Google Search Partners Targeting through API

[rk...@vistohub.com]

Hi, 

We have attempted to push campaigns with the targeting set to include Google Search Partners through the API. However upon push we receive an error that states the following:

CANNOT_TARGET_PARTNER_SEARCH_NETWORK  Only some Google partners are allowed to target partner search network.

However upon research we found this article: https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/v201705/DraftAsyncErrorService.CampaignError.Reason

My issue is, upon looking when we push without targeting Search Network Partners, it is still being targeted within the Adwords UI. Therefore, does this mean that it is compulsory and that we do not need to target? 

[Sreelakshmi Sasidharan (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Rkohl, 

The targetPartnerSearchNetwork is different from targetSearchNetwork. You can find the details of the networks here. The targetPartnerSearchNetwork is available only to select partners and should be set to "false" or "null" for everyone else. If this does not address your question, could you please enable logging and share the complete SOAP logs (request and response) along with your client customer id? Please use reply privately to author while sharing the details. 

Thanks,
Sreelakshmi, AdWords API Team