type InventoryTargetingError (v202508)

  • The InventoryTargetingError lists errors caused by associating line items with targeting expressions across various services.

  • It includes inherited fields like fieldPath, fieldPathElements, trigger, and errorString from ApiError.

  • The InventoryTargetingError specifically has a reason field indicating the specific cause of the inventory targeting error, with various possible enumeration values.

  • Possible reasons for the error include requirements for targeting at least one placement or inventory unit, issues with simultaneously targeting and excluding the same inventory, and constraints related to targeting or excluding child inventory units when ancestors are also targeted or excluded.

  • Additional reasons cover issues with explicitly targeted inventory units, landing page-only ad units, and targeting YouTube audience segments with incorrect inventory.

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


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.