type CreativeTemplateError (v202508)

AI-generated Key Takeaways

• CreativeTemplateError is a catch-all error for generic errors associated with CreativeTemplate.

• It includes inherited ApiError fields like fieldPath and trigger, as well as a specific reason field indicating the cause of the error.

• The reason for the error is represented by an enum with values such as malformed XML, duplicate or invalid variable names, issues with list choices, and placeholder discrepancies.

Service

CreativeService CreativeSetService CreativeTemplateService LineItemCreativeAssociation... NativeStyleService

Inheritance

ApiError

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AdSenseAccountError ApiVersionError AssetError AudienceExtensionError AuthenticationError CollectionSizeError CommonError CreativeAssetMacroError CreativeError CreativePreviewError CreativeSetError CreativeTemplateError CreativeTemplateOperationError CrossSellError CustomCreativeError CustomFieldValueError EntityChildrenLimitReachedE... EntityLimitReachedError FeatureError FileError HtmlBundleProcessorError ImageError InternalApiError InvalidPhoneNumberError InvalidUrlError LabelEntityAssociationError LineItemCreativeAssociation... LineItemCreativeAssociation... LineItemError NotNullError NullError OrderError ParseError PermissionError PublisherQueryLanguageConte... PublisherQueryLanguageSynta... QuotaError RangeError RequiredCollectionError RequiredError RequiredNumberError RequiredSizeError RichMediaStudioCreativeError ServerError SetTopBoxCreativeError StatementError StringFormatError StringLengthError SwiffyConversionError TemplateInstantiatedCreativ... TranscodingError TypeError UniqueError

A catch-all error that lists all generic errors associated with CreativeTemplate.

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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.
CreativeTemplateError
reason	CreativeTemplateError.Reason The error reason represented by an enum. Enumerations CANNOT_PARSE_CREATIVE_TEMPLATE The XML of the creative template definition is malformed and cannot be parsed. VARIABLE_DUPLICATE_UNIQUE_NAME A creative template has multiple variables with the same uniqueName. VARIABLE_INVALID_UNIQUE_NAME The creative template contains a variable with invalid characters. Valid characters are letters, numbers, spaces, forward slashes, dashes, and underscores. LIST_CHOICE_DUPLICATE_VALUE Multiple choices for a CreativeTemplateListStringVariable have the same value. LIST_CHOICE_NEEDS_DEFAULT The choices for a CreativeTemplateListStringVariable do not contain the default value. LIST_CHOICES_EMPTY There are no choices specified for the list variable. NO_TARGET_PLATFORMS No target platform is assigned to a creative template. MULTIPLE_TARGET_PLATFORMS More than one target platform is assigned to a single creative template. UNRECOGNIZED_PLACEHOLDER The formatter contains a placeholder which is not defined as a variable. PLACEHOLDERS_NOT_IN_FORMATTER There are variables defined which are not being used in the formatter. MISSING_INTERSTITIAL_MACRO The creative template is interstitial, but the formatter doesn't contain an interstitial macro. UNKNOWN The value returned if the actual value is not exposed by the requested API version.