Yes, that's actually exactly what I'm doing right now because I was able to make 5 test accounts before test MCCs were available. They're sitting under a production MCC that acts as a test MCC would, and that production MCC sits under our main MCC.
When I give a user access, I specify which MCC they can access, usually another MCC sitting under the main MCC. I can give a developer access to the main MCC, however, and then they can access all of the test accounts as well, which is very handy. If I had to use a real test MCC instead, then I'd have to make a way for a developer to be able to access more than once MCC, parse two separate account trees, keep two sets of credentials and remember which one to use for which account, etc. With our current setup, I can treat test accounts exactly as if they are production accounts, which means I can have more confidence that code that works for them will work for our production accounts too. Also, since I have access to the main MCC, I can switch back and forth between test accounts and production accounts in the AdWords interface using a single Google account, which is extremely convenient. On Tuesday, November 26, 2013 1:25:46 PM UTC-5, Josh Radcliff (AdWords API Team) wrote: > > Hi, > > Just curious - if it was possible then what would be the benefit of > placing a test MCC in a production MCC's hierarchy? Is the idea that once > the production MCC's dev token is approved, you'll still want to use the > test MCC's accounts for development and testing but use the production > MCC's refresh token? > > Cheers, > Josh, AdWords API Team > > On Tuesday, November 26, 2013 8:07:20 AM UTC-5, Jeremy Aube wrote: >> >> I didn't think it was possible to make a test MCC under a production MCC, >> so I'd be very interested in hearing how it was done if you succeed. >> >> On Monday, November 18, 2013 12:08:02 PM UTC-5, Josh Radcliff (AdWords >> API Team) wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> The account you are referring to as your "Test MCC" (595-990-1085) is a >>> child of your other MCC but it is *not* a test account. As you pointed >>> out, if this was a test account you would see This is a test account!in >>> AdWords in the upper right corner. Perhaps you created the account by >>> clicking *Create account* when logged in as the parent MCC? >>> >>> I would recommend following the test account >>> link<https://adwords.google.com/um/StartNewMccAccount?testAccount=true>again, >>> and then confirming that you see This >>> is a test account! when you log in under the new account. If that >>> still does not work, please let me know. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Josh, AdWords API Team >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, November 13, 2013 12:00:12 PM UTC-5, AdWords API User >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> I created a Test MCC ( 595-990-1085) under my production MCC >>>> (606-800-0363) >>>> following this link, >>>> https://adwords.google.com/um/StartNewMccAccount?testAccount=true, on >>>> the page on how to set up test accounts, >>>> https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/test-accounts. >>>> >>>> I created "Test-Account-1" underneath the Test MCC, e.g. account >>>> 127-480-3381, >>>> but I cannot see the red banner of a test account. How do I know this is a >>>> test account? >>>> >>>> If I use the Adwords API for the Test-Account-1 >>>> >>>> api.adwords.clientCustomerId=127-480-3381 >>>> using the api.adwords.developerToken={pending token from top-level >>>> production MCC} >>>> I get this error: >>>> >>>> QuotaCheckError.INCOMPLETE_SIGNUP >>>> >>>> What is incomplete signup under which account? >>>> >>>> For the api.adwords.clientId I used a value created in the Cloud >>>> Console logged in with the email of the Test MCC. Is that maybe the error? >>>> >>>> Can somebody help please, >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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 [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.
