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Siva Arasu

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Dec 11, 2015, 11:43:15 PM12/11/15
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Hey Guys,

I am uploading dsa data feed in a adwords test account via adwords api. Feed items are being disapproved saying "Value provided is too long". After checking policy data I found that url string length is too long.

But right now we  are uploading the data feed manually ( in production account) by uploading the csv the file which works good and all items are approved. Its the same feed i am trying to upload via api in test account to create a automated feed updation script.



I get this error while the data type for the column 'url' is 'string' and I tried changing the data type to 'URL' when creating a feed (which accepts the url length). But  after that I cannot map this column because there is no place holder value for this type in ad customizer place holder types.

Do I have to use any other place holders types or is this a limitation in test account only?

btw I havent tried uploading in production account using api.

Thanks for your help in advance

Umesh Dengale

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Dec 14, 2015, 1:36:39 PM12/14/15
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Hello,

Thanks for providing the screenshot. Could you please provide me privately the whole page screenshot from the AdWords UI (where you see the error message in STATUS column) and SOAP XML request and response logs for the API call? Just click Reply privately to author in the forum when responding. Don't forget to remove the developer token in the output.

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Umesh, AdWords API Team.

Thanet Knack Praneenararat (AdWords API Team)

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Dec 18, 2015, 8:06:57 AM12/18/15
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Hello Siva,

First, I don't think the test or production account is an issue in your case.
If I understand you correctly, you've created a feed via API using placeholder type ID 10 (Ad Customizers) and you tried to set a long string, but was prevented by the system.
You then want to change the placeholder field from STRING to URL_LIST but that's not available in this placeholder type, so you couldn't go this way either. 

As you can see in the ad customizer guide, this feed type is aimed to be used in an ad, which originally contains quite a limited space for texts.
Ad customizer was created to provide more flexibility in changing the values, such as integers, strings, prices.
I think as it's still under the space limit constraint, long URLs are not provided as one of the placeholder field for this placeholder type.

I recommend that you re-consider your use case and the reason why you want a long URL inside an ad.

Best,
Thanet, AdWords API Team

Siva Arasu

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Dec 20, 2015, 10:51:30 PM12/20/15
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Hello Thanet,

Thanks for getting back to me.

I understand Ad customizers is aimed to be used on ads. In my case , I am uploading the data feed for dsa campaigns so it has a column called url (contains urls which dsa campaigns suppose to crawl and  use for triggering ads). This data feed also has price value which will dynamically change in the ads using ad customizer.

Since I am uploading the urls with the data type as STRING there are character limitations. I couldnt mention it as URL or URL_LIST because adcustomizers placeholder doesnt support those types.

So is there any other placeholders types available to use for dsa feed or how to introduce the urls in feed ?

Cheers,

Thanet Knack Praneenararat (AdWords API Team)

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Hello Siva,

It seems you're trying to use Ad Customizers with dynamic search ads, not text ads as shown in the example, right?
I think it's not different from what I've previously explained, that is, the URL_LIST type is not available for this placeholder type (Ad Customizer).

Other placeholder types that have URL_LIST are for different use cases, e.g., extensions, dynamic remarketing, and thus not for creating ads.
You can browse all available placeholder types at this page.

Cheers,
Thanet, AdWords API Team

Siva Arasu

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Yes thats right , I am using Ad Customizers with dynamic search ads not text ads.

But this dynamic search ads feeds requires the url field and there is no other way we could accomplish this?

Cheers,

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Hello Siva,

Did you mean displayUrl or finalUrls?
If displayUrl, you can specify it directly via API and you don't need feed system.

As for finalUrls, please see the second paragraph of this section: "The finalUrls field is computed by the AdWords system when it creates the DSA."
As a result, you are not allowed to set this field when creating DSAs.

Hope this help.

Best,
Thanet, AdWords API Team

On Monday, December 21, 2015 at 2:19:04 PM UTC+9, Siva Arasu wrote:
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Yes thats right , I am using Ad Customizers with dynamic search ads not text ads.

But this dynamic search ads feeds requires the url field and there is no other way we could accomplish this?

Cheers,

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Hello Thanet,

Its not display or final url. This url field contains the urls that DSA campaigns suppose to crawl and trigger the ads dynamically .

I have attached the screen shot of how the feed looks like. 

On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 12:25 PM, Thanet Knack Praneenararat (AdWords API Team) <adwordsapiad...@google.com> wrote:
Hello Siva,

Did you mean displayUrl or finalUrls?
If displayUrl, you can specify it directly via API and you don't need feed system.

As for finalUrls, please see the second paragraph of this section: "The finalUrls field is computed by the AdWords system when it creates the DSA."
As a result, you are not allowed to set this field when creating DSAs.

Hope this help.

Best,
Thanet, AdWords API Team

On Monday, December 21, 2015 at 2:19:04 PM UTC+9, Siva Arasu wrote:
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Yes thats right , I am using Ad Customizers with dynamic search ads not text ads.

But this dynamic search ads feeds requires the url field and there is no other way we could accomplish this?

Cheers,

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Dec 21, 2015, 1:12:47 AM12/21/15
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Hi Siva,

If you would like to create DSAs via API, you still have to set displayUrl, which can be done by normally setting a value of DynamicSearchAd object.
The only field named url in this object is destination URL, which is deprecated after introduction of upgraded URLs.
But what you've mentioned seems to more close to DynamicSearchAdsSetting.domainName, which is used by the DSA system to automatically generate landing pages and keywords for a campaign.
That field is not used with a feed, as far as I'm concerned.

So, to prevent further possible misunderstanding, let's step back and see how you would like to create DSAs using this feed.
Could you please attach a portion of your code that uses this feed to create DSAs instead?
I would like to make sure we're talking about the same thing so I can provide more correct information.

Best,
Thanet, AdWords API Team

On Monday, December 21, 2015 at 2:54:55 PM UTC+9, Siva Arasu wrote:
Hello Thanet,

Its not display or final url. This url field contains the urls that DSA campaigns suppose to crawl and trigger the ads dynamically .

I have attached the screen shot of how the feed looks like. 
On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 12:25 PM, Thanet Knack Praneenararat (AdWords API Team) <adwordsapiadvisor+thanet@google.com> wrote:
Hello Siva,

Did you mean displayUrl or finalUrls?
If displayUrl, you can specify it directly via API and you don't need feed system.

As for finalUrls, please see the second paragraph of this section: "The finalUrls field is computed by the AdWords system when it creates the DSA."
As a result, you are not allowed to set this field when creating DSAs.

Hope this help.

Best,
Thanet, AdWords API Team

On Monday, December 21, 2015 at 2:19:04 PM UTC+9, Siva Arasu wrote:
+Jan

Yes thats right , I am using Ad Customizers with dynamic search ads not text ads.

But this dynamic search ads feeds requires the url field and there is no other way we could accomplish this?

Cheers,

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Siva Arasu

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Hey Thanet,

yes, my question is more close to domainName. In this case campaigns, adgroups and ads  are already created with the adcustomizer templates and we are just updating the feed in timely interval.

The auto targeting in the DSA campaigns is based on the custom label in data feed.( customer label column can be found on the earlier feed screenshot)













So the url respective to that custom label has to be crawled by the DSA campaigns .Here is the gist of my code 


In here i am mapping url field as the STRING data type for which its getting disapproved


On Monday, December 21, 2015 at 1:12:47 PM UTC+7, Thanet Knack Praneenararat (AdWords API Team) wrote:
Hi Siva,

If you would like to create DSAs via API, you still have to set displayUrl, which can be done by normally setting a value of DynamicSearchAd object.
The only field named url in this object is destination URL, which is deprecated after introduction of
 
But what you've mentioned seems to more close to DynamicSearchAdsSetting.domainName, which is used by the DSA system to automatically generate landing pages and keywords for a campaign.
That field is not used with a feed, as far as I'm concerned.

So, to prevent further possible misunderstanding, let's step back and see how you would like to create DSAs using this feed.
Could you please attach a portion of your code that uses this feed to create DSAs instead?
I would like to make sure we're talking about the same thing so I can provide more correct information.

Best,
Thanet, AdWords API Team

On Monday, December 21, 2015 at 2:54:55 PM UTC+9, Siva Arasu wrote:
Hello Thanet,

Its not display or final url. This url field contains the urls that DSA campaigns suppose to crawl and trigger the ads dynamically .

I have attached the screen shot of how the feed looks like. 

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Hello Siva,

Thanks for your screenshot and code snippet.
I now understand more what you're trying to do.

In short, my answer is still the same: there exist no attribute that has type URL_LIST in ad customizer placeholder type. 
So probably you can't do exactly what you're trying to do now.

Cheers,
Thanet, AdWords API Team
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