A misunderstandable error

Sergey Gavrilov

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Jul 15, 2021, 6:57:41 AM7/15/21

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Good day, everyone!

Even yesterday, 15.07.2021, I have been getting the attached report from DCM API, but today, with the same parameters, the API always returns me the strangest error:
apiclient.errors.HttpError: <HttpError 400 when requesting https://dfareporting.googleapis.com/dfareporting/v3.4/userprofiles/6024570/reports?alt=json returned "Dimension name 'dfa:conversionId' is not valid.">

It is a counterintuitive for a PATH_CONVERSION report and I cannot understand where the debugging start.

report.json

Mantas Kačinskas

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Jul 15, 2021, 7:25:37 AM7/15/21

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Same here.

Noticed, that removing `dfa:` prefix from every field (both metrics and dimensions) in the request, helps and results are as expected.

But still - probably Google needs to fix this.

Evgeny Toloknov

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Jul 15, 2021, 7:37:39 AM7/15/21

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I have same issue for all Dimensions and Metrics

Mantas Kačinskas

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Jul 15, 2021, 8:41:56 AM7/15/21

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A workaround to remove dfa: prefix still does not help with dbm... (eg. dbmAdvertiser, dbmLineItems) fields and same error occurs

Jay Parker

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Jul 15, 2021, 11:55:02 AM7/15/21

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Running into the same issue today; removed the dfa: as one poster suggested however that did not resolve the issue

Taylor McGrath

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Jul 15, 2021, 1:24:11 PM7/15/21

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Having the same issue. Seeing it for many different dimensions, depending on which one we query first.

Alon Reznik

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Jul 15, 2021, 3:00:15 PM7/15/21

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Also in here. This is the message we get:

'"Dimension name \'dfa:advertiserId\' is not valid."'

DCM API (DoubleClick Campaign Mgr)

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Jul 16, 2021, 3:09:24 AM7/16/21

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Hi all,

Thank you all for reporting this to us.

We did have some changed recently regarding metrics and dimensions in naming convention and for all that encounters the Dimension name invalid error, please be informed that the prefixed "dfa:" has been removed from all columns.

Additionally, all instances of "dbm" has been changed to "dv360". And all instances of "CM" within dimension and metric names has been updated to "CM360". Please refer here for more information.

If you still encounter an error regarding this after updating, please provide the following:

DCM Account ID
Profile ID
Request body & URL
API Response in JSON Format

For anyone encountering a different error, please open a new thread for better tracking of the issue.

Regards,

Michael Angelo Legaspi
DCM API Team

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