Issue Report: /en-us/bulksheets/2-0/bulksheets-portfolios - Budget Currency apparently should not be blank after all

[ddzim]

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Describe the bug
It's giving the error message that the "budget currency code cannot be null", even though the documentation says it can/should be left be blank.

So either the documentation is not up to date, or there is a bug with the actual bulk files themselves.

URL of the content
https://advertising.amazon.com/API/docs/en-us/bulksheets/2-0/bulksheets-portfolios

Description of what the documentation currently says
"7. Column G - Budget Currency: (Leave blank) You can leave this field blank, it will be auto-populated with your local currency."

Description of what the documentation should say
That's what I'd like to know! The bulk upload error sheet (aka "Upload Processing Summary") is giving me the error message "budget currency code cannot be null"

Additional context
Here the orginal sheet (1st tab) that was uploaded, and the error messages from Amazon (2nd + 3rd tab):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12rzi1DsCpZBrpKDEqrC-4wvN0iVBV9bALYTqc-kpTbM/edit#gid=94990041

[ddzim]

Also just tried entering "$" into that column, by the way, but that's not accepted either:

"Invalid value: "$" for column: "Budget Currency Code""

[ddzim]

But I actually think it's not a documentation mistake, but a bulk file bug.

It doesn't make sense for it to demand a Budget currency code when there is no budget.

[DrRockett]

Hi there! Apology for the delayed reply, but I can confirm there is a bug causing this issue, so the Budget Currency Code should contain your preferred currency code. This is not the currency symbol--e.g. do not enter something like $. Instead, enter the abbreviated "code" for your currency. For example, USD for US currency, CAD for Canada currency, EUR for Euro currency, and so on. This article is not bulksheets-specific, but it should help if you need additional currency/marketplace codes other than the examples I listed above.

I hope this helps, and sincerely appreciate you raising this issue! I'll add a note to the documentation in the meantime as we work on the bug. Let us know if you have more questions.

[ddzim]

Thanks DrRocket!

When you say you can confirm there is a bug, do you mean the fact that the currency is even needed (even when not entering a budget)? Or something else?

Just tried again after using USD in the budget currency column and the above error message is gone.

I couldn't upload all in one go though.
When it was 51 portfolios, I received the error:
"number of non archived portfolios exceeds the limit per advertiser. "
But I got it to work with 50.

Would be good if the documentation could inform about that limit as well.
(or if that limit was significantly increased, of course)

/edit: actually, the 2nd attempt of uploading 50 portfolios didn't work anymore....so I guess it's not just a maximum of portfolios per upload file, but also some maximum for the whole account?