Hi Eric,

Thanks for the detailed explanation.  Very much appreciated.

Greg.

On Nov 7, 2:51 am, AdWords API Advisor <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Hi Greg,
>
> There is a restriction in the AdWords system that prevents you from
> targeting the ages 0-17 explicitly.  You can see this behavior in the
> AdWords web interface, that when you exclude any age group the 0-17
> age group is automatically excluded.
>
> The API doesn't operate on exclusions, but rather inclusions.  This
> means that you must either not set any age targeting (which then
> targets all ages) or you must not explicitly target the 0-17 age
> group.
>
> Best,
> - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team
>
> On Nov 5, 6:09 pm, Greg <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
>
> > I am getting the above error when using the CampainTargetService.
>
> > I'm looking for further information on the above error and how to
> > solve it.  Java API.
>
> > I am calling mutate on a CampainTargetService object passing in a
> > number of CampaignTargetOperation objects, one of which has an array
> > (with a single AgeTarget object) as its operand.  As such:
>
> > ...
>
> >                         DemographicTargetList ageTargetList = new 
> > DemographicTargetList();
> >                         ageTargetList.setCampaignId(myCampaignId);
> >                         ageTargetList.setTargets(new DemographicTarget[] { 
> > new AgeTarget
> > (null, 0, AgeTargetAge.AGE_0_17) } );
>
> >                         CampaignTargetOperation ageTargetOperation = new
> > CampaignTargetOperation();
> >                         ageTargetOperation.setOperand(ageTargetList);
> >                         ageTargetOperation.setOperator(Operator.SET);
>
> >                         myCampaignTargetService.mutate(new 
> > CampaignTargetOperation[]
> > { genderTargetOperation,
> >                                         ageTargetOperation});
>
> > (genderTargetOperation specifies MALE).
>
> > What am I missing?
>
> > All help appreciated.  Many thanks.
>
> > Greg.

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