Hi, I am getting error stated below when mutating Campaign targets. The error detail shows content_contextual error. I was wondering if someone can point me the reason.
Here is the error log along with soap request and response. {com.google.api.adwords.lib.AdWordsApiException: [TargetError.TARGETING_VALIDATION_FAILED @ operations[2]/*CampaignId: 49019370*/] ---> System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException: [TargetError.TARGETING_VALIDATION_FAILED @ operations[2]/*CampaignId: 49019370*/] at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.ReadResponse(SoapClientMessage message, WebResponse response, Stream responseStream, Boolean asyncCall) at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.Invoke(String methodName, Object[] parameters) at com.google.api.adwords.lib.SoapServiceBase.Call(String methodName, Object[] parameters) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at com.google.api.adwords.lib.SoapServiceBase.Call(String methodName, Object[] parameters) at com.google.api.adwords.lib.SoapServiceBase.Invoke(String methodName, Object[] parameters) -----------------BEGIN API CALL--------------------- Request ------- POST /api/adwords/cm/v200909/CampaignTargetService User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; MS Web Services Client Protocol 2.0.50727.42) VsDebuggerCausalityData: uIDPoyie54C02ERIo1iG0ouenlAAAAAA9zIr+OAhpU +83Wh119FM4R/847VN2pxLs62bl9TJTc0ACAAA Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8 SOAPAction: "" Host: adwords.google.com Content-Length: 12608 Expect: 100-continue Accept-Encoding: gzip Connection: Keep-Alive <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/ XMLSchema"><soap:Header><RequestHeader xmlns="https:// adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v200909"><authToken>********</ authToken><clientCustomerId>xxx</ clientCustomerId><developerToken>********mISA</ developerToken><validateOnly>true</validateOnly></RequestHeader></ soap:Header><soap:Body><mutate xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/ adwords/cm/v200909"><operations><operator>SET</operator><operand xsi:type="GeoTargetList"><campaignId>49019370</campaignId><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Abingdon</cityName><provinceCode>US- VA</provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Aldie</cityName><provinceCode>US-VA</ provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Alexandria</cityName><provinceCode>US- VA</provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Annandale</cityName><provinceCode>US- VA</provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Arcola</cityName><provinceCode>US-VA</ provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Arlington</cityName><provinceCode>US- VA</provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Ashburn</cityName><provinceCode>US-VA</ provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Ashton</cityName><provinceCode>US-MD</ provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Bethesda</cityName><provinceCode>US- MD</provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Boyds</cityName><provinceCode>US-MD</ provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Bristol</cityName><provinceCode>US-VA</ provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Brookeville</cityName><provinceCode>US- MD</provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Burke</cityName><provinceCode>US-VA</ provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Burtonsville</ cityName><provinceCode>US-MD</provinceCode><countryCode>US</ countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Cabin John</cityName><provinceCode>US-MD</provinceCode><countryCode>US</ countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Centreville</cityName><provinceCode>US- VA</provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Chantilly</cityName><provinceCode>US- VA</provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Chevy Chase</cityName><provinceCode>US- MD</provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Clarksburg</cityName><provinceCode>US- MD</provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Clifton</cityName><provinceCode>US-VA</ provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Damascus</cityName><provinceCode>US- MD</provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Derwood</cityName><provinceCode>US-MD</ provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Dulles</cityName><provinceCode>US-VA</ provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Dunn Loring</cityName><provinceCode>US- VA</provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Fairfax</cityName><provinceCode>US-VA</ provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Fairfax Station</ cityName><provinceCode>US-VA</provinceCode><countryCode>US</ countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Falls Church</cityName><provinceCode>US-VA</provinceCode><countryCode>US</ countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Ft Belvoir</cityName><provinceCode>US-VA</provinceCode><countryCode>US</ countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Ft Myer</cityName><provinceCode>US-VA</provinceCode><countryCode>US</ countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Gaithersburg</ cityName><provinceCode>US-MD</provinceCode><countryCode>US</ countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Garrett Park</cityName><provinceCode>US-MD</provinceCode><countryCode>US</ countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Germantown</cityName><provinceCode>US- MD</provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Glade Spring</ cityName><provinceCode>US-VA</provinceCode><countryCode>US</ countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Glen Echo</cityName><provinceCode>US-MD</provinceCode><countryCode>US</ countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Great Falls</cityName><provinceCode>US-VA</provinceCode><countryCode>US</ countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Herndon</cityName><provinceCode>US-VA</ provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Kensington</cityName><provinceCode>US- MD</provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Leesburg</cityName><provinceCode>US- VA</provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Lorton</cityName><provinceCode>US-VA</ provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Lovettsville</ cityName><provinceCode>US-VA</provinceCode><countryCode>US</ countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Manassas</cityName><provinceCode>US- VA</provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Mc Lean</cityName><provinceCode>US-VA</ provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Meadowview</cityName><provinceCode>US- VA</provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Merrifield</cityName><provinceCode>US- VA</provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Middleburg</cityName><provinceCode>US- VA</provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Montgomery Village</ cityName><provinceCode>US-MD</provinceCode><countryCode>US</ countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Mount Vernon</cityName><provinceCode>US-VA</provinceCode><countryCode>US</ countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Newington</cityName><provinceCode>US- VA</provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Oakton</cityName><provinceCode>US-VA</ provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Olney</cityName><provinceCode>US-MD</ provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Paeonian Springs</ cityName><provinceCode>US-VA</provinceCode><countryCode>US</ countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Poolesville</cityName><provinceCode>US- MD</provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Potomac</cityName><provinceCode>US-MD</ provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Purcellville</ cityName><provinceCode>US-VA</provinceCode><countryCode>US</ countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Reston</ cityName><provinceCode>US-VA</provinceCode><countryCode>US</ countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Richmond</cityName><provinceCode>US- VA</provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Rockville</cityName><provinceCode>US- MD</provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Round Hill</cityName><provinceCode>US- VA</provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Sandy Spring</ cityName><provinceCode>US-MD</provinceCode><countryCode>US</ countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Silver Spring</cityName><provinceCode>US-MD</provinceCode><countryCode>US</ countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Spencerville</ cityName><provinceCode>US-MD</provinceCode><countryCode>US</ countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Springfield</cityName><provinceCode>US- VA</provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Sterling</cityName><provinceCode>US- VA</provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Takoma Park</cityName><provinceCode>US- MD</provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Vienna</cityName><provinceCode>US-VA</ provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Washington Grove</ cityName><provinceCode>US-MD</provinceCode><countryCode>US</ countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>Waterford</cityName><provinceCode>US- VA</provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets><targets xsi:type="CityTarget"><cityName>West Mclean</cityName><provinceCode>US- VA</provinceCode><countryCode>US</countryCode></targets></operand></ operations><operations><operator>SET</operator><operand xsi:type="LanguageTargetList"><campaignId>49019370</ campaignId><targets><Target.Type>LanguageTarget</ Target.Type><languageCode>en</languageCode></targets></operand></ operations><operations><operator>SET</operator><operand xsi:type="NetworkTargetList"><campaignId>49019370</ campaignId><targets><Target.Type>NetworkTarget</ Target.Type><networkCoverageType>CONTENT_CONTEXTUAL</ networkCoverageType></targets></operand></ operations><operations><operator>SET</operator><operand xsi:type="NetworkTargetList"><campaignId>49019370</ campaignId><targets><Target.Type>NetworkTarget</ Target.Type><networkCoverageType>GOOGLE_SEARCH</networkCoverageType></ targets></operand></operations><operations><operator>SET</ operator><operand xsi:type="AdScheduleTargetList"><campaignId>49019370</ campaignId><targets><Target.Type>AdScheduleTarget</ Target.Type><dayOfWeek>MONDAY</dayOfWeek><startHour>0</ startHour><startMinute>ZERO</startMinute><endHour>24</ endHour><endMinute>ZERO</endMinute><bidMultiplier>1</bidMultiplier></ targets></operand></operations><operations><operator>SET</ operator><operand xsi:type="AdScheduleTargetList"><campaignId>49019370</ campaignId><targets><Target.Type>AdScheduleTarget</ Target.Type><dayOfWeek>TUESDAY</dayOfWeek><startHour>0</ startHour><startMinute>ZERO</startMinute><endHour>24</ endHour><endMinute>ZERO</endMinute><bidMultiplier>1</bidMultiplier></ targets></operand></operations><operations><operator>SET</ operator><operand xsi:type="AdScheduleTargetList"><campaignId>49019370</ campaignId><targets><Target.Type>AdScheduleTarget</ Target.Type><dayOfWeek>WEDNESDAY</dayOfWeek><startHour>0</ startHour><startMinute>ZERO</startMinute><endHour>24</ endHour><endMinute>ZERO</endMinute><bidMultiplier>1</bidMultiplier></ targets></operand></operations><operations><operator>SET</ operator><operand xsi:type="AdScheduleTargetList"><campaignId>49019370</ campaignId><targets><Target.Type>AdScheduleTarget</ Target.Type><dayOfWeek>THURSDAY</dayOfWeek><startHour>0</ startHour><startMinute>ZERO</startMinute><endHour>24</ endHour><endMinute>ZERO</endMinute><bidMultiplier>1</bidMultiplier></ targets></operand></operations><operations><operator>SET</ operator><operand xsi:type="AdScheduleTargetList"><campaignId>49019370</ campaignId><targets><Target.Type>AdScheduleTarget</ Target.Type><dayOfWeek>FRIDAY</dayOfWeek><startHour>0</ startHour><startMinute>ZERO</startMinute><endHour>24</ endHour><endMinute>ZERO</endMinute><bidMultiplier>1</bidMultiplier></ targets></operand></operations></mutate></soap:Body></soap:Envelope> Response -------- Content-Encoding: Transfer-Encoding: chunked X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block Cache-Control: private, max-age=0 Content-Type: text/xml; charset=UTF-8 Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:13:15 GMT Expires: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:13:15 GMT Server: GSE <soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/ envelope/"><soap:Header><ResponseHeader xmlns="https:// adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/ v200909"><requestId>194bf8fa6da4500d738b74a547e7f807</ requestId><operations>1</operations><responseTime>409</ responseTime><units>1</units></ResponseHeader></ soap:Header><soap:Body><soap:Fault><faultcode>soap:Server</ faultcode><faultstring>[TargetError.TARGETING_VALIDATION_FAILED @ operations[2]/*CampaignId: 49019370*/]</ faultstring><detail><ApiExceptionFault xmlns="https:// adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/ v200909"><message>[TargetError.TARGETING_VALIDATION_FAILED @ operations[2]/*CampaignId: 49019370*/]</ message><ApplicationException.Type>ApiException</ ApplicationException.Type><errors xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/ XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="TargetError"><fieldPath>operations[2]</ fieldPath><trigger></trigger><ApiError.Type>TargetError</ ApiError.Type><reason>TARGETING_VALIDATION_FAILED</reason></errors></ ApiExceptionFault></detail></soap:Fault></soap:Body></soap:Envelope> -----------------END API CALL----------------------- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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 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