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enum InventoryTargetingError.Reason (v202508)

AI-generated Key Takeaways

InventoryTargetingError.Reason lists the possible reasons for a targeting error related to inventory in the Ad Manager API.
Reasons include issues like requiring at least one placement or inventory unit, not being able to both target and exclude the same inventory, and restrictions on targeting or excluding child inventory units based on their ancestors.
Other reasons involve explicitly targeted inventory units, landing page-only ad units, and restrictions when using YouTube audience segments with non-YouTube inventory.

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InventoryTargetingError

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InventoryTargetingError.Reason

The reasons for the target error.

Enumeration	Description
`AT_LEAST_ONE_PLACEMENT_OR_INVENTORY_UNIT_REQUIRED`	At least one placement or inventory unit is required
`INVENTORY_CANNOT_BE_TARGETED_AND_EXCLUDED`	The same inventory unit or placement cannot be targeted and excluded at the same time
`INVENTORY_UNIT_CANNOT_BE_TARGETED_IF_ANCESTOR_IS_TARGETED`	A child inventory unit cannot be targeted if its ancestor inventory unit is also targeted.
`INVENTORY_UNIT_CANNOT_BE_TARGETED_IF_ANCESTOR_IS_EXCLUDED`	A child inventory unit cannot be targeted if its ancestor inventory unit is excluded.
`INVENTORY_UNIT_CANNOT_BE_EXCLUDED_IF_ANCESTOR_IS_EXCLUDED`	A child inventory unit cannot be excluded if its ancestor inventory unit is also excluded.
`EXPLICITLY_TARGETED_INVENTORY_UNIT_CANNOT_BE_TARGETED`	An explicitly targeted inventory unit cannot be targeted.
`EXPLICITLY_TARGETED_INVENTORY_UNIT_CANNOT_BE_EXCLUDED`	An explicitly targeted inventory unit cannot be excluded.
`SELF_ONLY_INVENTORY_UNIT_NOT_ALLOWED`	A landing page-only ad unit cannot be targeted.
`SELF_ONLY_INVENTORY_UNIT_WITHOUT_DESCENDANTS`	A landing page-only ad unit cannot be targeted if it doesn't have any children.
`YOUTUBE_AUDIENCE_SEGMENTS_CAN_ONLY_BE_TARGETED_WITH_YOUTUBE_SHARED_INVENTORY`	Audience segments shared from YouTube can only be targeted with inventory shared from YouTube for cross selling.
`UNKNOWN`	The value returned if the actual value is not exposed by the requested API version.