type InventoryTargetingError (v202508)

AI-generated Key Takeaways

• InventoryTargetingError lists errors that occur when associating a line item with a targeting expression across various Ad Manager services.

• This error type inherits from ApiError and includes fields such as fieldPath, trigger, and errorString.

• Specific reasons for InventoryTargetingError include issues with required inventory units, targeting and excluding the same inventory, ancestor/child inventory unit conflicts, and limitations with YouTube-specific targeting.

Service

AdRuleService AdjustmentService ForecastService LineItemService LineItemTemplateService NativeStyleService OrderService ProposalLineItemService PublisherQueryLanguageService TargetingPresetService YieldGroupService

Inheritance

ApiError

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AdUnitCodeError AdUnitHierarchyError ApiVersionError AudienceSegmentError AuthenticationError CollectionSizeError CommonError CreativeError DealError ExchangeRateError FeatureError FileError InternalApiError InvalidEmailError InvalidUrlError InventoryTargetingError InventoryUnitError LineItemFlightDateError LineItemOperationError NotNullError NullError OrderActionError OrderError ParseError PermissionError PublisherQueryLanguageConte... PublisherQueryLanguageSynta... QuotaError RangeError RegExError RequiredCollectionError RequiredError RequiredNumberError RequiredSizeError ReservationDetailsError ServerError StatementError StringFormatError StringLengthError TypeError UniqueError

Lists all inventory errors caused by associating a line item with a targeting expression.

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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.
InventoryTargetingError
reason	InventoryTargetingError.Reason The error reason represented by an enum. Enumerations 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.