Re: Error creating a copy of an existing Template Ad

2013-03-01 Thread pete
Hi Kevin, Thanks for your response; I'm happy with that and that we are doing all we can do to track these Ad types. cheers pete On Wednesday, 27 February 2013 17:23:48 UTC, Kevin Winter (AdWords API Team) wrote: Hi Pete, We discussing the best approach for this issue. The core

Re: Error creating a copy of an existing Template Ad

2013-02-27 Thread Kevin Winter (AdWords API Team)
Hi Pete, We discussing the best approach for this issue. The core problem is that these template types were never intended to be used with the AdWords API. There are required fields that the API cannot return or allow you to mutate for these template types. As a result, it's not currently

Re: Error creating a copy of an existing Template Ad

2013-02-26 Thread pete
Hi Kevin Any update on this issue? thanks pete On Friday, 15 February 2013 17:50:08 UTC, Kevin Winter (AdWords API Team) wrote: Hi Pete, I'm asking some of the core engineers to look into this. It appears that variationSpecificFieldOverrides is an internal field that's not

Re: Error creating a copy of an existing Template Ad

2013-02-15 Thread Kevin Winter (AdWords API Team)
Hi Pete, I'm asking some of the core engineers to look into this. It appears that variationSpecificFieldOverrides is an internal field that's not currently exposed/used in the AdWords API - I don't know why the server seems to think it's required. - Kevin Winter AdWords API Team On

Re: Error creating a copy of an existing Template Ad

2013-02-14 Thread pete
Hi Kevin I've attached a file containing all the request/response streams for the operation. Appreciate your help. pete On Wednesday, 13 February 2013 22:00:37 UTC, Kevin Winter (AdWords API Team) wrote: Hi Pete, Could you show us what your selector looks like for your get request?

Re: Error creating a copy of an existing Template Ad

2013-02-13 Thread Kevin Winter (AdWords API Team)
Hi Pete, Could you show us what your selector looks like for your get request? The AdWords API in general supports the concept of partial updates. This means that you only need to send the absolute minimum number of fields. For example, in a template ad, you'd want to request the fields

Error creating a copy of an existing Template Ad

2013-02-06 Thread pete
I'm trying to create a TemplateAd via the API by using the AdGroupAd service to get an existing template ad into a temporary object, remove the id field value and then set the url field to include some tracking attributes; I then use the same service to to ADD the object. This methodology