INVALID_CONVERSION_ACTION

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Apr 24, 2022, 11:57:30 AM4/24/22

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We are getting INVALID_CONVERSION_ACTION when attempting to upload click conversions to some of the conversion actions in a MCC account with cross-account conversion tracking enabled. Most of the conversion actions work fine, but two always generate the INVALID_CONVERSION_ACTION error. All conversions are UPLOAD_CLICKS type. Below is the response log from one such request with private information removed.

POST /v10/customers/[MCC ID]/:uploadClickConversions HTTP/1.1
Host: googleads.googleapis.com
Accept: */*
Authorization: Bearer [token]
Content-Type: application/json
developer-token: [token]
login-customer-id:[MCC ID]
Content-Length: 2305
Expect: 100-continue

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Request-Id: [REQUEST ID]
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8
Vary: X-Origin
Vary: Referer
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2022 15:49:54 GMT
Server: ESF
Cache-Control: private
X-XSS-Protection: 0
X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
Alt-Svc: h3=":443"; ma=2592000,h3-29=":443"; ma=2592000,h3-Q050=":443"; ma=2592000,h3-Q046=":443"; ma=2592000,h3-Q043=":443"; ma=2592000,quic=":443"; ma=2592000; v="46,43"
Accept-Ranges: none
Vary: Origin,Accept-Encoding
Transfer-Encoding: chunked

{
"partialFailureError": {
"code": 3,
"message": "Multiple errors in ‘details’. First error: This customer does not have an import conversion action that matches the conversion action provided., at conversions[1].conversion_action",
"details": [
{
"@type": "type.googleapis.com/google.ads.googleads.v10.errors.GoogleAdsFailure",
"errors": [
{
"errorCode": {
"conversionUploadError": "INVALID_CONVERSION_ACTION"
},
"message": "This customer does not have an import conversion action that matches the conversion action provided.",
"trigger": {
"stringValue": "customers/[MCC ID]/conversionActions/[CONVERSION ACTION ID]"
},
"location": {
"fieldPathElements": [
{
"fieldName": "conversions",
"index": 1
},
{
"fieldName": "conversion_action"
}
]
}
},
{
"errorCode": {
"conversionUploadError": "INVALID_CONVERSION_ACTION"
},
"message": "This customer does not have an import conversion action that matches the conversion action provided.",
"trigger": {
"stringValue": "customers/[MCC ID]/conversionActions/[CONVERSION ACTION ID]"
},
"location": {
"fieldPathElements": [
{
"fieldName": "conversions",
"index": 2
},
{
"fieldName": "conversion_action"
}
]
}
},
{
"errorCode": {
"conversionUploadError": "INVALID_CONVERSION_ACTION"
},
"message": "This customer does not have an import conversion action that matches the conversion action provided.",
"trigger": {
"stringValue": "customers/[MCC ID]/conversionActions/[CONVERSION ACTION ID]"
},
"location": {
"fieldPathElements": [
{
"fieldName": "conversions",
"index": 3
},
{
"fieldName": "conversion_action"
}
]
}
},
{
"errorCode": {
"conversionUploadError": "INVALID_CONVERSION_ACTION"
},
"message": "This customer does not have an import conversion action that matches the conversion action provided.",
"trigger": {
"stringValue": "customers/[MCC ID]/conversionActions/[CONVERSION ACTION ID]"
},
"location": {
"fieldPathElements": [
{
"fieldName": "conversions",
"index": 4
},
{
"fieldName": "conversion_action"
}
]
}
},
{
"errorCode": {
"conversionUploadError": "INVALID_CONVERSION_ACTION"
},
"message": "This customer does not have an import conversion action that matches the conversion action provided.",
"trigger": {
"stringValue": "customers/[MCC ID]/conversionActions/[CONVERSION ACTION ID]"
},
"location": {
"fieldPathElements": [
{
"fieldName": "conversions",
"index": 5
},
{
"fieldName": "conversion_action"
}
]
}
},
{
"errorCode": {
"conversionUploadError": "INVALID_CONVERSION_ACTION"
},
"message": "This customer does not have an import conversion action that matches the conversion action provided.",
"trigger": {
"stringValue": "customers/[MCC ID]/conversionActions/[CONVERSION ACTION ID]"
},
"location": {
"fieldPathElements": [
{
"fieldName": "conversions",
"index": 6
},
{
"fieldName": "conversion_action"
}
]
}
},
{
"errorCode": {
"conversionUploadError": "INVALID_CONVERSION_ACTION"
},
"message": "This customer does not have an import conversion action that matches the conversion action provided.",
"trigger": {
"stringValue": "customers/[MCC ID]/conversionActions/[CONVERSION ACTION ID]"
},
"location": {
"fieldPathElements": [
{
"fieldName": "conversions",
"index": 7
},
{
"fieldName": "conversion_action"
}
]
}
},
{
"errorCode": {
"conversionUploadError": "INVALID_CONVERSION_ACTION"
},
"message": "This customer does not have an import conversion action that matches the conversion action provided.",
"trigger": {
"stringValue": "customers/[MCC ID]/conversionActions/[CONVERSION ACTION ID]"
},
"location": {
"fieldPathElements": [
{
"fieldName": "conversions",
"index": 8
},
{
"fieldName": "conversion_action"
}
]
}
},
{
"errorCode": {
"conversionUploadError": "INVALID_CONVERSION_ACTION"
},
"message": "This customer does not have an import conversion action that matches the conversion action provided.",
"trigger": {
"stringValue": "customers/[MCC ID]/conversionActions/[CONVERSION ACTION ID]"
},
"location": {
"fieldPathElements": [
{
"fieldName": "conversions",
"index": 9
},
{
"fieldName": "conversion_action"
}
]
}
}
]
}
]
}
}

Google Ads API Forum Advisor

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Apr 25, 2022, 12:51:52 AM4/25/22

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Hi,

Thank you for raising this concern to the Google Ads API team.

Moving forward, it appears that you've encountered the INVALID_CONVERSION_ACTION error when attempting to upload click conversions . That said, please see this document which contains the details and requirements about conversion actions. All of these must be considered to avoid the ConversionUploadError.INVALID_CONVERSION_ACTION error.

Regards,

Carmela
Google Ads API Team