Thanks Eric!
On Apr 6, 8:16 am, AdWords API Advisor <adwordsapiadvi...@google.com> wrote: > Hi Andrei, > > You should only be using the biddingTransition field when you are > changing the bidding strategy of the campaign. If you only want to > change ad group bids then you should use the AdGroupService to make > those updates. > > Best, > - Eric > > On Apr 5, 3:33 pm, andrei <andrei.badule...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi Eric, > > > Thanks for answering this question. What if I want to change the > > explicitAdGroupBids for all adgroups under a campaign, but not change > > the targetBiddingStrategy? > > In this case, I would still need the biddingTransition to send the > > explicitAdGroupBids, but because targetBiddingStrategy is required, I > > am still getting the TRANSITION_TO_ITSELF error whenever try to > > globally change my ad group Bid amounts. I'm only using manual cpc's, > > so targetBiddingStrategy is always ManualCPC. Thanks, > > > Andrei > > > On Feb 18, 8:23 am, AdWords API Advisor <adwordsapiadvi...@google.com> > > wrote: > > > > Hi Tim, > > > > If you aren't attempting to transition the bidding strategy then you > > > should set the biddingTransition field of the operation to null. This > > > will exclude that element from the SOAP XML request and no transition > > > will be attempted. > > > > Best, > > > - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team > > > > On Feb 17, 12:50 pm, Tim <timcshie...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > When attempting to update a campaign I'm getting an error about the > > > > biddingTransition. When sending the existing value, I get a > > > > TRANSITION_TO_ITSELF error. If I pass null, I get a REQUIRED error. > > > > How should this be set to successfully update the campaign if I don't > > > > want to change the biddingStrategy that was set when the campaign was > > > > created? The body of my soap request is as follows: > > > > > <mutate xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v200909";> > > > > <operations> > > > > <biddingTransition> > > > > > > > > <targetBiddingStrategyxsi:type="tns:ManualCPC"></ > > > >targetBiddingStrategy> > > > > </biddingTransition> > > > > <operand> > > > > <id>49379031</id> > > > > <name>Test Campaign 3</name> > > > > <status>Active</status> > > > > <endDate>20371230</endDate> > > > > <budget> > > > > <period>DAILY</period> > > > > <amount> > > > > > > > > <microAmount>250000</microAmount> > > > > <ComparableValue.Type/> > > > > </amount> > > > > </budget> > > > > </operand> > > > > <operator>SET</operator> > > > > <Operation.Type/> > > > > </operations> > > > > </mutate> > > > > > The fault response: > > > > [faultcode] => soap:Server > > > > [faultstring] => [BiddingTransitionError.TRANSITION_TO_ITSELF @ > > > > operations[0].biddingTransition.targetBiddingStrategy] > > > > [detail] => Array > > > > ( > > > > [ApiExceptionFault] => Array > > > > ( > > > > [message] => > > > > [BiddingTransitionError.TRANSITION_TO_ITSELF @ > > > > operations[0].biddingTransition.targetBiddingStrategy] > > > > [ApplicationException.Type] => ApiException > > > > [errors] => Array > > > > ( > > > > [fieldPath] => > > > > operations[0].biddingTransition.targetBiddingStrategy > > > > [trigger] => > > > > [ApiError.Type] => BiddingTransitionError > > > > [reason] => TRANSITION_TO_ITSELF > > > > ) > > > > > ) > > > > > ) > > > > > Thanks. -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Have you migrated to v200909 yet? The v13 sunset is on April 22, 2010. Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://adwordsapi.blogspot.com http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to adwords-api@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to adwords-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api?hl=en To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
