type GenericTargetingError (v202508)

AI-generated Key Takeaways

• GenericTargetingError is a type of API error related to targeting validation used across various targeting types.

• This error can be inherited from the ApiError class, which provides fields like fieldPath, fieldPathElements, trigger, and errorString for identifying the cause of the error.

• The specific reason for a GenericTargetingError is provided by the reason field, which can indicate issues like conflicting inclusion or exclusion of sibling criteria, or including descendants of excluded criteria.

Service

AdjustmentService ForecastService LineItemService LineItemTemplateService OrderService ProposalLineItemService TargetingPresetService YieldGroupService

Inheritance

ApiError

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ApiVersionError AssetError AudienceExtensionError AudienceSegmentError AuthenticationError ClickTrackingLineItemError CollectionSizeError CommonError CompanyCreditStatusError CreativeError CrossSellError CurrencyCodeError CustomFieldValueError CustomTargetingError DateTimeRangeTargetingError DayPartTargetingError EntityChildrenLimitReachedE... EntityLimitReachedError FeatureError ForecastError FrequencyCapError GenericTargetingError GeoTargetingError GrpSettingsError ImageError InternalApiError InvalidEmailError InvalidUrlError InventoryTargetingError LabelEntityAssociationError LineItemActivityAssociation... LineItemCreativeAssociation... LineItemError LineItemFlightDateError LineItemOperationError MobileApplicationTargetingE... NotNullError NullError OrderActionError OrderError ParseError PermissionError PrecisionError ProgrammaticError PublisherQueryLanguageConte... PublisherQueryLanguageSynta... QuotaError RangeError RegExError RequestPlatformTargetingError RequiredCollectionError RequiredError RequiredNumberError RequiredSizeError ReservationDetailsError ServerError SetTopBoxLineItemError StatementError StringFormatError StringLengthError TeamError TechnologyTargetingError TemplateInstantiatedCreativ... TimeZoneError TranscodingError TypeError UniqueError UserDomainTargetingError VideoPositionTargetingError

Targeting validation errors that can be used by different targeting types.

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Namespace

https://www.google.com/apis/ads/publisher/v202508

Field
ApiError (inherited)
fieldPath	xsd:string The OGNL field path to identify cause of error.
fieldPathElements	FieldPathElement[] A parsed copy of the field path. For example, the field path "operations[1].operand" corresponds to this list: {FieldPathElement(field = "operations", index = 1), FieldPathElement(field = "operand", index = null)}.
trigger	xsd:string The data that caused the error.
errorString	xsd:string A simple string representation of the error and reason.
GenericTargetingError
reason	GenericTargetingError.Reason Enumerations CONFLICTING_INCLUSION_OR_EXCLUSION_OF_SIBLINGS Both including and excluding sibling criteria is disallowed. INCLUDING_DESCENDANTS_OF_EXCLUDED_CRITERIA Including descendants of excluded criteria is disallowed. UNKNOWN The value returned if the actual value is not exposed by the requested API version.