Line items not targeting this ad spot explicitly may serve in it.
EXPLICITLY_TARGETED
Only line items targeting this ad spots explicitly may serve in it
EXPLICITLY_TARGETED_EXCEPT_HOUSE
If house ads are an allowed reservation type, they may serve in the ad spot regardless of
whether they explicitly target it. Ads of other reservation types (whose type is allowed in the
ad spot), may serve in the ad spot only if explicitly targeted.
UNKNOWN
The value returned if the actual value is not exposed by the requested API version.
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