Error: EntityCountLimitExceeded.ACCOUNT_LIMIT

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Biniam Asnake

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Jul 27, 2016, 8:52:16 AM7/27/16
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Hello.

I am getting `Error: EntityCountLimitExceeded.ACCOUNT_LIMIT, trigger: , apiErrorType: EntityCountLimitExceeded` error when I try to generate AdGroups, Keywords and TextAds.

Please help.

Vishal Vinayak (Adwords API Team)

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Jul 27, 2016, 3:24:35 PM7/27/16
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Hi Biniam,

This error means that you have hit one of the system limits. To identify what limit you have hit, could you please provide me with the SOAP XML request and response logs for the API call?

Regards,
Vishal, AdWords API Team

Biniam Asnake

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Oct 4, 2016, 9:20:29 AM10/4/16
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The cause of the error is the limit has passed for number of keywords in an account.


        <errorList>
            <errors xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="EntityCountLimitExceeded">
                <fieldPath>operations[1]</fieldPath>
                <trigger></trigger>
                <errorString>EntityCountLimitExceeded.ACCOUNT_LIMIT</errorString>
                <ApiError.Type>EntityCountLimitExceeded</ApiError.Type>
                <reason>ACCOUNT_LIMIT</reason>
                <enclosingId> 123456789 </enclosingId>
                <limit>5000000</limit>
                <accountLimitType>ADGROUP_KEYWORDS_PER_ACCOUNT</accountLimitType>
                <existingCount>5007963</existingCount>
            </errors>
        </errorList>

The main error is `EntityCountLimitExceeded.ACCOUNT_LIMIT` and the cause is `ADGROUP_KEYWORDS_PER_ACCOUNT`.

The limit is 5 million but we have 5,007,963 keywords in account customer id `123456789` (enclosingId)

What do you recommend as a preventive mechanism or a solution?

Thanks.

Vishal Vinayak (Adwords API Team)

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Oct 4, 2016, 1:52:02 PM10/4/16
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Hi Biniam,

Unfortunately, AdWords accounts have a limit of a maximum of 5 million ad group targeting items per account (such as keywords, placements, and audience lists). If you already have keywords added, I would recommend downloading the Keyword Performance Report, identifying the keywords with low impressions (or the once which are paused as a result of campaign/ad group being paused), deleting the low impressions/paused keywords from your list and retrying your original API action. 
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