Needs explanation on EntityCountLimitExceeded.CAMPAIGN_LIMIT error

[han...@zalora.com]

{
            "fieldPath": "operations[2455]",
            "errorString": "EntityCountLimitExceeded.CAMPAIGN_LIMIT",
            "ApiError.Type": "EntityCountLimitExceeded",
            "enclosingId": "459733452",
            "existingCount": 10000,
            "trigger": null,
            "index": 2455,
            "reason": "CAMPAIGN_LIMIT",
            "accountLimitType": "AD_GROUP_CRITERION_BIDDING_STRATEGY_OVERRIDES_PER_CAMPAIGN",
            "limit": 10000
},

Hi, recently I tried to upload biddable keywords to an AdGroup, and I got this error. Does this mean I uploaded too many keywords to an AdGroup?

[Anthony Madrigal]

Hi,

This error means that you cannot add any more keywords or other criterions to the campaign with Id 459733452.

Regards,

Anthony

AdWords API Team

[han...@zalora.com]

From the error message, we can see that the limit is 10,000 criterion per campaign, but according to this link, I can have 20,000 keywords per adgroup and 20,000 adgroups per campaign and 10,000 campaigns per account. That makes 4,000,000,000,000 keywords per campaign. So, why did I get this error message?

[Anthony Madrigal]

Hi,

Could you please send me your SOAP request and response for that operation so that I can further investigate why you are getting that error? Please do so using Reply privately to author.

Thanks,

Anthony

AdWords API Team

[Kiran Narasareddy]

Any update on this? Even we got an error with the same message 

:error_string=>\"EntityCountLimitExceeded.CAMPAIGN_LIMIT\", :api_error_type=>\"EntityCountLimitExceeded\", :reason=>\"CAMPAIGN_LIMIT\", :enclosing_id=>\"*********\", :limit=>\"10000\", :account_limit_type=>\"AD_GROUP_CRITERION_BIDDING_STRATEGY_OVERRIDES_PER_CAMPAIGN\", :existing_count=>\"10000\"}

[Anthony Madrigal]

Hi Kiran,

Are you using AdWords API v201601? The error may have been dealt with in the new version. 

Otherwise, please Reply privately to author your SOAP request and response that gave you this error.

[Florian Lherbette]

Anthony, I don't think the explanation you give in you first message in the thread is the correct error cause. It's not the limit on the number of keywords/criteria that's been reached, it's the limit on the number of *bidding strategies override* (which is much much lower than the limit on criteria).

Kiran, it's probably that when you update the bids on your keywords you're redefining (overriding) the bidding strategy instead using the one from the adgroup or campaign. It means that in your mutate request on the keywords you should remove the "biddingStrategyConfiguration" part from your mutate operations.

And for the keywords/criteria where you already have a bidding strategy override, you'll have to clean that up, either with a custom API program or through the Web UI (not obvious but can be done, with the help of bulk updates).

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Florian

[Kiran Narasareddy]

This happened when we scheduled a batch job for adding keywords on campaigns. There was no update going on. Any idea what might be the case?

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[Florian Lherbette]

Yes, I see.

Sorry, I should have written "create or update", not just "update". But my proposed solution stays the same.

You should try not adding the "biddingStrategyConfiguration" field when you create your keywords.

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[Florian Lherbette]

ERRATUM: I wanted to say biddingStrategyType, NOT biddingStrategyConfiguration. Sorry for the mistake.

Kiran, you obviously have to KEEP "biddingStrategyConfiguration" in your request to set the bids for your new keywords. It's the biddingStrategyType field that you should try to remove. (Ref: https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/v201506/AdGroupCriterionService.BiddingStrategyConfiguration#biddingstrategytype)

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[Biniam Asnake]

Hello.

I am getting `EntityCount Limit Exceeded.ACCOUNT LIMIT` error and I am not using `biddingStrategyType` anywhere.

Please help.

[Anthony Madrigal]

Hi Biniam,

Could you please create a new thread with your issue? This will make it easier for us to track.