type InventoryTargetingError (v202508)

AI-generated Key Takeaways

• InventoryTargetingError lists errors caused by associating a line item with a targeting expression within the ProposalLineItemService.

• This error inherits from ApiError and includes fields for fieldPath, fieldPathElements, trigger, and errorString.

• The InventoryTargetingError has a specific "reason" field indicating the cause, such as required placements/units, conflicting targeting/exclusion, or issues with targeting ancestor or self-only inventory units.

• Specific reasons include limitations related to targeting child units based on ancestor targeting or exclusion, and restrictions on targeting explicitly targeted or self-only units.

• Targeting YouTube audience segments is restricted to YouTube shared inventory for cross-selling.

Service

AdRuleService AdjustmentService ForecastService LineItemService LineItemTemplateService NativeStyleService OrderService ProposalLineItemService PublisherQueryLanguageService TargetingPresetService YieldGroupService

Inheritance

ApiError

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ApiVersionError AudienceSegmentError AuthenticationError BillingError CollectionSizeError CommonError CurrencyCodeError CustomFieldValueError CustomTargetingError DateTimeRangeTargetingError DayPartTargetingError DealError EntityChildrenLimitReachedE... EntityLimitReachedError ExchangeRateError FeatureError ForecastError FrequencyCapError GenericTargetingError GeoTargetingError GrpSettingsError InternalApiError InventoryTargetingError LabelEntityAssociationError LineItemError LineItemFlightDateError LineItemOperationError MobileApplicationTargetingE... NotNullError ParseError PermissionError PrecisionError PreferredDealError ProgrammaticError ProposalActionError ProposalError ProposalLineItemActionError ProposalLineItemError ProposalLineItemMakegoodError ProposalLineItemProgrammati... PublisherQueryLanguageConte... PublisherQueryLanguageSynta... QuotaError RangeError RequestPlatformTargetingError RequiredCollectionError RequiredError RequiredNumberError ReservationDetailsError ServerError StatementError StringFormatError StringLengthError TeamError TechnologyTargetingError TimeZoneError TypeError UniqueError UserDomainTargetingError VideoPositionTargetingError

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.