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enum CreativeTemplateError.Reason (v202508)

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CreativeTemplateError.Reason is an enumeration detailing the reasons for errors related to creative templates in the Google Ad Manager API.
Reasons include issues with parsing XML, duplicate or invalid variable unique names, and problems with list variable choices.
Errors also cover missing or multiple target platforms, undefined or unused placeholders in the formatter, and missing interstitial macros.
An UNKNOWN value is returned if the actual error reason is not supported by the requested API version.

Service

CreativeService CreativeSetService CreativeTemplateService LineItemCreativeAssociationService NativeStyleService

Dependencies

CreativeTemplateError

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CreativeTemplateError.Reason

The reasons for the target error.

Enumeration	Description
`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.