Google Ads (Labs) (BUG)

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Hi all,

unfortunately I need to report a bug.
I first realized it on KAP 5.8.1 LTS ; now upgraded to 5.8.2 LTS; no changes.

it’s about Google Ads Keyword Ideas Node.
Here the error in two parts:

  1. If not changing the standard start date and end date values:

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  1. now after changing them manually within the node:

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What’s the difference? How the node configures the time format internally. Date vs. truncated dateTime.

I guess the underlying Google Ads Python SDK does something like datetime.strptime(…, “%Y-%m-%dZ”) and cannot use the knime dateformat (since it changed to new date&time nodes?) - since there are “working” workflows on the community hub, it should have worked in the past (KAP 5.5 or even older).

Changing to string flow variables like “2025-01-01Z” also makes no difference:

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with:
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Please advise/fix.

Thank you!

PS: I tested with KAP 5.5.3 ; same errors in all cases.
Is it the node or just me for some reason I do not know (running Win11).

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Hi @tgoedeke,

My apologies for the delayed response! I’ve just seen your post.:person_bowing:

I’m sorry for the inconvenience this bug caused. We were aware of the issue—which was related to how the node validates date formats—and I’m happy to share that we’ve introduced a fix in KNIME 5.9.

Please try updating to version 5.9 or above. If you encounter any further issues or have additional feedback, feel free to reach out.

Thanks for reporting this!

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