AdWords API Re: Multiplier of 0 Possible for SchedulingInterval?

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:11:11 -0800 

Thanks Jeff, this achieves what we were looking for.

On Jan 22, 11:08 am, AdWords API Advisor
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello Pete,
>
>  I just tried setting the multiplier for an interval to something less
> than 10% using the AdWords web interface and I was prevented from
> doing so--I received an error message stating that the multiplier
> needed to be between 10% and 1000%. I'm not sure why you saw something
> different, but as far as I can tell there is a legitimate lower bound
> of 10% for the multiplier.
>
>  In any case, what it seems like you want to do is make it so your
> campaign isn't running at all between midnight and 8am. You can
> achieve this by setting up an interval lasting from 8am to midnight
> (24:00) with the normal bid multiplier of 100% (the multiplier doesn't
> express total amount of spend but rather how much you'd like to modify
> your bids during that time span; leave it at 100% to use your normal
> bids). Because there is no interval from midnight to 8am, AdWords will
> assume that your campaign is paused during that time frame.
>
>  The first time you make these changes with the AdWords API it's a
> good idea to double-check with the AdWords web interface's campaign
> settings, just to make sure everything looks right. And you could
> always initially make the changes with the web interface and then
> retrieve the campaign via the AdWords API and take a look at how the
> Campaign object is structured if you're not sure how to express things
> properly in the API.
>
> Cheers,
> -Jeff Posnick, AdWords API Team
>
> On Jan 21, 11:11 am, "Pete Lavetsky (AdWords API Guru)"
>
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > If we wanted to schedule a campaign to 0% spend between Midnight and
> > 8am and 100% spend between 8am and Midnight, how do we designate the
> > multiplier for Midnight to 8am?
>
> > Setting a multiplier of 0 for a SchedulingInterval results in an error
> > for an invalid multiplier ... the lowest we seem to be able to go is
> > 0.10 for a spend of 10% for those hours ...
>
> > Through the MCC we can set different intervals to 0% spend, how do we
> > achieve the same through the API?
>
> > Thanks
> > Pete
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