Hi Roy, You should also look at the bidModifierSource field to make a decision. See https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/v201302/AdGroupBidModifierService.AdGroupBidModifier#bidModifierSource for details.
Cheers, Anash P. Oommen, AdWords API Advisor. On Monday, May 6, 2013 10:28:57 PM UTC+5:30, RoyBoy wrote: > > To whom it may concern, > > I am implementing the AdGroupBidModifierService. One thing that I have > noticed is that when you retrieve the adgroup bid modifier on a that > doesn't have a modifier set on it, the API will send a response stating > that the bidModifier is 0.0. Am I to assume that a bidModifier of 0 means > that there is no bid modifier set on the group? If that is so, then can a > person not have a campaign bid modifier of say +200% and then one group > that doesn't bid on any mobile? > > I have included my request and response below: > > request > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV=" > http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"; xmlns:ns1=" > https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201302";> > <SOAP-ENV:Header> > <ns1:RequestHeader> > <ns1:authToken>****</ns1:authToken> > <ns1:developerToken>****</ns1:developerToken> > </ns1:RequestHeader> > </SOAP-ENV:Header> > <SOAP-ENV:Body> > <ns1:get> > <ns1:selector> > <ns1:fields>CampaignId</ns1:fields> > <ns1:fields>AdGroupId</ns1:fields> > <ns1:fields>Id</ns1:fields> > <ns1:fields>BidModifier</ns1:fields> > <ns1:fields>CriteriaType</ns1:fields> > <ns1:predicates> > <ns1:field>AdGroupId</ns1:field> > <ns1:operator>IN</ns1:operator> > <ns1:values>6214129953</ns1:values> > </ns1:predicates> > <ns1:predicates> > <ns1:field>Id</ns1:field> > <ns1:operator>IN</ns1:operator> > <ns1:values>30001</ns1:values> > </ns1:predicates> > </ns1:selector> > </ns1:get> > </SOAP-ENV:Body> > </SOAP-ENV:Envelope> > > response > <?xml version="1.0"?> > <soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/";> > <soap:Header> > <ResponseHeader xmlns=" > https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201302";> > <requestId>0004dc0f8a25cd600a429de600003c5d</requestId> > <serviceName>AdGroupBidModifierService</serviceName> > <methodName>get</methodName> > <operations>0</operations> > <responseTime>381</responseTime> > <units>0</units> > </ResponseHeader> > </soap:Header> > <soap:Body> > <getResponse xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201302 > "> > <rval> > <totalNumEntries>1</totalNumEntries> > <Page.Type>AdGroupBidModifierPage</Page.Type> > <entries> > <campaignId>31464393</campaignId> > <adGroupId>6214129953</adGroupId> > <criterion> > <id>30001</id> > <Criterion.Type>Criterion</Criterion.Type> > </criterion> > <bidModifier>0.0</bidModifier> > </entries> > </rval> > </getResponse> > </soap:Body> > </soap:Envelope> > -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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 are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
