Re: What is CANNOT_UNLINK_ACCOUNT_WITHOUT_ACTIVE_USER and what does it mean?

Google doesn't like "orphan" accounts, who are not member of any MCC, or have no users. Think of it, who can they contact when something goes wrong with eg. payments?

A common solution is to create an "archive" sub-MCC, link the account to that MCC first, then unlink from the main MCC.


On Thursday, September 15, 2016 at 10:09:52 AM UTC+2, axtens wrote:

In the course of running

                LinkOperation lo = new LinkOperation();

                lo.@operator = Operator.SET;

                ManagedCustomerLink mcl = new ManagedCustomerLink();

                mcl.managerCustomerId = managerId;

                mcl.clientCustomerId = clientId;

                mcl.linkStatus = LinkStatus.INACTIVE;

                lo.operand = mcl;

                ManagedCustomerService mcs = (ManagedCustomerService)user.GetService(AdWordsService.v201607.ManagedCustomerService);

                ManagedCustomerLink[] mcls = mcs.mutateLink(new LinkOperation[] { lo });

"user" is okay as it's been passed into the method. "managerId" and "clientId" are okay as well and there is a linkage between them. 

The clientCustomerId was generated yesterday by programmatically creating the account. Said account has no budget orders, no shared budgets, no anything other than the account. 

I'm trying to write code to programmatically unlink accounts which were created in error (by other programs.)

The full exception (from the Locals window):

- $exception {"AdWordsApiException: One or more AdWords API errors have occurred. \r\n\r\nUnknown.. (Error: ManagedCustomerServiceError.UNKNOWN, FieldPath: operations[0], Trigger: )\r\n\r\n"} Google.Api.Ads.AdWords.Lib.AdWordsApiException

+ ApiException {Unknown.. (Error: ManagedCustomerServiceError.UNKNOWN, FieldPath: operations[0], Trigger: )} object {Google.Api.Ads.AdWords.v201607.ApiException}

+ Data {System.Collections.ListDictionaryInternal} System.Collections.IDictionary {System.Collections.ListDictionaryInternal}

HResult -2146233088 int

HelpLink null string

+ InnerException {"[ManagedCustomerServiceError.CANNOT_UNLINK_ACCOUNT_WITHOUT_ACTIVE_USER @ operations[0]]"} System.Exception {System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException}

Message "AdWordsApiException: One or more AdWords API errors have occurred. \r\n\r\nUnknown.. (Error: ManagedCustomerServiceError.UNKNOWN, FieldPath: operations[0], Trigger: )\r\n\r\n" string

Source "Google.Ads.Common" string

StackTrace "   at Google.Api.Ads.Common.Lib.AdsSoapClient.MakeApiCall(String methodName, Object[] parameters)\r\n   at Google.Api.Ads.Common.Lib.AdsSoapClient.Invoke(String methodName, Object[] parameters)\r\n   at Google.Api.Ads.AdWords.v201607.ManagedCustomerService.mutateLink(LinkOperation[] operations)\r\n   at WorkFlowMaxTool.AdWords.deactivateClient(AdWordsUser user, Int64 managerId, Int64 clientId) in e:\\sources\\BOWFMT\\WorkFlowMaxTool\\AdWords.cs:line 1099" string

+ TargetSite {System.Object[] MakeApiCall(System.String, System.Object[])} System.Reflection.MethodBase {System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo}

So why the "CANNOT_UNLINK_ACCOUNT_WITHOUT_ACTIVE_USER"

axtens/bugmagnet

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