Hi, The fix for this is now live and the work around is no longer necessary. Please let me know if you encounter any further issues around this.
Thanks, Josh, AdWords API Team On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 6:22:25 PM UTC-5, Josh Radcliff (AdWords API Team) wrote: > > Hi, > > We're working on this, but in the meantime one work around is to first set > the bid in one request, then set the multiplier in a subsequent request. > > Thanks, > Josh, AdWords API Team > > On Thursday, December 5, 2013 1:49:19 PM UTC-8, Josh Radcliff (AdWords API > Team) wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Thank you for providing the sample request and response. We're working >> on resolving this and I will post an update once I have more information. >> >> Cheers, >> Josh, AdWords API Team >> >> On Tuesday, November 26, 2013 8:10:26 PM UTC-5, Devesh Parekh wrote: >>> >>> Fixing a typo to reduce confusion: >>> >>> On Tuesday, November 26, 2013 5:09:25 PM UTC-8, Devesh Parekh wrote: >>>> >>>> I've recently started getting an error when I send bid multipliers with >>>> low bids. I've pasted a sample request and response *below* 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> >>>> >>>> -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://googleadsdeveloper.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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to adwords-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
