Edit conversions

This guide provides detailed instructions for editing conversions using the Campaign Manager 360 API Conversions service. Before continuing, it is recommended that you review the Overview for an introduction to offline conversions and to familiarize yourself with concepts discussed in this guide.

Before you begin

This edit workflow allows you to modify the quantity and value of existing online and offline conversions. To do so, you'll need to provide values that uniquely identify the conversions to be edited. Depending on the type of conversions you're editing, you'll obtain these values in different ways:

The values necessary to identify online conversions can be obtained from Data Transfer.
The values necessary to identify offline conversions are returned in the ConversionsBatchInsertResponse of successful batchinsert requests.

Once you've successfully edited a conversion of either type, the ConversionsBatchUpdateResponse will contain the values necessary to perform subsequent edits.

Configure conversion resources

The first step in the edit workflow involves creating one or more Conversion resource objects.

The following fields are used to identify a conversion to edit. These fields are required and must exactly match an existing conversion.

Field	Description
`encryptedUserId` or `gclid` or `dclicd` or `matchid` or `mobileDeviceId`	The encrypted user ID, Google Click ID, Display Click ID, match ID, or mobile device ID that generated the conversion. The `encryptedUserIdCandidates` field cannot be used for edits.
`floodlightActivityId`	The Floodlight activity to which the conversion is attributed.
`floodlightConfigurationId`	The Floodlight configuration used by the specified activity.
`ordinal`	The deduplication identifier associated with the conversion.
`timestampMicros`	The timestamp of the conversion, in microseconds since the Unix epoch.

The fields that can be edited are listed below.

These fields are required and the values you provide will overwrite any pre-existing values on the conversion being edited.

Field	Description
`quantity`	The number of items associated with the conversion.
`value`	The amount of revenue generated by the conversion.

These fields are optional. The value will be unchanged if not set.

Field	Description
`customVariables`	The custom floodlight variables of the conversion. Will update or insert the value if the variable is set. The variable's value is unchanged if not set.

All other fields mentioned in the reference documentation are unsupported and cannot be modified. Including unsupported fields in your edit request will result in an error. If the conversion being edited contains pre-existing values for any unsupported fields, those values will be automatically preserved.

The example below illustrates the creation of a simple conversion resource object to edit:

C#

// Find the Floodlight configuration ID based on the provided activity ID.
FloodlightActivity floodlightActivity =
    service.FloodlightActivities.Get(profileId, floodlightActivityId).Execute();
long floodlightConfigurationId = (long) floodlightActivity.FloodlightConfigurationId;

// Construct the conversion object with values that identify the conversion to update.
Conversion conversion = new Conversion();
conversion.EncryptedUserId = conversionUserId;
conversion.FloodlightActivityId = floodlightActivityId;
conversion.FloodlightConfigurationId = floodlightConfigurationId;
conversion.Ordinal = conversionOrdinal;
conversion.TimestampMicros = conversionTimestamp;

// Set the fields to be updated. These fields are required; to preserve a value from the
// existing conversion, it must be copied over manually.
conversion.Quantity = newQuantity;
conversion.Value = newValue;

Java

// Create a conversion object populated with values that identify the conversion to update.
Conversion conversion = new Conversion();
conversion.setEncryptedUserId(encryptedUserId);
conversion.setFloodlightActivityId(floodlightActivityId);
conversion.setFloodlightConfigurationId(floodlightConfigurationId);
conversion.setOrdinal(ordinal);
conversion.setTimestampMicros(timestampMicros);

// Set the fields to be updated. These fields are required; to preserve a value from the
// existing conversion, it must be copied over manually.
conversion.setQuantity(newQuantity);
conversion.setValue(newValue);

PHP

// Find Floodlight configuration ID based on provided activity ID.
$activity = $this->service->floodlightActivities->get(
    $values['user_profile_id'],
    $values['floodlight_activity_id']
);
$floodlightConfigId = $activity->getFloodlightConfigurationId();

// Create a conversion object with values that identify the conversion to
// update.
$conversion = new Google_Service_Dfareporting_Conversion();
$conversion->setEncryptedUserId($values['encrypted_user_id']);
$conversion->setFloodlightActivityId($values['floodlight_activity_id']);
$conversion->setFloodlightConfigurationId($floodlightConfigId);
$conversion->setOrdinal($values['ordinal']);
$conversion->setTimestampMicros($values['timestamp']);

// Set the fields to be updated. These fields are required; to preserve a
// value from the existing conversion, it must be copied over manually.
$conversion->setQuantity($values['new_quantity']);
$conversion->setValue($values['new_value']);

Python

# Construct the conversion object with values that identify the conversion
# to update.
conversion = {
    'encryptedUserId': encrypted_user_id,
    'floodlightActivityId': floodlight_activity_id,
    'floodlightConfigurationId': floodlight_config_id,
    'ordinal': ordinal,
    'timestampMicros': timestamp
}

# Set the fields to be updated. These fields are required; to preserve a
# value from the existing conversion, it must be copied over manually.
conversion['quantity'] = new_quantity
conversion['value'] = new_value

Ruby

# Look up the Floodlight configuration ID based on activity ID.
floodlight_activity = service.get_floodlight_activity(profile_id,
  existing_conversion[:floodlight_activity_id])
floodlight_config_id = floodlight_activity.floodlight_configuration_id

# Construct the conversion with values that identify the conversion to
# update.
conversion = DfareportingUtils::API_NAMESPACE::Conversion.new(
  encrypted_user_id: existing_conversion[:encrypted_user_id],
  floodlight_activity_id: existing_conversion[:floodlight_activity_id],
  floodlight_configuration_id: floodlight_config_id,
  ordinal: existing_conversion[:ordinal],
  timestamp_micros: existing_conversion[:timestamp]
)

# Set the fields to be updated. These fields are required; to preserve a
# value from the existing conversion, it must be copied over manually.
conversion.quantity = new_quantity
conversion.value = new_value

Specify encryption info

If the conversions being edited are associated with encrypted user IDs, you'll need to provide details about how they're encrypted as part of the edit request. Refer to the Uploading Conversions guide for details.

When necessary, creating an EncryptionInfo object that specifies these values is the second step in the edit workflow:

C#

// Create the encryption info.
EncryptionInfo encryptionInfo = new EncryptionInfo();
encryptionInfo.EncryptionEntityId = encryptionEntityId;
encryptionInfo.EncryptionEntityType = encryptionEntityType;
encryptionInfo.EncryptionSource = encryptionSource;

Java

// Create the encryption info.
EncryptionInfo encryptionInfo = new EncryptionInfo();
encryptionInfo.setEncryptionEntityId(encryptionEntityId);
encryptionInfo.setEncryptionEntityType(encryptionEntityType);
encryptionInfo.setEncryptionSource(encryptionSource);

PHP

$encryptionInfo = new Google_Service_Dfareporting_EncryptionInfo();
$encryptionInfo->setEncryptionEntityId($values['encryption_entity_id']);
$encryptionInfo->setEncryptionEntityType($values['encryption_entity_type']);
$encryptionInfo->setEncryptionSource($values['encryption_source']);

Python

# Construct the encryption info.
encryption_info = {
    'encryptionEntityId': encryption_entity_id,
    'encryptionEntityType': encryption_entity_type,
    'encryptionSource': encryption_source
}

Ruby

# Construct the encryption info.
encryption_info = DfareportingUtils::API_NAMESPACE::EncryptionInfo.new(
  encryption_entity_id: encryption[:entity_id],
  encryption_entity_type: encryption[:entity_type],
  encryption_source: encryption[:source]
)

Generate an update request

The final step in this process is to edit the conversions with a call to batchupdate. This method accepts a ConversionsBatchUpdateRequest object, which combines the set of conversions to be edited with their associated encryption info (when necessary):

C#

// Insert the conversion.
ConversionsBatchUpdateRequest request = new ConversionsBatchUpdateRequest();
request.Conversions = new List<Conversion>() { conversion };
request.EncryptionInfo = encryptionInfo;

ConversionsBatchUpdateResponse response =
    service.Conversions.Batchupdate(request, profileId).Execute();

Java

ConversionsBatchUpdateRequest request = new ConversionsBatchUpdateRequest();
request.setConversions(ImmutableList.of(conversion));
request.setEncryptionInfo(encryptionInfo);

ConversionsBatchUpdateResponse response = reporting.conversions()
    .batchupdate(profileId, request).execute();

PHP

$batch = new Google_Service_Dfareporting_ConversionsBatchUpdateRequest();
$batch->setConversions([$conversion]);
$batch->setEncryptionInfo($encryptionInfo);

$result = $this->service->conversions->batchupdate(
    $values['user_profile_id'],
    $batch
);

Python

# Update the conversion.
request_body = {
    'conversions': [conversion],
    'encryptionInfo': encryption_info
}
request = service.conversions().batchupdate(
    profileId=profile_id, body=request_body)
response = request.execute()

Ruby

# Construct the batch update request.
batch_update_request =
  DfareportingUtils::API_NAMESPACE::ConversionsBatchUpdateRequest.new(
    conversions: [conversion],
    encryption_info: encryption_info
  )

# Update the conversion.
result = service.batchupdate_conversion(profile_id, batch_update_request)

Be aware that Campaign Manager 360 attempts to edit each conversion in your request on a best-effort basis, rather than updating the entire batch as an all-or-nothing transaction. If some conversions in a batch fail to update, others might still be updated successfully. Therefore, it's recommended that you inspect the returned ConversionsBatchUpdateResponse, to determine the status of each conversion:

C#

// Handle the batchinsert response.
if (!response.HasFailures.Value) {
  Console.WriteLine("Successfully updated conversion for encrypted user ID {0}.",
      conversionUserId);
} else {
  Console.WriteLine("Error(s) updating conversion for encrypted user ID {0}:",
      conversionUserId);

  ConversionStatus status = response.Status[0];
  foreach(ConversionError error in status.Errors) {
    Console.WriteLine("\t[{0}]: {1}", error.Code, error.Message);
  }
}

Java

if (!response.getHasFailures()) {
  System.out.printf("Successfully updated conversion for encrypted user ID %s.%n",
      encryptedUserId);
} else {
  System.out.printf("Error(s) updating conversion for encrypted user ID %s:%n",
      encryptedUserId);

  // Retrieve the conversion status and report any errors found. If multiple conversions
  // were included in the original request, the response would contain a status for each.
  ConversionStatus status = response.getStatus().get(0);
  for (ConversionError error : status.getErrors()) {
    System.out.printf("\t[%s]: %s.%n", error.getCode(), error.getMessage());
  }
}

PHP

if (!$result->getHasFailures()) {
    printf(
        'Successfully updated conversion for encrypted user ID %s.',
        $values['encrypted_user_id']
    );
} else {
    printf(
        'Error(s) updating conversion for encrypted user ID %s:<br><br>',
        $values['encrypted_user_id']
    );

    $status = $result->getStatus()[0];
    foreach ($status->getErrors() as $error) {
        printf('[%s] %s<br>', $error->getCode(), $error->getMessage());
    }
}

Python

if not response['hasFailures']:
  print('Successfully updated conversion for encrypted user ID %s.' %
        encrypted_user_id)
else:
  print('Error(s) updating conversion for encrypted user ID %s.' %
        encrypted_user_id)

  status = response['status'][0]
  for error in status['errors']:
    print '\t[%s]: %s' % (error['code'], error['message'])

Ruby

if result.has_failures
  puts format('Error(s) updating conversion for encrypted user ID %s.',
    existing_conversion[:encrypted_user_id])

  status = result.status[0]
  status.errors.each do |error|
    puts format("\t[%s]: %s", error.code, error.message)
  end
else
  puts format('Successfully updated conversion for encrypted user ID %s.',
    existing_conversion[:encrypted_user_id])
end

The status field of the response, as seen above, will contain a ConversionStatus object for every conversion included in the original request. If you're only interested in conversions that failed to update, the hasFailures field can be used to quickly determine if any conversion in the provided batch failed.