Hi, >From what I can tell there is already an ad group in campaign id 4974273 with the name "Honda CRV - Trial". In the web interface ensure that you have the option "All Ad groups" selected to see your deleted ad groups.
Best, - Eric On May 14, 12:46 pm, sidd <sidd.da...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi. > > Unfortunately, that does not appear to be the case. The names we are > trying use will not work when using the API, but do work when we > modify them through the Google interface. Do you know why that would > be the case? Do you have any other suggestions? > > On May 14, 8:24 am, AdWords API Advisor <adwordsapiadvi...@google.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > 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.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.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. 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