Bidding Strategy changes

[Anil Vadhavane]

Hi,

Using API to change bidding scheme from Manual CPC  to "Budget Optimizer" it shows following error :

BiddingErrors.CANNOT_ATTACH_BIDDING_STRATEGY_TO_CAMPAIGN @ operations[0].operand.biddingStrategyConfiguration.biddingStrategyType; trigger:'BUDGET_OPTIMIZER'

On community forum we found reference somewhere to use TargetSpendBiddingScheme instead of BudgetOptimizerBiddingScheme. Using the TargetSpendBiddingScheme also shows following error :

BiddingErrors.INVALID_ANONYMOUS_BIDDING_STRATEGY_TYPE @ operations[0].operand.biddingStrategyConfiguration.biddingStrategyType; trigger:'TARGET_SPEND'

Please suggest.


Thanks

[Josh Radcliff (AdWords API Team)]

Hi,

Support for the Budget Optimizer strategy was removed in v201402, so you're correct that you should use Target Spend instead.

However, in order to use Target Spend, you need to first separately create a Target Spend shared bidding strategy via the BiddingStrategyService, and then use the SharedBiddingStrategy id in your subsequent change to the campaign. That's because the Target Spend strategy is a shared only strategy type. See the Bidding guide for details.

Cheers,

Josh, AdWords API Team