I've recently started getting an error when I send bid multipliers with low
bids. I've pasted a sample request and response before where the bid
multiplier is small enough to cause a difference of at least one cent.
There are a few problems with this:
1. This was working fine until very recently.
2. This still works fine if I set the multiplier in the AdWords UI.
3. If I use MutateJobService instead of AdGroupCriterionService, I get a
response with placeholders but no errors. Silent failures like these cause
these problems to go unnoticed for longer than they otherwise would.
Request:
<mutate xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201306";>
<operations>
<operator>SET</operator>
<operand
xmlns:ns2="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v2
01306" xsi:type="ns2:BiddableAdGroupCriterion">
<ns2:adGroupId>8101610621</ns2:adGroupId>
<ns2:criterion>
<ns2:id>12623861</ns2:id>
</ns2:criterion>
<ns2:experimentData>
<ns2:experimentId>801941</ns2:experimentId>
<ns2:experimentDeltaStatus>MODIFIED</ns2:experimentDelta
Status>
<ns2:experimentDataStatus>ACTIVE</ns2:experimentDataStat
us>
<ns2:experimentBidMultiplier
xsi:type="ns2:ManualCPCAdGr
oupCriterionExperimentBidMultiplier">
<ns2:maxCpcMultiplier>
<ns2:multiplier>0.8571428571428571</ns2:multipli
er>
</ns2:maxCpcMultiplier>
</ns2:experimentBidMultiplier>
</ns2:experimentData>
<ns2:biddingStrategyConfiguration>
<ns2:bids xsi:type="ns2:CpcBid">
<ns2:bid>
<ns2:microAmount>70000</ns2:microAmount>
</ns2:bid>
</ns2:bids>
</ns2:biddingStrategyConfiguration>
</operand>
</operations>
</mutate>
Response:
<soap:Fault>
<faultcode>soap:Server</faultcode>
<faultstring>[MultiplierError.BID_LESS_THAN_MIN_ALLOWED_BID_WITH_MUL
TIPLIER @
operations[0].operand.experimentData.experimentBidMultiplier.maxCpcMul
tiplier.multiplier; trigger:'8571']</faultstring>
<detail>
<ApiExceptionFault
xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords
/cm/v201306">
<message>[MultiplierError.BID_LESS_THAN_MIN_ALLOWED_BID_WITH
_MULTIPLIER @
operations[0].operand.experimentData.experimentBidMultiplier.maxCp
cMultiplier.multiplier; trigger:'8571']</message>
<ApplicationException.Type>ApiException</ApplicationExceptio
n.Type>
</ApiExceptionFault>
</detail>
</soap:Fault>
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