Trouble debugging "GENERIC_ISSUE : Failed to create AdWords entity. : "

[Eric Gesinski]

I'm reviewing an old script that copied ads to a new ad group. What I'm trying to do is update expanded text ads from the original text ad format.

Here is the code:

      // Now we have to make ads for this ad group. First find all the ads from the old group.

      var adList = AdsApp.ads().withCondition("CampaignName = '" + currentCampaignName + "'").withCondition("AdGroupName = '" + adGroup.getName() + "'").withCondition("Status = ENABLED").get();

      var adOps = [];

      while (adList.hasNext()) {

        var oldAd = adList.next();

        adOps.push(

          newAdGroup.newAd().expandedTextAdBuilder()

            .withHeadlinePart1(oldAd.getHeadlinePart1()).withHeadlinePart2(oldAd.getHeadlinePart2()).withHeadlinePart3(oldAd.getHeadlinePart3())

            .withDescription(oldAd.getDescription()).withDescription1(oldAd.getDescription1()).withDescription2(oldAd.getDescription2())

            .withPath1(oldAd.getPath1()).withPath2(oldAd.getPath2())

            .withFinalUrl(oldAd.urls().getFinalUrl()).withFinalUrlSuffix(oldAd.urls().getFinalUrlSuffix())

            .build());

      }

      // Review success or failure of ad creation.

      for (var i = 0; i < adOps.length(); i++) {

        if (adOps[i].isSuccessful())

        Logger.log('New ad built: ' + oldAd.getType() + ' ad type has been created, in the "' + newName + '" ad group.');

        else

        Logger.log('Error from ad [' + oldAd.getHeadlinePart1() + ']: ' + adOps[i].getErrors());

      }

When testing, it's throwing the "GENERIC_ISSUE : Failed to create AdWords entity. : " error. This code worked previously before using expanded text ads.

Am I missing something? Or is it a bug?

Eric

[Google Ads Scripts Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Eric,

So that I can further investigate the error, could provide the customer ID and the name of the script where you implemented the provided script via Reply privately to author option?

Regards,
Ejay
Google Ads Scripts Team

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