200909}
ApiExceptionFault:<message>
[OperationAccessDenied.ADD_OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED @ operations[0]]</
message><ApplicationException.Type>ApiException</
ApplicationException.Type><errors xsi:type="OperationAccessDenied"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-
instance"><fieldPath>operations[0]</fieldPath><trigger/
><ApiError.Type>OperationAccessDenied</
ApiError.Type><reason>ADD_OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED</reason></errors>


Am I missing something in the adwords.properties file?

Rgds

Kevin

AdWords API Advisor

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Dec 30, 2009, 10:30:13 AM12/30/09
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Hi Kevin,

Although the SOAP header is called clientEmail, the Java Client
Library expects to read the value from the property "clientId" in
adwords.properties. This property can contain either a client email
or customer id. In your current configuration the clientEmail
property is ignored, and your requests are being executed as the MCC
user.

Best,
- Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team

On Dec 30, 6:23 am, Ambiency <k.hankin...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> I can successfully create campaigns in production, when I set the user
> credentials (adwords.properties) to 'sandbox':
>
> useSandbox=true
> email=sm...@jones.com
> password=password200
> useragent=agent1
> developerToken=sm...@jones.com++GBP

> clientEmail=client_1+sm...@jones.com

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