INVALID_CONVERSION_TYPE: Some Conversions Rejected some Accepted for same conversion_name, label (client id), mccid

[Alexander-Derek Rein]

Hi,

I am running into an INVALID_CONVERSION_TYPE error for some conversions that have the same label (client id), conversion name, and mccid.

The description for INVALID_CONVERSION_TYPE is "This customer does not have an import conversion with a name that matches the label of this conversion.” (https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/v201502/OfflineConversionFeedService.OfflineConversionError).

Since some conversions with the label go though, it seems like I can rule out this description and I suspect that there is some kind of other error.

Consider these operations:

<ns1:operations>

  <ns1:operator>ADD</ns1:operator>

  <ns1:operand>

     <ns1:googleClickId>COCL7c3M8MQCFRUVjgod578ABA</ns1:googleClickId>

     <ns1:conversionName>conversionname1(removedrealnamebutbothareequal)</ns1:conversionName>

     <ns1:conversionTime>20150412 150949 +0200</ns1:conversionTime>

     <ns1:conversionValue>3.78</ns1:conversionValue>

     <ns1:conversionCurrencyCode>EUR</ns1:conversionCurrencyCode>

  </ns1:operand>

</ns1:operations>

<ns1:operations>

  <ns1:operator>ADD</ns1:operator>

  <ns1:operand>

     <ns1:googleClickId>CNGTpOeVp8QCFRUMjgodhq8Ang</ns1:googleClickId>

     <ns1:conversionName>conversionname1(removedrealnamebutbothareequal)</ns1:conversionName>

     <ns1:conversionTime>20150413 124602 +0200</ns1:conversionTime>

     <ns1:conversionValue>6.6</ns1:conversionValue>

     <ns1:conversionCurrencyCode>EUR</ns1:conversionCurrencyCode>

  </ns1:operand>

</ns1:operations>

Observe that the conversion name and the client id, that these conversions belong to, are equal for both conversions. However, the first conversions succeeds but the second one fails.

Is there a way to determine why this fails?

Please find attached the full request and response from SUDS including the request id (000513afdda640520aec34253b00500e) for further reference.

Thank you very much!

- Derek

[Josh Radcliff (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Derek,

I noticed that the click ID that succeeded was for a click on 2015-04-12, while the one that failed was from 2015-03-14.

Note that when you upload a conversion for a click ID, the conversion type name must have existed at the time of the click, and must have been in the effective conversion account at the time of the click. Therefore, I suspect that the issue here is that as of 2015-03-14, the conversion type name in your request did not exist in the effective conversion tracking account.

Cheers,

Josh, AdWords API Team