Hi Sidd, Ad group names need to be unique across all ad groups in the campaign, even deleted ones. In your case there is a deleted ad group in the same campaign with that name, which is why you are getting the error. It is often a best practice to rename your ad groups as you delete them, such as appending a time stamp, to ensure that you don't run into a name uniqueness problem.
Best, - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team On May 13, 5:43 pm, sidd <sidd.da...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello. > > I am consistently getting duplicate ad group name errors when I > attempt to modify the name of an existing ad group. The name I am > updating the ad group to is different than the one that is already > there. This is happening for most of our records and only happens > when making modifications using the API. It also happens consistently > in the BMJS as well. > > Here is my request: > > <mutate xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v200909";> > <operations> > <operator>SET</operator> > <operand><id>1295207553</id> > <campaignId>4974273</campaignId> > <name>Honda CRV - Trial</name> > </operand> > </operations> > </mutate> > > Here is the response: > > <soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/";> > <soap:Header> > <ResponseHeader xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/ > v200909"> > <requestId>11f0875edeca4dc287bcb0491bb3dbb7</requestId> > <operations>1</operations> > <responseTime>554</responseTime> > <units>5</units> > </ResponseHeader> > </soap:Header> > <soap:Body> > <soap:Fault> > <faultcode>soap:Server</faultcode> > <faultstring>[AdGroupServiceError.DUPLICATE_ADGROUP_NAME @ > operations[0].operand.name]</faultstring> > <detail> > <ApiExceptionFault > xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/ > v200909"> > <message>[AdGroupServiceError.DUPLICATE_ADGROUP_NAME @ > operations[0].operand.name]</message> > > <ApplicationException.Type>ApiException</ApplicationException.Type> > <errors xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; > xsi:type="AdGroupServiceError"> > <fieldPath>operations[0].operand.name</fieldPath> > <trigger></trigger> > <ApiError.Type>AdGroupServiceError</ApiError.Type> > <reason>DUPLICATE_ADGROUP_NAME</reason> > </errors> > </ApiExceptionFault> > </detail> > </soap:Fault> > </soap:Body> > </soap:Envelope> > > I'd appreciate any insight. > > --Sidd > > -- > =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ > Also find us on our blog and discussion > group:http://adwordsapi.blogspot.comhttp://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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api?hl=en -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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
